Job Title:                    6-12 Counselor

Department:              Instruction

Reports to:                Principal

Classification:            Exempt

 

Summary

Teachers are responsible for providing direct instruction to students and maintaining an environment conducive to learning

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Counselor is:

• Teach guidance units effectively. 
• Encourage staff involvement to ensure the effective implementation of the guidance curriculum.
• Help students establish goals and develop and use planning skills in collaboration with parents.
•  Assist students in determining their abilities, interests, assessment results, and goals to encourage student educational and career planning. 
• Demonstrate accurate and appropriate interpretation of assessment data and the presentation of relevant, unbiased information. 
• Counsel individual students and small groups of students with identified needs/concerns. 
• Consult effectively with parents, teachers, administrators and other relevant individuals, both in-district and outside agencies. 
• Implement an effective referral process in collaboration with parents, administrators, teachers, and other school personnel.
• Provide a comprehensive and balanced guidance program in collaboration with school staff.
• Aide in development of building academic schedule in collaboration with principal. 
• Scheduling of students 
• Provide support for other school programs. 
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations with students, educational staff, and parents/patrons. 
• Coordinate the district’s Assessment Program in cooperation with teachers, principals, and the superintendent for assessment. 
• Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) End-of-Course (EOC) Exams for Fall and Spring: o Attend annual training updates (online or in person). o Work to create district testing schedules (fall and spring). o Ensure that testing schedules are properly submitted to DESE. o Initiate purchase order for online ordering of materials. o Distribute EOC reports to high school counselor and assistant to the superintendent. 
• Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), grades 3-8: o Attend annual training updates (on-line or in person). o Prepare MAP Examiners’ training handouts and checklist for school testing coordinators. o Work to create district testing schedules. o Ensure that testing schedules are properly submitted to DESE. o Initiate purchase order for online ordering of materials. o Receive and distribute district testing materials. o Verify each school’s testing materials upon completion of the testing. o Ensure that response sheets are mailed. o Ensure security of testing materials from receipt to return. o Distribute MAP reports to school counselors and assistant to the superintendent. 
• Possess professional and responsible work habits. 
• Follow the profession’s ethical and legal standards and guidelines, as well as promote cultural diversity and inclusivity in school policy and interpersonal relationships. 
• Performs other duties as assigned at the request of the superintendent, superintendent designee, or principal.

Supervisory Duties.

Supervise students at all times

 

Qualifications

Education

Masters Degree in Guidance and Counseling, Bachelors Degree, Graduate Degree preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

A valid Missouri teaching certificate and complete transcript(s) of college credit must be on file for each teacher before the beginning of each new school year. It is the duty of each teacher to possess a valid certificate that covers the academic year (the teaching assignment/s and all other areas listed on the certificate). The teacher must assure that all professional development requirements and other DESE requirements are met to keep certification current.

 

Skills and Abilities

Language

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Read, analyze and interpret professional journals, Board policy, administrative procedures and forms and governmental regulations and guidance 

Complete forms, write reports and engage in written correspondence with parents

Communicate effectively with students, parents, staff, and community

Present information effectively and respond to questions

Write clear and complete lesson plans

Computation

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference

Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations

Reasoning

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Solve a variety of problems in many different situations

Interpret instructions presented in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

Apply knowledge of current educational theory and instructional techniques while presenting subject matter to students

 

 

 

Other Skills and Abilities

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Identify needs and abilities of individual students and to adapt instructional methods accordingly

Establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents

Perform multiple tasks simultaneously

Technology

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Perform basic computer functions such as word processing and internet use

Use district software for recording grades and finding student information

Utilize smart boards, projectors and other instructional technology provided by the district

 

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 essential functions.

 

Physical Demands

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Speak and hear in an environment where numerous conversations and activities may be taking place simultaneously

Move around the classroom

Read handwritten or printed material

Attendance

Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

 

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

 

Conditions and Environment

The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is noisy and active.  Occasionally the individual will be required to work outside in rain and snow and temperatures below freezing and above 100 degrees to perform such tasks as loading and unloading students from district transportation and supervising recess

 

As a political subdivision, employer, recipient of federal funds, and educational institution, the Board of Education is prohibited from, and hereby declares a policy against engaging in unlawful discrimination, including harassment creating a hostile environment, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or use of leave protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act, in its programs