High School Guidance Counselor

SUMMARY: To provide a comprehensive counseling program for students and specifically provide activities to meet the needs of their assigned caseload; consult with teachers, staff, and parents to enhance their effectiveness in helping students; and provide support to other educational programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: Others duties may be assigned.

• Counsels groups or individual students through the development of educational and career plans.
• Assists students to make appropriate decisions regarding class choices.
• Issues work permits to students.
• Counsels small groups and individual students with problems; refers severe problems to appropriate community resources.
• Consults with teachers, staff; and parents regarding meeting the development needs of students.
• Evaluates and revises the building counseling program.
• Conducts counseling activities in the classroom in conjunction with administration and
• Teachers.
• Consults with teachers to facilitate the infusion of counseling learning activities into the
• Regular education curricula.
• Responds to crisis situations when appropriate.
• Organizes the testing program, proctors exams, interprets and evaluates test results.
• Attends orientation at Senior High School, College & Career Fair, College Cost Estimator Night and Honors Night, evening parent meetings and other parent information meetings.
• Maintains competency in areas of certification and assignment.
• Provides a planned sequence of career guidance activities.
• Provides consulting services to administrators, teachers, and/or parents about assigned students.
• Makes recommendations and provides information for educational and career placement.
• Strives for harmonious and cooperative relationships with staff, students, and parents.
• Encourages community participation and maintains contacts in the community.
• Learns of new developments in guidance and counseling to improve skills on a regular basis.
• Participates in the guidance program development, maintenance, and enhancement.
• Serves on committees, attends meetings, and helps with programs when assigned by administration.
• Keeps accurate records, career profiles, and test results on assigned students.
• Uses computer for information, entering date, etc.
• Schedules visits from representatives of colleges, vocational schools, military service personnel, and occupational areas.
• Attends case conferences of students referred to the special services unit.
• Establishes a guidance calendar. Prepares testing schedule for the year at the beginning of the year.
• Assists juniors and seniors in the acquisition of financial aid for post-secondary education.
• Submits recommendations to the Principal regarding the guidance program.
• Schedules parent/teacher conferences.
• Represents the school by attending guidance meetings.
• Provides school staff services, such as information, consultation, counseling and in service.
• Provides placement and follow-up services to graduates and former students.
• Collects, organizes, and distributes scheduling, career, and post-secondary information for students.
• Assumes responsibility for accurate ranking and grade point averages of students.
• Processes new transcripts for students.
• Supplies brochures, college catalogs, applications for admission, and financial aid information to students.
• Assumes responsibility for writing college recommendations and completing the high school transcript on college applications.
• Assists the Principal in scheduling classes and students.
• Works with the students regarding schedule changes with help from Principal and Assistant Principal when needed.
• Provides input into curriculum revisions.
• Assists teachers with computerized class rosters when needed.
• Makes sure that grade cards are in to office and computer on time.
• Requests records for incoming students and inputs transcript information in the computer.
• Acts as a liaison between special services personnel and the school.
• Provides input into curriculum revisions.
• Assists teachers with computerized class rosters when needed.
• Makes sure that grade cards are in to office and computer on time.
• Requests records for incoming students and inputs transcript information in the computer.
• Acts as a liaison between special services personnel and the school.
• Prepares honor rolls and makes them available to newspapers and posts them in the school with help from the secretary.
• Has a counselor corner during lunch time and/or supervised lunch duty.
• Coordinates high school senior and underclassmen awards programs.
• Responsible for seeing that all guidelines are met by students applying for various scholarships
• Updates curriculum catalog with assistance from department head.
• Assists Principal in meeting all curricular requirements as established by PBA, NCA, and all local and state mandates, etc.
• Maintains appropriate appearance.
• Ensures own regular and prompt attendance.
• Effectively completes regular and other job performance criteria as assigned.
• Promotes good public relations for the School Corporation and community.
• Works with English and Math Departments on ECA testing guideline requirements, schedules, recommendations for remediation and testing groups.
• Works with English and Math Departments on interpreting ECA results and proper student placement and master course selections.
• Works with Ivy Tech on dual credit opportunities, scheduling of classes, scheduling of exams, reporting dual credits and advising students.
• Schedules students in their appropriate classes.
• Works with Community Foundation of Switzerland County on scheduling College
• Cost Estimator workshops with Dave Murray and Associates, scholarship nights, and college visit planning.
• Remains free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment with the Corporation.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Before or after school supervision.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Master of Arts degree in counseling, counselor endorsement.

CERTIFICATES. LICENSES. REGISTRATIONS

Counseling Endorsement

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of teachers, students, administrators, parents, and the general public.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program; ability to plan and implement lessons based on district and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents, and community; skill in oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.