School Counselor

Delaware Area Career Center

Title: School Counselor (2025-2026 School Year)

Reports to: Principal

Work Schedule: 185-Day Full-Time Teacher Contract

Primary Job Function:

• The Delaware Area Career Center School Counselor is responsible for providing effective counseling and support that enables students to gain knowledge, acquire skills, and develop positive learning behaviors. The School Counselor is responsible for supporting student learning through student-faculty engagement, fostering cooperation among students, active listening, timely feedback, high expectations and respecting diverse talents and learning styles of all students and other colleagues. This job description is a comprehensive list of essential functions. Essential functions are job duties a staff member must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Master’s degree in School Counseling or related field
• Valid State of Ohio Pupil Services License for School Counseling
• Valid State of Ohio teacher’s license preferred
• One (1) to two (2) years’ classroom teaching experience preferred

School Counseling:

• Responsible for providing counseling for students experiencing stress related concerns affecting their school day
• Responsible for creating behavior plans for students regarding acute crisis behavior or long-term behavioral interventions
• Responsible for meeting with Special Education teams, teachers, parents, guardians and students regarding student social and emotional needs
• Responsible for meeting with teachers, parents and guardians regarding progress of students and to ensure support systems are in place and followed through
• Responsible for training staff, parents and guardians regarding wide range of social and emotional topics
• Responsible for overseeing scheduling and record keeping processes in order to guide students in making suitable choices to meet graduation requirements.
• Responsible for attending professional development keeping current with trends in school counseling

Consultation:

• Responsible for consulting with parents, guardians, teachers, administrators, and other appropriate individuals to enhance their work with students
• Responsible for providing services to parents, guardians and students regarding but not limited to:
• • Testing procedures
  • Program options
  • Graduation requirements
• Responsible for working with school personnel and school district residents to obtain resources for students
• Responsible for helping students explore post-secondary training opportunities. This includes but is not limited to:
• • Colleges
  • Universities
  • Technical schools
  • Proprietary schools
  • Military services
• Responsible for coordinating admission counselor/recruiter visits
• Responsible for maintaining up-to-date scholarships and financial aid information.
• Responsible for ensuring the use of an effective referral process to help students and others use special programs and services

Assessments:

• Responsible for administering a variety of assessment tools as needed

Professional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for upholding board policies and following administrative procedures
• Responsible for maintaining visibility in the community and promoting a professional image of the school district
• Responsible for developing a strategy to accomplish personal performance objectives within specified timelines
• Responsible for observing established school hours
• Responsible for enforcing applicable Ohio Revised Codes
• Responsible for participating in professional growth opportunities.
• Responsible for accepting personal responsibility for decisions and conduct.
• Responsible for striving to develop rapport and serve as a positive role model for others
• Responsible for keeping current with advances in technology and how it relates to specific job responsibilities
• Responsible for respecting personal privacy and maintaining confidentiality.
• Responsible for watching for student behavior that may include a problem and reporting those concerns to the appropriate administrator. This includes but is not limited to:
• • Profanity
  • Excessive teasing
  • Bullying
  • Distress
• Responsible for wearing appropriate work attire and maintaining a neat appearance
• Responsible for taking precautions to ensure staff/student safety

Ensuring Student Safety:

• Employees shall be expected to exercise reasonable care with respect to the safety of students and student property. Employees shall discharge their duties and responsibilities to students and property according to the applicable Laws, State guidelines and Board policies.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of school counseling procedures, student appraisal and career development
• Knowledge of FERPA, IDEA and HIPPA
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local policies related to students
• Knowledge of the components of a comprehensive developmental school counseling program
• Knowledge of school counseling theory and practices
• Knowledge of personality development
• Knowledge of effective career, educational and college planning, child growth and development, learning assessment and remediation research related to learning and school and community resources available to assist students and parents
• Knowledge of all DACC adopted software
• Knowledge of English grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Knowledge of behavior and classroom management techniques
• Skilled at effective verbal and written communication
• Skilled in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Skilled in collaboration and decision-making, seeking consensus whenever possible
• Skilled in conflict resolution
• Skilled at developing rapport and interacting effectively with students and staff
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work with students to provide feedback, maintain an orderly atmosphere, and foster a safe and healthy school environment
• Ability to handle behavioral and emotionally charged situations in a calm and effective manner
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment and emotional stability
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to assist students with various physical and intellectual needs
• Ability to maintain accurate records and write reports and logs
• Ability to “think outside the box”
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
• Ability to interpret, apply and explain rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Ability to promote positive staff morale
• Ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regards to leadership, performance and professional growth
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others

Working Conditions

• The district offers equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), economic status, age, disability or military status.
• Working Conditions – While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is required to have dexterity of hands and fingers. The employee is required to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job the incumbent is seated or walking at will and must be able to push, pull, lift and carry over 25 pounds on occasion. Generally acceptable working environment with limited exposure to unpleasant conditions. Exposure to such conditions may make the working environment unpleasant or cause discomfort occasionally but has minor impact on personal safety and/or mental well-being. Safety is essential to job performance. All employees are required to comply with workplace health/safety regulations and district policies when duties entail any of the following situations:
• • Encounters with aggressive, angry, rude or unpleasant individuals
  • Exposure to air-borne particulates, chemicals, combustible materials, electrical hazards, loud noises, moving mechanical parts, odors, slippery/uneven surfaces, etc.
  • Exposure to blood-borne pathogens or contagious diseases.
  • Exposure to severe weather conditions or temperature extremes.
  • Movements that require balancing, bending, climbing, crouching, kneeling, or reaching.
  • Operating or riding in a vehicle. Working in or near vehicular traffic.
  • Performing tasks that require complex sequencing, dexterity, strength, stamina, etc.
  • Traveling to meetings and work assignments.
  • Working at heights, in confined spaces, or under diminished/variable lighting.
• Drug and Alcohol-Free Environment – The district maintains a drug and alcohol-free work environment to prevent the adverse impact of substance abuse on employee performance and protect the rights of co-workers and the public.
• Flexible Work Environments - are important to many individuals. Remote work opportunities may exist for this position when it is appropriate and feasible.
• Driving Requirement – This job description may require driving. Any employee who chooses or is asked to drive a DACC vehicle for work related community business must receive written annual authorization to do so.

The working conditions 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.

The Delaware Area Career Center Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), economic status, age, disability or military status. This job description summary does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed. This job description is subject to change in response to funding variables, emerging technologies, improved operating procedures, productivity factors, and unforeseen events.