SCHOOL COUNSELOR

JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR
 

REPORTS TO:    School Leader

SUPERVISES:    May coordinate and direct activities of counselor aides and clerical assistants.

PURPOSE:         To help all students develop skills in the areas of personal-social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 

1.   MAJOR FUNCTIONS:
 

Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, the school counselor promotes student success,  provides preventive services, and responds to specific student needs by implementing a  comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social  development for all students. The major functions of the school counselor job description  incorporate the North Carolina State Board of Education’s guiding mission that every public  school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary  education and prepared for life in the twenty-first century.

• Develops and maintains a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling  program based on the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of  Study and current school data. 
• Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education  stakeholders (i.e., administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community/business  leaders). 
• Maintains current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders. 
• Provides direct services through the Guidance Curriculum,  Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services.  Uses data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs. 

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
 

Bachelor’s degree a related field with a Master’s degree in counseling or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 

Must be licensed by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in counseling or in the process of obtaining licensure in this area.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
 

Physical Requirements:

Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, typewriters, copiers, calculators, etc.

Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Data Conception:

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication:

Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

General knowledge of the ethical guidelines applicable to the position as outlined by professional organizations and/or federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.

General knowledge of the principles of organization and administration.

General knowledge of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

Skill in counseling and motivating students.

Ability to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the effectiveness of student programs.

Ability to coordinate the efforts of support services personnel and outside agencies.

Ability to use common office machines and popular computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs.

Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful reports from them.

Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

DISCLAIMER
 

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

Salary : $46,157 - $74,717