School Counselor 2025-2026 School Year

ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE UPLOADED AND SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON THE SPECIFIED POSTING DEADLINE.

Position: School Counselor

Position Purpose: The school counselor provides a comprehensive guidance program for students and specifically provides activities to meet the needs of their assigned case-load; consults with teachers, staff and parents to enhance their effectiveness in helping students; and provides support to other educational programs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Implement the Michigan Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling curriculum.
• Manage and monitor assigned caseload of students.
• Coordinate standardized testing program.
• Assist with building the school’s master schedule.
• Maintain student records.
• Counsel students, parents, and guardians for the purpose of enhancing student success, academically, socially, and emotionally in school.
• Guide and counsel groups and individual students through the development of educational and career plans.
• Develops and implements a variety of special programs and classes (e.g. group and teamwork, leadership, bullying, coping with divorce or death, social skills, etc).
• Monitors students' progress for the purpose of identifying issues and taking appropriate action for increasing student success.
• Counsel small groups and individual students with problems; refer severe problems to appropriate community resources.
• Consult with teachers, staff and parents regarding meeting the developmental needs of students.
• Refer students and families to appropriate community agencies and resources as needed.
• Coordinate, conduct or participate in activities which contribute to the effective operation of the school.
• Evaluate and revise the building guidance and counseling program.
• Provide intervention, leadership and support to de-escalate student conflicts and crisis.
• Participate in department and school improvement efforts.
• Assist in the transition of students from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, and high school to post-secondary education or vocational education as appropriate.
• Assist students and families with the course selection process according to state requirements and scheduling students into courses as appropriate.
• Collect, organize and analyze information about individuals through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities and personality characteristics for educational and career planning.
• An understanding of a “learning styles” approach to instruction and a respect for students’ multiple intelligences.
• Counsel and guide students and parents in the use of test results for educational and career planning
• A commitment to lifelong learning as demonstrated by attendance at seminars, in-services and training, as appropriate.
• Responds to crises situations when appropriate.
• Provides orientation for students new to the school.
• Regular, reliable and punctual attendance

Additional Duties: Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.
Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Equipment: Uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, printer, copy and fax machines, and telephone.

Travel Requirements: Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the ASCA school model.
• Demonstrated understanding of district and state graduation requirements.
• Demonstrated respect for confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students and parents.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
• Able to develop and maintain positive relationships with staff, students, and administration.
• Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and students.
• Ability to use computer network system and software applications as needed.
• Ability to organize and coordinate work.
• Demonstrated excellent computer skills (MS Office).
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of facilitating small or large guidance groups.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of the team.
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an economically, culturally and racially diverse environment.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in school counseling is required
• Current or valid Michigan Counseling License is required
• Professional experience at the secondary level is preferred

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards:

• Ada Requirements: The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described 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.
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment), taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.
• Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.

FLSA Status: Exempt

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ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE UPLOADED AND SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON THE SPECIFIED POSTING DEADLINE.