Counselor, Elementary

**Days per Year**:187

**Min**:$59,195

**Mid**:$71,318

**JOB TITLE**:Elementary School Counselor

**REPORTS TO**:Principal

**WAGE/HOUR STATUS**:Exempt

**PAY GRADE**:AI 2

**PRIMARY PURPOSE**:
The Elementary Counselor primary responsibility is to utilize leadership, advocacy and collaboration to promote student success. The Professional School Counselor is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive developmental guidance program to develop each student’s academic, career, personal and social abilities.

All employees of SISD are expected to act with integrity, support organizational goals, communicate in a clear and respectful manner, championing the needs of our students and drive continuous improvement.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Required**:

- Master’s degree in Counseling from an accredited college or university
- Valid Texas Teacher certificate as required by the State Board of Education Certification
- Valid Texas School Counselor certificate as required by the State Board of Education Certification
- Two years teaching experience

**Preferred**:

- Five years’ experience as a classroom teacher

**SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS**:

- Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and child development
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior

**MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES**:
**PROGRAM MANAGEMENT**
- Coordinate with the Guidance and Counseling Director to meet district objectives.
- Proactively plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program of guidance and counseling.
- Effectively and efficiently conduct campus needs assessment to identify targeted areas of guidance and counseling services.
- Maintain current and appropriate resources for all stakeholders.
- Use 80% of the time to provide direct services through the Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning, Responsive Services, and the remaining 20% of time will be spent in program management, system support, and accountability.
- Use data to develop a robust and effective comprehensive guidance and counseling programs that meet student needs including but not limited to attendance, college and career readiness, personal graduation plans and character education.

**PROGRAM DELIVERY**
**Guidance Curriculum**
- Provide leadership and collaborate with educators in the school-wide implementation of the school guidance curriculum, including but not limited to, college-bound culture, Capturing Kids Hearts, CHAMPs, Discipline in Secondary Classrooms and No Place for Hate.
- Create and deliver strong classroom guidance curriculum or support teachers in conducting lessons based on the school’s guidance curriculum.
- Implement prevention-oriented group activities that are developmentally appropriate to meet student needs and school goals.

**Individual Student Planning**
- Consistently assist individual or groups of students to develop academic, career, and personal/social skills, goals and plans; including but not limited to Personal Graduation Plans.
- Accurately and appropriately interpret and utilize student data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs.
- Consistently collaborate with parents/guardians and school staff to assist students in the exploration of academic, career, and post-secondary opportunities.
- Effectively advise, plan and guide students in the process of course selection and Career Pathways, including Endorsements.
- Maintain current and updated accurate student records at all times including but not limited to transcripts, Personal Graduation Plans, assessments, and Career Pathways.

**Responsive Services**
- Act with a sense of urgency in providing individual and group counseling to students who exhibit or have been identified with social and/or emotional needs.
- Consistently consult and collaborate effectively with parents/guardians, school staff, and other appropriately identified personnel regarding students who exhibit or have been identified with social and/or emotional needs.
- Successfully implement an effective referral and follow-up process for meeting the needs of students.
- Accurately and appropriately use assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services.

**System Support**
- Consistently provide support services and appropriate information to students, school staff, and parents/guardians including: referrals, counseling, assessment, and diagnostics.
- Actively assist students, school staff, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data.
- Create a professional development plan of a minimum 50 hours to improve knowledge and skills, including but not limited to, GT, ethics, suicide prevention, child abuse and college and career readiness.
- Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program.
- Strictly adhere to, policies, procedures, laws and ethical sta