What are the responsibilities and job description for the Counselor, Middle School Indianola, IA position at Indianola Middle School?
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6-8 Academic Middle School Counselor
Middle School Counselor
Required Qualifications
- Hold an Elementary Professional School Counselor (#172) or #173 Secondary Professional School Counselor (#173) endorsement from the BOEE, or be eligible to obtain
- Possess effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- General understanding of the learning process and specific knowledge of the unique physical, social, emotional, linguistic, and academic development of middle school learners
- Demonstrated passion for serving middle school students
- Demonstrated effectiveness in establishing and sustaining classroom and building environments that promote learning
- Consistently maintains a positive attitude and pleasant demeanor
- Demonstrated commitment to professional growth
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated effectiveness in implements the individual planning component by guiding individuals and groups of students and their parents or guardians through the development of educational and career goals
- Demonstrated effectiveness in collecting and analyzing data for the purpose of program evaluation
- Demonstrated effectiveness in implementing guidance curriculum through the use of effective instructional skills and careful planning of structured group sessions for students
- Demonstrated effectiveness providing systems support through effective school counseling program management and support for other educational programs
- Demonstrated effectiveness organizing time and calendars to implement an efficient program
- Experience participating in program audits
- Demonstrated effectiveness providing responsive services through the effective use of individual and small group counseling, consultation and referral skills
- Demonstrated effectiveness implementing a school guidance curriculum through the use of effective instructional skills and careful planning of structured group sessions for students
- Demonstrated effectiveness monitoring students progress
- Demonstrated effectiveness planning, organizing and delivering a school counseling program
- Evidence of serving as a student advocate, leader, collaborator, and a systems change agent
- Demonstrated willingness to collaborate with building administrators in discussing the counseling department management system and program action plans
- Previous participation in the establishment and convening of a School Counseling Advisory Committee
- Successful experience serving in Professional Learning Communities and understanding of the PLC process
- Background in Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW) and demonstrated commitment to enhancing student engagement
- Successful experience integrating technology in the classroom