Elementary Counselor

Job Title: School Counselor

Scope of Responsibilities: The job functions of an elementary counselor include maintaining a professional identity, supporting all PK-4 students in their social and emotional, academic, and career development, and being an active school leader who is reflective about his/her comprehensive school counseling program. The counselor will provide data-informed, universal, and targeted learning experiences to

develop the whole child in a diverse society. School counselors will align actions to the mission and vision of the district and their school.

A school counselor exemplifies a professional identity by:

• Using human development theories to have an impact on developmental issues affecting student success

• Using learning theory to support student achievement and success, including students with diverse learning needs

• Using established and emerging evidence-based counseling theories and techniques that are effective in a school setting to promote academic, career, and social and emotional development

• Using the principles of a multi-tiered system of support within the context of a comprehensive school counseling program to provide instruction and interventions

matched to student need

• Using systemic and environmental factors that affect human development, functioning, and behavior

• Applying legal and ethical principles of the school counseling professional identity

• Following the American School Counselor Association Ethical Standards to demonstrate high standards of integrity, leadership, and professionalism

• Following the legal aspects of the role of the school counselor

• Adhering to the unique legal and ethical principles of working with students in a school setting

• Adhering to the ethical and statutory limits of confidentiality

• Consulting with other education, counseling, and legal professionals as needed when ethical and legal questions arise

• Conducting and analyzing self-appraisal and assessment data