High School Counselor - Upson-Lee High School

Role: High School Counselor

Reports to: Principal/Director of Student Services

FLSA Status: Exempt

Contract Days: 230 days (12 months)

Retirement: TRS

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement or assist in implementing a developmental counseling and guidance program considering the school needs.
• Conduct individual counseling in areas of educational and personal need as referred by staff, family, or self-referral.
• Conduct group counseling in identified areas.
• Prepare and submit notices to parents for students who are in danger of not being promoted and for students who are deficient in credit for graduation.
• Supervise the registration of students.
• Cooperate in compiling and maintaining appropriate student records.
• Work with registration and placement of new students and schedule changes.
• Evaluate transcripts of incoming and transferring students and keep appropriate records.
• Supervise the preparation and transmittal of transcripts and other official documents relating to students.
• Serve as a resource to homeroom advisors and assist in the homeroom advisement process.
• Conduct classroom activities to support instruction, educational transitions, career paths and personal development.
• Provide information on careers and life development to students and parents.
• Assist in school-based scheduling for work-based learning students.
• Assist with administration of standardized group testing.
• Assist in analyzing test data.
• Consult and coordinate with staff, parents, and community resources.
• Assist in implementing crisis management plans.
• Participate in the MTSS process.
• Serve as a team member in planning and operation of the school.
• Supervise student elections.
• Participate in training programs to increase skills and proficiency related to the assignment.
• Review current development, literature and technical sources of information related to job responsibilities.
• Demonstrate prompt and regular attendance and the ability to adapt to an extended/flexible work schedule.
• Ensure adherence to good safety procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws, as well as School Board policies and administrative directives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Hold or be eligible for required certification - Master's or higher degree in School Counseling; proper certification as required by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
• Ability to work well with students, parents, staff, and the community.
• High integrity, excellent character, and good professional reputation.
• Abide by the Georgia Professional Standards Code of Ethics for Educators.
• Ability to be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.
• Ability to perform tasks involving prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting.
• Ability to perform routine physical activities such as bending and lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Vision, hearing, written, and verbal communications are essential factors in performing required tasks.
• Must be able to properly and consistently supervise students particularly during emergency situations.

Important Notes

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Human Resources Director.) It should also be noted the order of performance responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.