Counselor, Secondary bei La Porte Independent School District

Position: Counselor, Secondary

Campus: La Porte High School

*This position will start January 2026.

Work with school faculty and staff, students, parents, and community to plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program at school assigned. Counsel students to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students.

Job Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in guidance counseling
• Valid Texas SBEC Counselor's certificate

Experience:

• Three years successful teaching experience

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Individual Planning

1. Create and ensure all students have an up-to-date academic schedule that aligns with needed graduation requirements utilizing the current Student Management System.
2. Consider development, interest, academic performance, graduation requirements, and assessment outcomes in goal setting with students during one-on-one academic conferences and throughout the year.
3. Implement the individual student planning component by guiding individuals and groups of students, and parents or guardians, through the development of educational, career, personal, or social plans.
4. Maintain student documentation and follow procedures in accordance with the LPISD Credit Verification Process to ensure all graduation requirements are met.
5. Participate and evaluate information from the annual Senior Audit.
6. Support students and parents/guardians with the college application process as needed. This may include writing letters of recommendation, and completing school reports, and mid-year reports in a timely manner.
7. Support and communicate with students and parents regarding secondary courses, programs, and opportunities during the annual LPISD course selection process.
8. Collaborate with intermediate campuses to ensure a successful transition which may include course selection presentations, course selection materials, and program application processes.
9. Support the course selection process and attend any updates and or trainings needed for course selection.
10. Ensure all students and parents/guardians are aware of the LPISD promotion standards and notify students and parents/guardians of opportunities for success in summer school.
11. Work with students and parents/guardians who are new to LPISD to ensure school records are evaluated in order to determine appropriate course placement and to create a credit evaluation for LPISD transcript creation.
12. Collaborate with teachers, students, and parents/guardians during the four-year planning process.
13. Serve as a member of the campus multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) in order to advocate for the needs of students.

Responsive Services

1. Intervene on behalf of students whose immediate personal concerns or circumstances put their continued educational, personal, and social development at risk.
2. Consult with campus staff and parents/guardians regarding students who need continuing support toward their educational, personal, and social development.
3. Provide short-term skills-based individual counseling services to students.
4. Identify and provide community resources for stakeholders as needed.
5. Support the campus during a critical incident while following the district’s critical incident response team protocol.
6. Conduct Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (or LPISD approved assessment tool) to procedures established by the Counseling and Student Services Department.
7. Collaborate with DAEP/JJAEP campus for scheduling purposes and support students when returning to campus from DAEP.

System Support

1. Ensure all counseling-related service interactions with students (i.e., guidance lessons, groups, parent conferences, consultations, and meetings) are entered into the district-approved tracking system.
2. Utilize district-developed materials to train campus staff regarding counseling issues such as Child Abuse, Maltreatment, Suicide Prevention, and Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Care.
3. Assist other campus staff in making referrals to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
4. Review and verify acknowledgment of the district Comprehensive School Counseling Program document which highlights the manner in which your campus follows the four components of The Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.
5. Support the campus-specific Comprehensive School Counseling Program document highlighting the four program components of The Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.
6. Work with all stakeholders, including administrators, nurses, support specialists, other personnel, community volunteers, and agencies for the benefit of students.
7. Stay up-to-date professionally through the selection of quality professional learning opportunities for personal growth.

Guidance Curriculum

1. Implement classroom guidance lessons by teaching the Texas Comprehensive School Counseling Program guidance curriculum components including Intrapersonal Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Personal Health and Safety, and Post-Secondary Education and Career Readiness or curriculum determined by LPISD.
2. Follow district processes and procedures for guidance curriculum implementation as established by the Advanced Learning and Student Services Department.
3. Attend district guidance curriculum updates provided by the Advanced Learning and Student Services Department to effectively facilitate district-required guidance lessons, as determined by the campus.

Additional Responsibilities and Duties

1. Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors and standards as set forth by The Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.
2. Collaborate and consult with all stakeholders to foster student educational, career, personal, and social development.
3. Maintain a positive and professional tone in all communication (i.e., email, written, and verbal).
4. Participate as an effective team member who contributes to district, department, and campus goals.
5. Ability to interpret and demonstrate knowledge of district and campus processes and procedures.
6. Demonstrate proficient levels of technology applications.
7. Perform other duties and accept other responsibilities as assigned.

Working Conditions:

• Tools/Equipment Used: Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment

• Posture: Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

  Motion: Frequent walking

  Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)

• Mental Demands:May work prolonged or irregular hours. Ability to communicate (verbal and written); ability to instruct; maintain emotional control under stress

Other Information: 

Apply online at lpisd.org, attaching a resume and letter of interest. Your application is not complete until three current references have been received. These references must include your current principal or supervisor. 

The District contributes $400/month to the cost of employee only health insurance, which is $175/month greater than the state required amount of $225/month.

Assignment:                                 11 Duty Months (200 Duty Days)

Pay Grade:                                   Professional, PG3

Minimum:   $65,454

Midpoint:    $77,971