Elementary School Counselor (Vestal ES)

Job Title : School Counselor

Exemption Status / Test : Exempt

Reports to : Principal

Dept. / School : Assigned Campus

Primary Purpose :

Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program at assigned campus. Counsel students to fully develop each student's academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students.

Qualifications :

Education / Certification :

Master's degree in counseling from an accredited college or university

Valid Texas school counselor certificate

Special Knowledge / Skills :

Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development

Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior

Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents, and district staff

Experience :

Two years creditable experience as a classroom teacher

Major Responsibilities and Duties

Guidance

• Plan and conduct structured group lessons to deliver district's guidance curriculum effectively and in accordance with students' developmental needs. Collaborate with teachers who teach guidance-related curriculum.
• Guide individual students, groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage the student's own educational and career development including creating and reviewing personal graduation plans and providing information about post-secondary opportunities.
• Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to counsel individual students, small groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage a student's own personal and social development. Provide preventive, remedial, and crisis counseling as needed.
• Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.

Consultation

Assessment

Program Management and Administration

Other

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Supervise assigned counseling aide(s) and clerical employee(s).

Mental Demands / Physical Demands / Environmental Factors :

Tools / Equipment Used : Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment

Posture : Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling / squatting, bending / stooping, pushing / pulling, and twisting

Motion : Frequent walking

Lifting : Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional physical restraint of students to control behavior

Environment : Work inside, may work outside

Mental Demands : Maintain emotional control under stress; may work prolonged or irregular hours

Terms of Employment :

Salary : Paygrade 3 Minimum Work Days : 193