Counselor Pool (26-27 SY) - Districtwide

Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Valid Texas Teaching Certificate
• Valid School Counselor Certification
• Two (2) years of teaching experience or school counseling experience as outlined by the Texas State Board of Education for out-of-state candidates.

Major Responsibilities and Duties

• Plans, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive program of guidance, including counseling services:

  • Uses a planning process to define needs, priorities and program
  • Implements a comprehensive and balanced program
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of individual activities and the overall program in meeting desired student needs
  • Edits the guidance program to the school staff, parents, and the community through public information

• Taught the school developmental guidance curriculum:

  • Outlines, in writing, a campus guidance curriculum consistent with the district's guidance program plan and tailored to campus
  • Taught guidance units

• Aids teachers in the teaching of guidance related curriculum:

  • Consults with administrators and teachers regarding the teacher's areas of responsibility in teaching the developmental guidance curriculum
  • Supports teachers in teaching "essential elements" identified in the SBOE Rules for Curriculum which are guidance-related

• Guides individual and groups of students through the development of educational plans and career awareness:

  • Involves students in personalized educational and career planning
  • Presents relevant information accurately and without bias
  • Counsels individual students with presenting needs/concerns
  • Provides counseling in small groups as needed

• Uses accepted theories and techniques appropriate to school counseling:

  • Uses accepted counseling techniques
  • Provides professional expertise collaboratively
  • Interprets information and ideas
  • Advocates for students

• Coordinates with school and community personnel to bring together resources for students:

  • Maintains a communication system that effectively collects and disseminates information about students to other professionals as appropriate
  • Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other school representatives
  • Develops and maintains positive working relationships with representatives of the community

• Uses an effective referral process for assisting students and others to use special programs and services:

  • Accurately assesses students' and their families' needs
  • Participates actively in the process for referral of students to school/district special programs and/or services
  • Uses an effective referral process for assisting students and others to use community agencies

• Participates in the planning and evaluation of the school group standardized testing program:

  • Is knowledgeable in the principles of testing and measurement which underlie standardized testing program
  • Collaborates in the planning and evaluation of the group standardized testing
  • Interprets test and other appraisal results correctly
  • Applies principles of test and measurement to test and other appraisal results
  • Interprets test and other appraisal results to students and their parents
  • Maintains the confidentiality of student records
  • Ensures that the uses of student records are for the benefit of students and personnel working with those records

• Adheres to ethical and legal standards:

  • Observes ethical standards of the Texas and the American School Counselor
  • Observes relevant legal standards

• Adheres to professional district standards:

  • Pursues continuous professional growth and keeps abreast of current and innovative procedures and practices in the fields of guidance and counseling and in the field of education
  • Selects counselor interventions appropriate to students' issues
  • Creates an atmosphere in which confidence, understanding, and respect result in a helping relationship
  • Maintains positive working relationships with other counselors
  • Maintains professional boundaries
  • Respects the integrity of the student