School Counselor - Tennessee High School

Minimum master's degree with valid Tennessee teaching license required. Must hold proper endorsement which includes 087 or 487. See the job description below for more information.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree
• Valid Tennessee counseling certificate with appropriate endorsement.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO

High School Principal

SUPERVISES

Students assigned by the principal

JOB GOAL

To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans that hold promise for their personal fulfillment as mature and responsible men and women.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Remains readily available to students to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity.
• Works with students on an individual basis or in small groups in the solution of personal problems related to school, home, health, and emotional adjustment.
• Assists students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through the interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data.
• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students.
• Assists students in planning a course of study and evaluating career interests.
• Assists in identifying options for students with educational handicaps.
• Maintains an up-to-date library of catalogs, scholarship, and financial aid information related to schools, colleges, and institutions offering post-secondary training and education.
• Acquaints students and their parents of college entrance requirements, and helps make a realistic comparison between the student’s record and abilities and the specific entrance requirements of the college or colleges in which the student is interested.
• Assists students making application to post-secondary schools, including scholarship and financial aid applications.
• Maintains a supply of current application forms and information booklets for College Entrance Examination Board tests and for the American College Testing Program.
• Maintains open communications and positive relationship with college admission officers, especially those representing schools in which Tennessee High students traditionally demonstrate the most interest.
• Arranges conferences with students and college admission officers who visit the school.
• Organizes and conducts annual financial aid workshops and assists with area-wide college day.
• Prepares and supervises the processing of evaluations, recommendations, and other forms as required in connection with college scholarships and employment.
• Provides student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the Board’s policy on student records.
• Meets with representatives of vocational schools and the military services to discuss their programs and requirements and arrange meetings with students.
• Works cooperatively with community agencies (juvenile court, human services, public health, mental health, and vocational rehabilitation) to meet the needs of students requiring assistance.
• Takes an active role in interpreting the school’s objectives to students, parents, and the community at large.
• Confers with parents whenever necessary or as requested.
• Selects, administers, and interprets standardized tests to assist students in making appropriate career and/or college choices.
• Develops a school-wide program and schedule for group testing.
• Administers or supervises the administration of group tests of intelligence, achievement, aptitude, and interest.
• Prepares score reports of Tennessee High School students.
• Oversees the processing of transcripts for college, scholarship, and employment applications.
• Prepares follow-up of graduating class each year.
• Attends faculty meetings and other meetings called by principal, supervisor, or superintendent.
• Prepares various reports as designated by the principal.
• Performs such other duties as may reasonably be prescribed by the principal or his/her designee.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing
• Stooping and/or kneeling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity.
• Adaptability to dealing with students.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
• Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Eleven-month year. Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.