School Counselor
4 weeks ago
Location: Stafford County Public Schools
Pay Grade: Teacher Salary Scale
Work Calendar: Licensed 200 Day
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Summary:
The School Counselor - Elementary Education Specialist will assist students in understanding their abilities, aptitudes, and interests in light of the opportunities and demands they experience presently or may experience in the future.
Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Provides Support to Students: Provides counsel to students with learning, physical, social, and emotional concerns through conferences held with students on the basis of teacher, parents, principal, or self-referral.
- Provides Planned Pre-Vocational and Career Awareness Programs: Introduces students to the world of work through planned pre-vocational and career awareness programs.
- Consults and Arranges Conferences: Consults and arranges conferences with appropriate school personnel, community agencies, and parents relative to students and their concerns.
- Maintains Current Information: Maintains current information regarding community services for information and referral purposes.
- Coordinates Programs and Special Events: Coordinates programs and special events related to the counseling program.
- Provides for a Smooth Transition: Provides for a smooth transition of transferring students into the school and rising 6th graders into middle school.
- Undertakes Continuous Evaluation: Undertakes, in a cooperative endeavor, the continuous evaluation of the ongoing effectiveness of the guidance and counseling program.
- Provides Parent Education Opportunities: Provides parent education opportunities.
Support and Demonstrate Core Values:
- Engage in Ongoing Professional Development: Engage in ongoing professional development relevant to position.
- Respond Promptly and Thoroughly: Respond promptly and thoroughly to written and oral requests for information.
- Maintain a Clean, Neat Appearance: Maintain a clean, neat appearance, appropriate to position.
- Maintain a Record of Attendance and Punctuality: Maintain a record of appropriate attendance and punctuality.
- Serve as a Role Model: Serve as a role model for students, colleagues, and the general public.
- Work in Close Harmony: Work in close harmony with colleagues, supervisors, and co-workers.
- Comply with District and School Policies: Comply with all District and School policies and regulations, including but not limited to guidelines for confidentiality.
- Perform Other Related Duties: Perform other related duties as required/assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Master's Degree: Master's Degree from an accredited college or university and completion of an approved school guidance and counseling program.
- Two Years of Experience: Two (2) years of successful full-time teaching experience or two years of successful experience in guidance and counseling.
- Completed Specialized Studies: Completed specialized studies in elementary school counseling.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge:
- Child Development: Child development and growth stages.
- English Grammar and Usage: English grammar and usage.
- Individual and Group Counseling Techniques: Individual and group counseling techniques and subject matter pertaining to classroom guidance.
- Adherence to American Counseling Association Ethical Standards: Adherence to American Counseling Association ethical standards and guidelines.
- Skills:
- Appropriate Use of Written and Verbal Communication: Appropriate use of written and verbal communication.
- Relate Positively to Students, Parents, and Community Representatives: Relate positively to students, parents, and community representatives.
- Abilities:
- Assess Student Needs: Assess student needs and develop appropriate strategies for intervention.
- Work Cooperatively in a Team Environment: Work cooperatively in a team environment to meet goals.
- Organize and Perform Work Independently: Organize and perform work independently.
- Meet Deadlines: Meet deadlines for all work even when working on multiple projects.
- Show Sustained Effort and Enthusiasm: Show sustained effort and enthusiasm in quality and quantity of work.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
- Work Environment: Work environment is inside an office, with moderate noise, temperatures that are controlled, and no exposure to chemicals or other negative air quality elements.
- Work is Light Work: The work is light work, requiring exertion of up to 20 pounds of force to move or lift objects.
- Physical and Mental Abilities: The following physical and mental abilities are representative of those expected to complete the essential functions of the job: standing for prolonged periods; sitting for prolonged periods; moving the hands, wrists, or fingers repetitively; moving with force on the back or lower body repetitively; feeling, grasping, or holding objects by hand; identifying colors visually; identifying objects in low light or distant conditions; communicating via spoken language; communicating via written language; perceiving sounds; making decisions using logic and rational thinking.
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