Counselor- .75 FTE

Work Year: 190
Bargaining Unit: TTEA
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary: $48,775-$98,242
Tigard Tualatin School District pays the 6% employee PERS contribution, upon eligibility.
Salary listed is from 23-24 salary schedule. Salary Schedule for 2024-2025 is TBD
JOB TITLE: High School Counselor
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
FTE: .75 FTE

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following requirements and responsibilities satisfactorily. However, any one employee may not perform all duties listed and examples may not cover all duties an employee is expected to perform. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential requirements and responsibilities of the position.

Counseling
Provide individual counseling for student/staff/parents.
Provide group counseling for student/staff/parents
Provide behavioral and/or emotional support to individuals or group
Assist students, parents, and staff in resolving individual or group conflict
Counsel with parents regarding student academic, social or emotional progress
Collect and analyze post graduate survey
Participate in professional growth activities.

Referral:
Coordinate referrals to district psychologist
Initial referral to community agencies
Contact individuals or agencies to gain or provide information

Appraisal:
Provide individual/group testing
Coordinate district testing program
Administer tests
Interpret test scores to students, staff, parents

Information/Instruction:
Teach affective skills
Provide parent education/information
Provide individual/group parent, staff guidance
Provide staff in-service
Provide individual group orientation to students/parents transition to next grade or educational level
Maintain newsletters/media contact
Prepare staffing reports
Coordinate home instruction/work with home instructor
Write letters of recommendation
Provide information to students and their parents regarding career opportunity, career planning, higher education, and financial aid
Assist in the developing and adjusting of master schedule
See that students are scheduled for appropriate classes

Planning, Placement and Follow-up
Participate in building screening committee/multi-disciplinary team meetings
Coordinator/assist in developing appropriate education for special needs students
Observe student's classroom behavior
Schedule and/or provide orientation to new students
Check credits and update competency requirements
Observe in classrooms to obtain curriculum information
Collect information on withdrawn students

Records
Review records for new students/transfer students
Review student records for placement (i.e. TEE, special education, etc.)
Coordinate student progress reports
Implement daily home work assignment sheets

Evaluation
Design system to measure student outcomes related to guidance and counseling program
Collect and analyze perceptions regarding guidance program
Maintain time/activity log
Participate in guidance department meetings
Develop department job targets/goals

QUALIFICATIONS
The essential qualifications of the position are listed below. They include the requisite skill, experience and education for the assignments in this classification. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge/skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position
School Counselor License
WORKING CONDITIONS
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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
Talk and hear
Stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
Occasionally climbing or balancing
Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds.
Specific abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and the majority of the work day is spent indoors.
EVALUATION
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J and TTEA

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Terms and conditions of employment are established by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J and TTEA.

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all inclusive list of responsibility, skill, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the positions activities and requirements, the administrations reserve the right to modify, and or remove duties and assign duties as necessary that still reflect the essential functions of the department.