School Counselor

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated School Counselor to join our team at Gaston County Schools. As a School Counselor, you will play a vital role in promoting student success, providing preventive services, and responding to identified student needs.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students.
• Use appropriate assessment and diagnostic procedures to determine and structure individual and group counseling services.
• Follow up individual and group counseling to monitor student progress and implement the SSMT 504 Process.
• Collaborate with parents, teachers, and administrators to understand and respond to the developmental levels of students.
• Present instructional/informational programs to groups of students, parents, and teachers.
• Interpret achievement and aptitude test data to assist staff with the curriculum.
• Share appropriate information about students with school and community agencies.
• Assist with the coordination of student services in the school.
• Interpret testing results and other student data accurately.
• Conduct non-standardized tests and inventories according to published practices and professional standards.
• Follow laws, policies, and procedures that govern school programs.
• Adhere to ethical standards of the counseling profession.
• Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills.
• Carry out other school duties as assigned by the administration.

• Master's Degree in School Counseling or licensure progress in School Counseling from a Regionally Accredited College/University.
• Licensed in 00005 or eligible for a license.
• Teaching experience preferred.

• Ability to physically perform basic life operational functions, including stooping, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
• Ability to perform light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Ability to possess visual acuity to prepare data, work with records processes, and do extensive reading and research.

Principal

Exempt

North Carolina Salary Schedule for School Counselors, if fully licensed as NC School Counselor