Guidance counselor

Perform all necessary functions as a school guidance counselor.

Qualifications : Appropriate South Carolina Certification

• Shall hold a valid South Carolina certificate in guidance and counseling at specified levels
• Shall possess highly developed human relations and communication skills
• Shall possess personal qualities of objectivity, caring, tact, empathy, sincerity, tolerance, and emotional stability
• Shall have had successful experience or training in the diagnosis of learning and behavioral problems of children
• To develop positive attitudes about self and school
• Behavior management (positive discipline)
• Appropriate use of private office space, telephone, group counseling space

Responsibilities :

• To provide appropriate services, to all students in 6-12, ages 6-21, that will enable each to achieve optimally
• To provide remedial services to assist students in coping with problems which interfere with academic achievement and appropriate behavior
• Responsible for identifying guidance needs of students
• Responsible for goals based evaluation with administrator
• Responsible for maintaining proper certification
• Responsible for continuing professional growth through participation in State Department of Education workshops and conferences as approved by principal
• Responsible for referrals to community agencies and community services to the school
• Works with others consistently in a cooperative and respectful manner
• Expand knowledge and expertise through regular reading of current publications
• To promote positive social interaction with peers and authority figures
• To teach decision-making and problem-solving skills
• To reduce inappropriate behavior
• Expand knowledge and expertise through participation in teacher in-service and principal approved conferences.
• Provide a written guidance plan as deemed necessary for student(s)
• Works to provide activities to enhance the personal, social, and emotional development of students
• Improvement of academic achievement through enhancement of student self-concept
• May collaborate with teachers on student behavior management plans
• Provide indirect services for students through coordination with parents upon parent request
• Makes referrals to district office staff or community agency for students in need of special services
• Provide students with direct services to meet their needs
• Available to students, teachers, and parents throughout the school day
• Provide group guidance on topics of general need
• Provide individual counseling for confidential concerns of students
• Contribute to student academic achievement through services in the affective domain
• Assistance to teachers and to students for improving classroom behavior and peer relationships
• Provide principal approved curriculum instruction to meet student needs in the areas of character education, puberty education, career education, and drug education
• Coordinate with teachers regarding affective materials needed for counselor and classroom use
• Recommendation of affective books for the staff professional library
• Daily assistance with supervising and transporting students in the carline
• Assist with supervising and transporting students during school-wide activities, events, and field trips
• Serve as a member of school activity committees
• Performs other duties as assigned by an appropriate administrator or their representative.

Last updated : 2024-05-09