School Counselor

3 weeks ago

Charleston, West Virginia, United States West Virginia Department of Education Full time
Job Summary:

The School Counselor will be responsible for addressing student roadblocks to achievement and guiding them in educational, occupational, and life decisions that will impact their development into productive and responsible individuals.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Assist in the process of student intake and orientation.
2. Assume responsibility for educational records, including the transfer of records, evaluating students' credits, developing and maintaining grade reports and transcripts, protecting confidentiality of records, and documenting the results of conferences with students.
3. Prepare and send to the home school of record documentation of any grades and/or credits earned.
4. Prepare and send to the home school of record an appropriate 'Memorandum of Understanding' for junior and senior students as they prepare for graduation.
5. Administer and interpret assessments to aid in finding student strengths, weaknesses, aptitudes, and interests.
6. Work effectively with the building administrator to coordinate state required assessments.
7. Gather, analyze, and interpret student data for IPTP, IPP, SAT, and MDT meetings.
8. Assist in the coordination of the special education process.
9. Facilitate the implementation of the social skills and transition curriculum.
10. Implement strategies through direct and indirect services to support the delivery of a comprehensive developmental guidance curriculum to students, as set forth in Policy 2315, in the areas of academic, career, and personal development.
11. Maintain appropriate balance in the delivery of the guidance program for the guidance curriculum, individual student planning, responsive services, and system support.
12. Assist host agency staff, when appropriate, concerning crisis intervention needs.
13. Work cooperatively with other educational staff to develop a meaningful and realistic educational/vocational (IPTP/IPP) plan for each student.
14. Assist students with developing positive coping skills and behaviors through individual or group environments.
15. Facilitate exit planning to assist in transitional services, thus providing linkages to help students re-enter school, work, home, and community life.
16. Communicate with other school personnel, family members, and other key adults to assist with transition support.
17. Maintain a positive working relationship with education, treatment, and the host agency staff.
18. Assume responsibility for maintenance of continuing education and knowledge of current trends in the profession of school counseling.
19. Comply with the host agency's policies and procedures.
20. Complete and submit all reports required by the WV Schools of Diversion and Transition in a timely manner.
21. Develop and maintain all aspects of student records and school data in WVEIS, including, but not limited to, instructional master schedule, student schedules, grade report, transcripts.
22. Perform other duties as required by the assigned school principal or administrator.

Qualifications:

Required:
1. Holds or qualifies for a student support certificate in counseling for the required grade level(s), pursuant to West Virginia State Board of Education Policy 5202.
2. Possesses the knowledge, skills, and ability to successfully perform the job requirements, work within the special setting of a residential school, and work as part of a rehabilitation team in concert with others.

Desired:
1. Experience in the counseling of troubled youth.
2. A minimum of three (3) years of school counseling experience.
3. Experience with all aspects of WVEIS.

Expectations:
  1. The staff member works effectively as a member of the educational team.
  2. The staff member demonstrates self-control and exhibits an attitude of mutual respect and tolerance.
  3. The staff member has excellent communication skills, oral and written.
  4. The staff member demonstrates ethical conduct and good work habits, including self-motivation and the ability to manage multiple tasks to accomplish high-quality work to meet demanding deadlines.
  5. The staff member demonstrates self-direction and the ability to use software applications for personal productivity and collaboration.
  6. The staff member demonstrates an ability to work effectively with county personnel and other state or local agencies.
  7. The staff member understands that work assignments may change, or be added, as priorities emerge within the WVSDT.
Employment Relationship:
Department of Education staff are employed upon recommendation of the State Superintendent of Schools and are state employees. No representative or employee of the state is authorized to enter into any employment contract or other agreement. Department staff work under the direction of the State Superintendent of Schools for the general supervision of the free schools in the state and implementing the policies of the board and other necessary tasks as determined by the State Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee. Each employee is 'at-will' and subject to termination by the State Superintendent of Schools at any time, with or without notice, cause or compensation.

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