Counselor - Elementary
About The Position
The Counselor - Elementary designs and implements a school guidance curriculum, providing individual student planning, responsive services, and systems support. This role involves working as a team member with school staff, parents, and the community to foster a caring, supportive climate where students can achieve academic success. A key aspect is understanding the unique and diverse personal and developmental challenges that impact elementary school students' academic achievement. The counselor is also responsible for developing and promoting positive community relations among various community and school clientele.
Requirements
- Special Service Provider License - School Counseling - Colorado Department of Education
- Master's Degree: Counseling
Responsibilities
- Customize counseling services to meet individual student and school needs.
- Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting their education.
- Encourage two-way communication to enhance and promote the school counseling program.
- Document health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned.
- Refer and connect students to appropriate resources to enhance learning and development.
- Work collaboratively within the school environment and with appropriate stakeholders to advance the goals of the Counseling Program.
- Provide information to students and parents regarding academic progress, counseling programs, community resources, etc.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
- Use assessment data to measure student learning and academic growth and analyze results in planning counseling decisions.
- Align the counseling program to school goals (School Improvement Plan).
- Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills.
- Deliver counseling services through classroom guidance lessons, small groups and individual counseling.
- Demonstrate age-appropriate counseling practices that meet academic and personal/social needs.
- Assist in coordinating district and state testing programs.
- Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling practice and program.
- Maintain community partnerships to support students and their families.
- Support students in the successful transition from each grade level into the next phase.
- Manage a counseling program in order to encourage and support academic achievement and personal/social development.
Benefits
- health
- vision
- dental
- health savings account (HSA)
- flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- short and long-term disability
- critical illness and accident voluntary insurance
- employee assistance program (EAP)
- voluntary 401(k)
- 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options
- paid sick time
- paid personal time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
