Elementary School Counselor

Job Description:
Clinton Community Schools is committed to expanding out support system at the
elementary level through adding an additional school counselor to provide the following
services: academic and career development, social/emotional development, student
advocacy, and to serve as a liaison with parents, staff, and community resources. The
elementary counselor will join additional staff at the elementary school and assist with
providing a comprehensive counseling program.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in school counseling.
• Consideration will be given to individuals currently working towards a master’s degree in counseling with a minimum of 18 hours completed.
• A current K-12 Michigan certificate with NT endorsement or School Counselor License (SCL).

School Counselor Responsibilities:

• Advise and counsels students in the areas of academic, education and in personal/social development.
• Active assist in planning the school counseling core curriculum.
• Consistently uses a variety of instructional strategies that consider diverse student needs and learning differences while engaging all students.
• Provide social emotional, career development and academic counseling to students through planned activities in small groups and/or classroom settings.
• Consults, facilitates, and maintains communication with parents, teachers, administrators, and other appropriate stakeholders on specific student and parent academic and educational matters including academic & social emotional needs of students.
• Provides feedback and recommends appropriate action and solutions to individual student’s academic and education needs and abilities.
• Assist with 504 and MTSS monitoring and scheduling.
• Participates on the MTSS team, identifies students who may need targeted or intensive services, and coordinates with the intervention support team.
• Provides brief counseling to address social and emotional concerns and appropriately refers students and families to outside resources and/or to the intervention team.
• Facilitate career awareness activities for students.
• Develop and maintain skills needed to utilize technology systems and participate in professional development activities.
• Adhere to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.

Compensation:

• Per CEA Contract

Other:

• Posting will remain open until position has been filled.