Guidance Counselor

Vail Unified School District•Vail, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The school counselor's primary role is working with students. In addition, the counselor serves as a consultant, resource person, guidance specialist, researcher and educator. These roles support the function of counseling of students and allow the counselor to serve as the students' advocate. Develops and implements a curriculum program consistent with district educational goals and objectives.

Requirements

Master's degree in Guidance and Counseling.
Valid Arizona Guidance Counselor Certificate Pre K-12.
Willingness to assist with co-curricular and/or extra-curricular activities.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively to employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Valid Arizona Teaching Certificate

Nice To Haves

Prior teaching experience.
Prior experience as a high school counselor.

Responsibilities

Assist the student in understanding and accepting himself/herself as an individual and enabling the student to express an awareness of his/her feelings, values and needs.
Assist the pupil in the development of the ability to cope with and solve problems competently.
Clarify guidance and counseling services available through the school.
Resource person on the growth and development of students.
Assist parents in developing realistic perceptions of their children's aptitudes, abilities, interests, attitudes and development in terms of educational and occupational planning, school progress and social progress.
Share appropriate information with staff members, noting the need for confidentially.
Identify pupils with special needs and make appropriate referrals.
Participate in staff meetings and case conferences.
Assist teachers in gathering materials and planning activities for classroom guidance.
Disseminate materials and information concerning college requirements, college entrance examinations, financial aid, and career trends.
Primary responsibility in the area of student guidance.
Head a guidance activity with a classroom.
Head a guidance activity with a small group of students.
Work with individual students in the area of guidance.
Articulation of services available between both middle and high school, as well as between high school and college.
Assist in assessment of potential aptitude and interpretation of achievement instruments.
Write, distribute and evaluate post high school follow-up survey.
Evaluate school guidance program, using data retrieved from survey.
May monitor the activities of a teacher assistant and volunteers.
Orders supplies and instructional materials.
Supervise students.