Greenwood School District 50
Position Description

POSITION TITLE: Secondary Guidance Counselor

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Certificate in Guidance Counseling

2. Masters Degree

3. Three years classroom experience required

4. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

REPORTS TO: Principal

JOB GOALS: To implement the district’s comprehensive counseling program for secondary students; to consult with and assist teachers, parents, and staff to enhance their effectiveness in helping students; to protect the confidentiality of student records; and to provide appropriate support to secondary educational programs.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Guidance Curriculum

1. Present information to students in their classrooms relative to the guidance curriculum.

2. Meet with small groups of students outside the classroom to respond to identified interests or needs.

3. Conduct or coordinate presentations and/or seminars to provide information as needed or requested.

Individual Planning

4. Assist students in developing immediate and long-range plans by analyzing and evaluating students’ abilities, interests, skills and achievement.

5. Work with students using varied resources in planning personal, educational, and occupational goals.

6. Assist students in making the transition from grade to grade, from school to career, or from school to additional education and training.

7. Participate in the intervention team process or school support team.

Responsive Services

7. Provide individual counseling for students in the areas of personal/social, educational/academic, and career education.

8. Provide small group counseling based on student surveys of interest and need.

9. Provide consultation and feedback to parents, staff members, and community agencies regarding strategies to help students.

10. Make referrals to outside sources when extended counseling or support is necessary.

11. Counsel and support students and their families facing emergency situations and make appropriate outside referrals.

12. Provide campus wide programs for students to address personal/social, educational/academic, and career education concerns.

System Support

13. Plan and evaluate the counseling program.

14. Promote positive working relationships with students, staff, and members of the community.

15. Serve in an advisory capacity to support other programs in the school and community and to gain support for the guidance program.

16. Pursue continuous professional growth by keeping current with educational developments and literature in the field of school guidance.

17. Develop and maintain a library of pertinent information available to students, parents, and staff.

18. Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises students and other activities as directed by the building principal.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Certificate in Guidance Counseling, Masters Degree in Secondary Guidance Counseling, and three years classroom experience. Must be able to effectively deal with the public and staff both in person and on the phone.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information to administrators, top management, public groups/community, and Board of Education.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plain and solid geometry and trigonometry.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, gathers data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

Ability to develop effective working relationships with staff, students, parents and the school community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and the Board of Education policies.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand or walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The employee frequently communicates through speech.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is quiet. The employee is continuously interacting with the students, parents and staff.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. The individual currently holding this position performs additional duties and additional duties may be assigned.