COUNSELOR, 2026-2027 School Year, CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
About The Position
The Counselor at Cypress Creek High School plans and delivers a comprehensive, developmental school counseling program for high school students. The position supports students’ interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal health and safety, academic progress, career development, post-secondary planning, and social and personal development. The counselor provides guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support while collaborating with students, families, school staff, district staff, and community partners. The counselor responds to student needs and critical incidents, provides counseling and referrals, supports equitable access to educational opportunities, interprets testing data, and contributes to campus improvement and accountability efforts. The role also requires maintaining student records and complying with applicable laws, policies, safety procedures, and professional standards. This is a 205-day high school position under a probationary or term contract. The listed salary is $71,456 (IA-4); starting salary may consider teaching experience and is subject to the salary range set by the Board of Trustees.
Requirements
- Master’s degree from a recognized, accredited college or university.
- Valid Texas Certificate as a Professional School Counselor; the posting also specifies a valid Texas school counselor certificate.
- At least two years of successful experience as a classroom teacher.
- Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Visionary leadership in public schools and ability to work with faculties, families, and 21st-century communities.
- Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior.
- Ability to maintain emotional control under stress and work with frequent interruptions.
- Adherence to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors.
Responsibilities
- Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons aligned with the district’s guidance curriculum.
- Teach guidance curriculum using effective instructional strategies and differentiated instruction for diverse student populations.
- Present information to students, parents or guardians, and district staff in individual, small-group, and large-group settings.
- Work with students, staff, families, and community members to identify priorities for guidance curriculum services.
- Collaborate across curricular areas to integrate guidance lessons into content-area instruction.
- Use intentional activities, materials, guest speakers, and technology tools to provide an engaging and balanced curriculum.
- Respond to problematic or critical incidents using developmental guidance theories and effective techniques.
- Use preventive and remediation practices to address barriers to student development and help students cope with difficult situations or choices.
- Support students in crisis situations and help maintain a healthy and safe school environment in collaboration with district staff, families, and local officials.
- Provide ongoing support through individual or small-group counseling, consultation, or referrals to services outside the school or district.
- Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts involving students, including accusations of bullying.
- Provide developmentally and age-appropriate counseling services and relevant information or literature to students, teachers, and administrators.
- Assist students and their parents or guardians in monitoring academic, career, personal, and social development.
- Act as a student advocate, leader, collaborator, and systems change agent.
- Promote a school environment that respects diversity and provides equitable access and placement in courses and programs for minority, disenfranchised, homeless, and other special populations.
- Interpret standardized test results; provide career development activities and grade-transition strategies; and guide students in goal setting and planning, including personal graduation plans and post-secondary opportunities.
- Collect, summarize, and interpret testing data to plan services and interventions and address student needs.
- Conduct an annual program audit to support accountability, action plans, time management, and systemic change.
- Participate in campus-based school improvement planning and goal setting.
- Provide training and consultation for parents or guardians and staff to foster student development.
- Communicate the counseling program’s management system and action plans to campus and district staff, families, and the community.
- Participate in staff development and continuing education and research best practices for comprehensive school counseling programs.
- Maintain student records in accordance with state and federal regulations.
- Comply with applicable laws, State Board of Education rules, board policies, district and campus practices, and counselor professional standards.
- Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
