What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elementary Counselor position at Gus Birdwell Elementary?
Gus Birdwell Elementary is in search of a Counselor for the 2025-2026 school year. The position will pay an additional $3,000 for Master degree. District pays $400 per month towards applicants health insurance.
Primary Purpose:
Work with school faculty and staff, students, parents, and community to plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program. Counsel students to fully develp easch student's academic, career, personal and social abilities and address the need of special population students
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Master's degree in guidance counseling;
Valid Texas counseling certficate
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development
Execellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents, and district staff
Experience:
Two years teaching experience
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to counsel individual students, small groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage a student's own personal and social development. Provide preventive, remedial, and crisis counseling as needed.
- Coordinate school, home, and community resources and refer students, parent, and others to special programs and services as needed.
- Works collaboratively to advocate for individual students and specific groups of students.
- Interpret sandardized test results and assessment data to guide students in individual goal setting and planning.
- Plan, implement, evaluate, and promote continuous improvement of a balanced comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program that includes guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support components.
- Maintains a communication system that effectively collects and disseminates information to other professionals as appropriate
- Uses an effective referral process to help students and others use special programs and services
- Comply with state, district, and school regulations and policies for classroom teachers
- Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current professional standards of competence and practice.
- Other assigned duties
Salary : $39,742 - $62,040