School Counselor Grades 9-12 (2024-25 School Year)

ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205

Job Description

Job Title: School Counselor

Job Code: 9620

Department: Student Support

Supervisor: Assistant Principle of School Counseling Services

Date:

FLSA Status:

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

To empower students to make responsible choices about their social, scholastic and future professional lives.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.

• Carries out such additional duties as required or as conditions necessitate.

• Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.

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

• Help students evaluate career interests and choices.

• Aid students in course and subject selection.

• Work to discover and develop special abilities of students.

• Work to resolve students' educational deficiencies.

• Work to prevent students from dropping out of school.

• Work with students on in individual basis in the solution of personal issues related to home and family relations, peer pressures, health and emotional adjustments.

• Assist students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through the interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data, and work with students in evolving education and occupation career plans in terms of such evaluation.

• Guide students in their participation in school and community activities.

• Confer with parents whenever necessary.

• Arrange for tutors and summer school, and work description.

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

• Make recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarship.

• Provide students' information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the Board's policy on student records.

• Register students new to the school and orient them to the school procedures and the school's varied opportunities for learning.

• Maintain students' records and protect their confidentiality.

• Work with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with the general range of services offered by the student support personnel services department, and to improve the educational prospects of individual students being counseled.

• Work with administrators to develop the schedule for classes to meet the needs of students.

• Work with the Community Agencies to assist students in specific concerns.

• Any other duties assigned by the building principal.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Type 73 Illinois School Personnel Certification, with endorsement for Guidance Counselor.

This description is written primarily for position evaluation purposes. It describes duties and responsibilities, which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The essential duties and responsibilities are not necessarily all-inclusive.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1.Training or evidence of successful demonstration of conflict resolution and/or behavior management techniques.

2.Training and/or experiences in building positive relationships with parents and staff and establishing effective lines of communication with them.

3.Training in the development and use of alternative assessment methods.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel. Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

OTHER:

This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the school district and requirements of the job change.

Physical Aspects of the Position (Check all that apply)

1.Climbing

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. 2. Balancing

• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when waling, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. 3. Stooping

• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. 4. Kneeling

• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. 5. Crouching

• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. 6. Crawling

• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. 7. Reaching

• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 8. Standing

• Particularly for sustained periods of time. 9. Walking

• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. 10. Pushing - using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward or outward. 11. Pulling

• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. 12. Lifting

• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and required the substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. 13. Finger use

• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling. 14. Grasping

• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm. 15. Talking

• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly. 16. Hearing

• Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery. 17. Repetitive Motions

• Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or finders. 18.

The Physical Requirements of the Position (Check one)

1.Sedentary Work

• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. 2. Light Work

• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rate for Light Work. 3. Medium Work

• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. 4. Heavy Work

• Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. 5. Very Heavy Work

• Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision (Check one)

1.Machine Operations - inspection, close assembly, clerical, administration. This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, or visual inspection. 2. Mechanics

• Skilled tradespeople

• This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals with machines such as power tools, lathes and drills. 3. Mobile Equipment

• This is a minimum standard for use with those who operate cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes, and high equipment. 4. Other

• This is a minimum standard basis on the criteria of accuracy and neatness of work for janitors, sweepers, etc.

The Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this position (Check all that apply)

1.The worker is subject to inside environment conditions. 2. The worker is subject to outside environment conditions. 3. The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. (Activity occurs inside and outside) 4. The worker is subject to extreme heat or cold for periods of greater that one hour. 5. The worker is subject to noise which would cause them to have to shout. 6. The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc. School Counselor ______________________________________________________________________ JOB CODE: 9620 Department: Student Support