About this role
POSITION TITLE: Elementary School Counselor REPORTS TO: Building Principal BASIC FUNCTION: To provide the best functional guidance program possible under the direction of the principal. REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: The terms of employments are designated by the contract.
• Provides counseling services using his / her competencies and professional knowledge in an effort to assist the student in:
• Understand and accept himself as an individual, thus leading to development of self-awareness;
• Develop personal decision-making competencies that are important to the decision-making process;
• To develop the ability to resolve problems
• Assists in providing student appraisal procedures by:
• Organizing, developing, collecting, studying and using pertinent appraisal data as bases for stimulating he intellectual, career and personality development of each student;
• Interpreting the implications of appraisal data to teachers and administrators;
• Helping teachers develop competencies in student appraisal procedures;
• Working with school administrators to develop conditions conductive to the operation of an effective program of student appraisal procedures
• Assists in providing informational procedures by:
• Organizing, collecting, disseminating and interpreting pertinent educational and occupational information for use by students, parents and school staff;
• Developing suitable plans and procedures for effective group guidance activities;
• Planning with teachers for the development and use of units of instruction that relate to the goals of guidance;
• Developing student competencies in using information more effectively to attain their personal goals
• Assists in procedures concerning realistic placement of students considering his interests, stage of development and program offerings by:
• Participating with the school staff in providing accurate and proper grouping procedures for all students;
• Helping students in making informed choices of subjects that relate to future goals;
• Identifying school related and community related activities in keeping with student interests and encouraging student participation in those activities.
• Assists in providing referral services for students by:
• Utilizing special services available through the Department of Pupil Personnel and Guidance Services and he Department of Instructional Improvement Services that relate to all special needs of student;
• Utilizing special services available through the various community agencies;
• Assuring accuracy and completeness of data that accompanies the request for referral services;
• Making parents aware of the available referral services and encourage utilization of these services whenever it seems appropriate;
• Encouraging the development and/or extension of community agencies for meeting special student needs that are not already adequately met.
• Assists in providing evaluation and research date by:
• Developing suitable plans and procedures for continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of the work of the counselor;
• Developing suitable plans and procedures for continuous evaluations of the effectiveness of the total guidance program;
• Cooperating with local, state, federal and university-sponsored guidance research studies when appropriately related and properly coordinated.
• Performs certain other tasks that are supportive and complementary to the total guidance program in the school by:
• Participating in programs of orientation for students, being especially concerned with articulation;
• Providing and receiving consultative assistance concerning student growth and development;
• Participating in curricular planning and revision with special focus on the student-centered point of view;
• Developing plans for continuing on-the-job professional improvement;
• Implements and interprets testing program;
• Plans and is prepared to assist the superintendent and/or principal as directed.
• Maintains regular attendance
• Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations
• Requires bending, squatting , crawling, climbing, reaching
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights
EVALUATION: Annual development of Professional Growth Plan. Annual evaluation of job performance by supervisor. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• Master's Degree
• Three years successful teaching experience is preferred
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
• Valid Kentucky Teaching Certificate
• Certification as a Elementary School Guidance Counselor