Public School Of North Carolina Lincolnton , NC 28092
Posted 2 months ago
Date: July 5, 2024
Position: School Counselor
Location: Pumpkin Center Intermediate School
Reports To: Principal
Terms of Contract: 10 months; full-time; benefit eligible
Monthly Salary: Teacher State Salary Schedule (plus local supplement)
FLSA: EXEMPT
Qualifications/Requirements: Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold a North Carolina teaching license in appropriate licensure area.
Goal: To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans that hold promise for their personal fulfillment as mature and responsible men and women.
Duties:
Aid students in course and subject selection
Obtain and disseminate occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations
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 plans in terms of such evaluation
Work to discover and develop special abilities of students
Work to resolve students' educational handicaps
Register students new to the school and orient them to school procedures and the school's varied opportunities for learning
Work to prevent students from dropping out of school
Help students evaluate career interests and choices
Remain readily available to students so as to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity
Work with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such problems as home and family relations, health, and emotional adjustment
Plan guidance field trips to schools, colleges, and industry for interested students
Guide students in their participation in school and community activities
Maintain student records and protect their confidentiality
OR
Initiate, assemble, maintain, and interpret accurate health records, attendance records, cumulative progress records, activity records, and uniform transcript records for assigned students
Provide student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the Board's policy on student records
Confer with parents whenever necessary
Assist in the orientation of new faculty members
Provide in-service training in guidance for teachers and student teachers
Work with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with the general range of services offered by the student personnel services department, and to improve the educational prospects of individual students being counseled
Advise administrators and faculty on the matters of student discipline
Take an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and the community at large
Interpret the guidance program to the community
Organize and conduct annual career day
Arrange for tutors and summer school work
Must be able to perform heavy work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of forces frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects
Other duties as assigned
Application Deadline: Position Open Until Filled
Position Available: August 6, 2024
Application Process: All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please go the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Kristen Burgin, Principal
kburgin2@lincoln.k12.nc.us
Pumpkin Center Intermediate School
3980 King Wilkinson Road
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Phone: 704-736-1504
Fax: 704-736-1177
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON BASIS OF AGE,
HANDICAP, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, RELIGION, OR SEX
Public School Of North Carolina