Pequot Lakes School District
Position: High School Counselor
FTE: 1.0
Location(s): High School
Reports to: Principal
Position Closes: Open Until Filled
Start Date:
Salary Range: $44,141 - $86,549
Required Qualifications, Education and Experience: Minnesota Teaching License (or ability to attain MN licensure prior to employment). Please view the job description (link) for additional details.
Counselor Job Description
Pequot Lakes School District Information
Application materials required for consideration:
1. Completed online application
2. Resume and cover letter, free of grammatical and spelling errors
3. Three (3) current letters of recommendation
4. Unofficial Transcripts
5. MN or Current Teaching License (as applicable)
Salary and Benefits: Pequot Lakes School District offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. We pride ourselves on creating an extremely professional and highly supportive work environment for all of our employees. You can find more salary and benefit information in the Pequot Lakes Education Association agreement on the District's website at www.isd186.org.
Final job offer is contingent upon a criminal background check and board approval.
Position Purpose Under the general supervision of the Principal, to provide students, parents, administrators, and other teaching staff with general academic and social-emotional needs, along with assisting students in developing educational and occupational goals and plans.
Essential Performance Responsibilities - Assists students in making course and subject selections, as well as with evaluating career interests and choices.
- Assists in the scheduling of classes.
- Serves as ready resource to students to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity.
- Obtains and disseminates information regarding occupational opportunities to students and to classes studying occupations.
- Assists students with admissions, scholarships and identifying employment opportunities.
- Coordinates with administrators and other teaching staff members to ascertain individual student's abilities and needs, including students with special needs, and to familiarize stakeholders with guidance services.
- Researches educational and career opportunities, and coordinates with teachers, college and university personnel, resource specialists, and business and community organizations for the purpose of providing information, and making recommendations.
- Assists with the registration and orientation of students who are new to the school regarding procedures and educational opportunities.
- Assists with the school district's dropout prevention efforts.
- Plans and coordinates field trips to institutions of higher learning, businesses and other organizations related to guidance responsibilities.
- Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research, and by maintaining professional relationships with members of institutions of higher learning and the business community.
- Organizes and maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping and providing student information to prospective colleges and employers, as required by district procedures and applicable laws.
- Encourages parental involvement in students' education and ensures effective communication with students and parents.
Additional Duties Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.
Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Knowledge of pre/post high school program eligibility requirements.
- Knowledge of college/university admissions processes, scholarship programs and other educational opportunities.
- Knowledge of current developments in business and industry regarding career opportunities and employment.
- Knowledge of differentiated instruction based upon student learning styles.
- Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
- Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards Works in standard office and school building environments.
Qualifications Profile - MN State Certification as a School Counselor
Education - Bachelors from an accredited college or university in education discipline applicable to counseling assignment.
- Masters Degree preferred.
Experience Successful prior experience for the appropriate grade level preferred.
FLSA Status: Exempt 
