Guidance Counselor

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR

MIDDLE SCHOOL

JOB GOAL:

The school Guidance Counselor utilizes leadership, advocacy, and collaboration to promote students' success, provide preventative services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses all students' academic, career, and personal/social development. The guidance counselor will consult and collaborate effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Master's Degree is required.

• Hold a valid Michigan Teaching Certificate with a Guidance Counselor (NT) Endorsement OR a School Guidance Counselor License issued by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE).

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Aids students in course and subject selection based on students' Educational Development Plan.

• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and classes studying occupations.

• Assists students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through the interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data and works with students to evolve education and occupation plans based on such evaluation.

• Works to discover and develop students' abilities.

• Works to resolve students' educational handicaps.

• Works with administrators to plan and schedule school curriculum.

• Registers students new to the school and orients them to school procedures and the school's varied learning opportunities.

• Enrolls all students for the school year and advises them on graduation requirements.

• Works to prevent students from dropping out of school.

• Help students evaluate career/college interests and choices.

• Remain readily available to students to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity.

• Works with students individually to solve personal problems related to such problems as home and family relations, health, attendance, and emotional adjustment.

• Arranges for consultants from colleges and industry for interested students.

• Monitors student transcripts and credits for high school graduation.

• Supervises the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment applications.

• Makes recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarships.

• Provides student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions mandated by the Board Policy on student records.

• Confers with parents whenever necessary and maintains a check on a student's academic progress at the parent's request.

• Works with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with the general range of services offered by the counseling department and to improve the educational prospects of individual students being counseled.

• Advises administrators and faculty on matters of student discipline.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds in supplies, which requires bending, stooping, and lifting.

• The employee must be able to use various instructional materials in the classroom.

• The employee must use hands and arms to manipulate objects.

• The employee must use keyboards, tools, and other controls.

• The employee must sit and stand for long periods.

• The employee must have normal vision and hearing with or without aid.

• The employee must be able to move about the assigned location unaided during the day.

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

EVALUATION: Annual

SALARY: Commensurate with Teaching Contract Salary Schedule

EFFECTIVE DATE: 2023/2024 School Year

DEADLINE: November 27, 2024

METHOD OF APPLICATION:

Qualified and interested persons must apply online at the Crestwood Home page under employment. Please include a letter of interest, resume, letters of recommendation, copy of certificate(s), and transcripts. We no longer accept paper applications delivered via mail, in-person, fax, or email. If your qualifications meet our needs, we will contact you for further information and a possible interview. Crestwood Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This document describes the general nature and level of work performed by those assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Administration reserves the right to amend the change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

The Crestwood Board of Education is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and to providing equity in its educational programs, services, and activities for all students and employees. The Crestwood School District does not discriminate based on race, ancestry, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or