Elementary Guidance Counselor bei Accomack County Public Schools

Job Description

Job Title:  School Counselor – Elementary

Contract Length:  192 day contract

FLSA Status: exempt

Job Summary

The elementary school guidance counselor is responsible for helping students understand their abilities, aptitudes and interests in light of the opportunities and demands they experience presently or may experience in the future.

Essential Duties

• Counsels students with learning, physical, social, and emotional problems, through conferences held with students on the basis of teacher, parent, principal, or self-referral.
• Works closely with classroom teachers in planning and implementing guidance sessions based on the developmental needs of all students.
• Consults with classroom teachers, school principal, visiting teacher, school nurse’s aide, psychologist, and parents relative to students and their problems.
• Provides planned occupational information programs for the purpose of introducing the student to the world of work.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date permanent record folders.
• Coordinates and directs the standardized testing program in the school, and interprets test results to teachers, parents, and students.
• Enrolls and orients all new students to the school
• Acts as the liaison between school and community agencies in working on student problems.
• Serves as a member of the Child Study Team and identifies, screens, and refers exceptional and/or at risk students for evaluation and placement.
• Coordinates the efforts of all specialists working on a student case.
• Participates in and contributes to professional guidance and counseling organizations.
• Attends workshops and conferences to keep abreast of current guidance practices.
• Undertakes the continuous evaluation of:
  • The nature and scope of the guidance services as outlined above.
  • The functioning of guidance as an integral part of the total educational program;
  • The effectiveness of guidance services.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the school principal.

Job Specifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

Must possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or a related field. 

Must possess or be eligible for a Virginia Collegiate Professional License or Postgraduate Professional License with appropriate endorsement as a school counselor.

Must possess ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment.  Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Clearance

Criminal Justice Background check, Fingerprinting, TB Assessment

Supervision Received:  Principal

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.  The applicant will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or appropriate administrator.  Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

The Accomack County School System does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, handicap, race, religion, color, or national origin in its employment practices.

"We are an equal opportunity employer."