Counselor - Ms (2024/2025 School Year)

5 days ago

Spring, United States Spring Independent School District Full time

**Days per Year**: 197

**Min**: $62,360

**Mid**: $75,132

**JOB TITLE**: Middle School Counselor

**REPORTS TO**: Principal

**WAGE/HOUR STATUS**: Exempt

**PAY GRADE**: AI 2

**PRIMARY PURPOSE**:
The Middle School Counselor is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive program of guidance to school assigned, including counseling services. Provide a proactive developmental guidance program to encourage all students to maximize personal growth and development.

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 universit
- 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**:

- Three years teaching experience

**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
- Knowledge of student achievement data and how it relates to student intervention

**MAJOR REPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES**:

- Coordinates with Academic & Student Support Services to meet District objectives.
- Identifies the academic guidance needs of students.
- Assists with standardized testing for the campus including GT assessment.
- Confers with students whose grades indicate academic problems or whose test results indicate academic weakness.
- Works with students and parents in relating achievement abilities and interests to current and long-range educational planning.
- Monitors middle school credits and establishes four-year high school plan for middle school students.
- Works with students to set an Achieve Texas pathway prior to leaving 8th grade.
- Assists in the intervention process for students.
- Counsels with students individually or in groups.
- Assists students with personal, family, adjustment and social problems.
- Assists students in developing problem solving and coping skills and in developing high self-esteem.
- Coordinates with administrators and the community Youth Service Specialist, Substance Abuse Counselors and Attendance Officer to assist students having truancy, drug or status offense problems.
- Notifies parents and/or appropriate agencies in case of child abuse, potential suicide and other crises in accordance with District Policy.
- Assists or serves on District crisis intervention team as needed/assigned.
- Conducts/assists in prevention guidance activities related to child abuse and substance abuse and suicide.
- Assists students, staff and parents in making use of the counseling services.
- Interprets guidance information for teachers working with students.
- Seeks to identify students with special needs and works with parents, staff and outside agencies to meet these needs.
- Consults with District psychologists and diagnosticians, youth service workers, substance abuse counselors, teachers and parents on behalf of students and according to management guidelines.
- Assists in the referral of students for special program placement in the Admission, Review, Dismissal Committee, the Student Assistance Team, Tier 4 Building Referrals Committee, etc.
- Provides in-service and workshops on counseling related topics for teachers.
- Provides technical assistance and clinical supervision for teachers in programs related to counseling.
- Plans/assists in orientation, transition and career activities.
- Coordinates counseling information and record keeping.
- Maintains documents and reports relating to referrals and special placements.
- Assists in identification, delivery and monitoring of services to at-risk students.
- Maintains daily records of all contacts with and on behalf of students.
- Assists in scheduling and providing information and assists students and parents in course selection process.
- Disseminates course selection information and assists students and parents in course selection process.
- Assists in determining appropriate academic placement and course selection for all students.
- Assists/Coordinates campus transition activities for middle school students with elementary and high school campuses.
- Assists/coordinates transition activities for incoming sixth grade students.
- Assists/coordinates transition activities for eighth grade students entering high school.
- Assists with related parent orientations.
- Functions as an integral and unifying facilitator of the campus improvement plan, the District counseling objectives and the District Five-Year Strategic Plan.
- Assists in evaluation of campus and District counseling programs and in implementation of necessa

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