Guidance Counselor

Montgomery County Schools•Troy, NC

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The school counselor's primary purpose is to help all students develop skills in personal-social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development. This role involves program planning, individual and group counseling, consulting with students, parents, teachers, and community personnel, coordinating counseling services, student appraisal, and adhering to professional practices and development. Counselors assigned to the Virtual Learning Program are also expected to be proficient in the school's Learning Management System.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a Master’s degree in counseling or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Must be licensed by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in counseling or able to obtain licensure in this area.
Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, typewriters, copiers, calculators, etc.
Ability to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the effectiveness of student programs.
Ability to coordinate the efforts of support services personnel and outside agencies.
Ability to use common office machines and popular computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs.
Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful reports from them.
Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

Nice To Haves

May coordinate and direct activities of counselor aides and clerical assistants.

Responsibilities

Establishes the school-counseling program and develops activities and resources to implement and evaluate the program.
Involves other school staff in making decisions about the school counseling program.
Provides individual and group counseling services to meet the developmental, preventive, and remedial needs of students.
Consults with students, parents, teachers, and other school and community personnel to assist in meeting the needs of students.
Coordinates all counseling services for students and assists with the coordination and implementation of student services in the school.
Assists teachers with the Guidance Curriculum.
Accurately interprets test results and other student data.
Assists teachers with the educational placement of students by using appropriate educational assessment strategies.
Adheres to ethical standards of the counseling profession, and abides by the laws, policies, and procedures that govern the schools.
Participates in professional associations and upgrades professional knowledge and skills when needed.
Attends professional development trainings to be proficient in the use of the Learning Management System for online programs.