High School Counselor

• Must be licensed by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in counseling or able to obtain licensure in this area
• PURPOSE: To help all students develop skills in the areas of personal-social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment, including computers, copiers, calculators, etc
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, press releases, etc
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
• Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently using a variety of technical or professional languages, including counseling terminology
• Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations
• General knowledge of the ethical guidelines applicable to the position as outlined by professional organizations and/or federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
• General knowledge of the principles of organization and administration
• General knowledge of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
• Skill in counseling and motivating students
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the effectiveness of student programs
• Ability to coordinate the efforts of support services personnel and outside agencies
• Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful reports from them
• Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments

Responsibilities

• REPORTS TO: Principal
• PURPOSE: To help all students develop skills in the areas of personal-social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development
• MAJOR FUNCTION: Program Planning
• The school counselor establishes the school counseling program and develops activities and resources to implement and evaluate the program.
• The school counselor involves other school staff in making decisions about the school counseling program.
• The school counselor provides individual and group counseling services to meet students' developmental, preventive, and remedial needs.
• MAJOR FUNCTION: Consulting
• The school counselor consults with students, parents, teachers, and other school and community personnel to help meet their needs.
• MAJOR FUNCTION: Coordinating
• The school counselor coordinates all counseling services for students and assists with coordinating and implementing student services in the school.
• The counselor also assists teachers with the Guidance Curriculum
• MAJOR FUNCTION: Student Appraisal
• The school counselor accurately interprets test results and other student data.
• The counselor also assists teachers with the educational placement of students by using appropriate educational assessment strategies.
• MAJOR FUNCTION: Professional Practices and Development
• The school counselor adheres to the counseling profession's ethical standards and abides by the laws, policies, and procedures governing the schools.
• The counselor also participates in professional associations and upgrades professional knowledge and skills when needed.