What are the responsibilities and job description for the High School Guidance Counselor position at School Administrative Unit 61 Farmington?
Position Type :
High School Teacher Gr. 9 through 12 / Guidance
Date Posted : 7 / 22 / 2024
Location :
Farmington High School
Closing Date : until filled
High School Counselor
Certification or Statement of Eligibility required
Salary and benefits per CBA SCHOOL COUNSELOR
The guidance counselor works with pupils, teachers and parents, emphasizing the developmental needs of all students through counseling, consultation and coordination.
The guidance counselor reports directly to the building principal. Certification in guidance counseling from the Department of Education is required for the position.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES :
1. Provides counseling and guidance to students individually :
- Helps students resolve and / or deal with personal problems that arise in dealing with peers, family, school, and other situations causing stress.
- Helps students become adequate and responsible in their own choices and decision
making.
understanding and acceptance of themselves and others.
with a professional counselor who will listen carefully, discuss available options,
keeps confidence and neither judges nor stops approving of him / her as a person.
e. Assists students in fulfilling their educational requirements and needs by observing
their academic growth.
f. Evaluates records of all new students for placement.
g. Periodically summarizes progress of counseling in guidance records.
2. Provides group guidance :
d. Family counseling as time and need allow.
e. Adolescent Health- education program - teaching, discussing issues dealing with
puberty and adolescence.
3. Consultation :
A. Provides services to school staff.
1. Consults with teachers / administration about specific students.
2. Work to enhance or help set-up behavior management programs.
3. Consultant to teachers.
4. Active consultant to Pupil Placement Team.
5. Resource person for teachers / administration especially in areas of adjustment
problems and child developmental needs.
6. Consult with outside agencies such as child and Family Services, Welfare Dept.,
Juvenile Officer, school psychologists, social workers, staff and other schools
and programs (ex. TAC).
B. Resource to parents / families
1. Directly contacts and / or responds to parents to discuss personal adjustments and
areas of concern.
2. Interprets previous grades and tests as needed.
3. Discusses discipline cases.
4. Makes appropriate referrals and recommendations.
C. Consults with other counselors
1. Discuss common concerns.
2. Evaluate needs.
3. Strives to improve and maintain professional competence.
D. Consults and works closely with school nurses.
4. Coordination
placement.
academic growth through test results and teacher / parent / student consultation and
coordination.
as needs arise.
effectiveness.
School counselors are also responsible for the following :
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT :
The term of the contract will be for 200 days or in accordance with current master agreement. Each school counselor will be evaluated on an annual basis by April 1. Evaluations will be completed by the building principal.
