2024-2025 SY Counselor

TITLE : Counselor

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Master’s degree in Counseling or Psychology
• Current Arizona Counseling Certification
• Demonstrates effective communication skills
• Demonstrates initiative and ability to innovate
• Three years of Counseling experience or relevant work with similar demographic population as TESD.
• Demonstrates the ability to work with small groups and in a classroom setting.
• Bi-lingual preferred.

REPORTS TO : Principal

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Uses accepted theories and effective techniques to provide individual developmental, group developmental, preventive, remedial, and / or crisis counseling
• Facilitate the student led organizations (inter-curricular club).
• Provide students with support to identify and overcome barriers to success.
• Broker of resources-connect students and families to school and community resources.
• Provides support to teachers in assessing and dealing with social and emotional issues experienced by students.
• Documentation of services and outcome reporting.
• Coordinate High School Transition Events.
• Serves on the District Crisis Team
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;

reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT :

Ten month employee, on the Certified Teacher Placement Schedule.

EVALUATION :

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with Board policy on evaluation of Professional Staff.