School Counselor - Elementary

NOTE: ALL VACANCY POSTINGS ARE PENDING UNTIL BOARD APPROVED.

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Georgia certificate in School Counseling (P-12) required. Knowledge of PBIS, RTI, 504 plans, and standardized testing desirable. Experience in counseling elementary students preferred. Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and have the ability to communicate well with students, parents, and school staff as well as school and district administration.

NOTE: THIS IS A FULL-TIME, 195 DAY CONTRACTED POSITION.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with students, parents, guardians, and educators to assist students

with educational and career planning.

• Assist students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through the

interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data and

work with students to develop plans in terms of those evaluations.

• Assist with students new to the school by orienting them to the school's varied

opportunities for learning.

• Provide individual or group counseling to students with identified concerns and

needs. Collaborate with social worker on planning for group counseling.

• Monitor student academic performance, behavior, and attendance and assist with

appropriate interventions.

• Be readily available to students in order to provide the opportunity for counseling

that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and

maturity.

• Work with students on an individual basis to assist with personal problems that

could hinder the ability to learn and grow.

• Confer with parents as necessary.

• Work with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with the range of

services offered by the counseling department and work to incorporate

counseling goals into subject content areas.

• Take an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and

the community at large.

• Provide crisis intervention as needed.

• Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and

skills.

Other duties as assigned by the school administration.