Job Description

Title:   SCHOOL COUNSELOR

Position Type: Exempt

Primary Function:

Assume responsibility for delivery of the school counseling program in the school setting.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Hold a Professional license with endorsement in school counseling at the appropriate level (elementary, middle, or high school)
• Hold a Master's Degree
• Possess high moral standards and integrity
• Demonstrate a willingness to work with all students
• Ability to quickly learn procedures used to report information and maintain records
• Ability to prepare required written reports.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Support students by addressing their academic, career and personal/social needs
• Instruct students in strategies for making decisions and choices
• Help students to identify and develop knowledge, skills, habits, and traits necessary for success in future educational experiences, the workforce, and life
• Work with students on an individual or group basis to resolve student-identified areas of concern
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate classroom school counseling lessons in accordance with American School Counselor Association Standards
• Coordinate and facilitate the Family Life Curriculum (Elementary)
• Assist with and/or administer testing as assigned
• Consult with teachers, parents and other stakeholders on issues related to student learning and personal/social or emotional development
• Serve as a contributing member on school-based transdisciplinary teams
• Support and interpret the school's mission to students, parents, and other community members
• Maintain student records, as assigned
• Protect student confidentiality
• Handle issues which are highly sensitive and/or related to student safety in accordance with the American School Counselor Association's Ethical Standards for School Counselors and School Board Policy
• Interpret educational information (ability and aptitude measures, standardized test scores, and other pertinent data) to students, parents, other school division personnel
• Provide crisis counseling to students and families in need
• Communicate with parents about their child’s developmental needs
• Provide professional development activities for the division as requested
• Make appropriate referrals to other school division personnel or community agencies
• Inform parents and/or appropriate authorities when a student's condition indicates a clear and imminent danger to himself or others in accordance with the American School Counselor Association's Ethical Standards for School Counselors
• Take primary responsibility for assigned areas of school counseling including, but not limited to, careers, post-secondary education and special programs (High School)
• Develop, review, and maintain academic and career plans (Middle School and High School)
• Coordinate the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment applications (High School)
• Provide various pathways for students to explore options post-graduation (High School)
• Coordinate course scheduling (Middle School and High School)
• Perform other duties as assigned by school principal and/or Coordinator of School Counseling

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, climb stairs, and reach overhead.

Reports to:

School Principal and Coordinator of School Counseling

Terms of Employment:

200 days a year plus additional days as designated by the current York County School Division Pay Plan.

Evaluation:

Performance on this job will be evaluated in accordance with School Board policy and administrative regulations on evaluation of licensed personnel.

2/4/2025