K-4 Guidance Counselor

About the position

Hot Springs County School District #1 is looking for a K-4 school counselor. This position will work with students, teachers, and parents in a Professional Learning Community environment to support student success. The position is involved in student schedule management and behaviour assistance.

Responsibilities

• Provide social emotional counseling as needed for all students, using the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) research based standards.
• Provide crisis counseling when needed, perform threat assessments as needed, along with follow up counseling.
• Counseling for students with IEPs and 504s.
• Conduct weekly counseling lessons to all grades including social skills/emotional learning, college and career education, and academic importance.
• Teach from curriculum resources like ASCA national standards, Kelso's Choices, Zones of Regulation and The Spot Emotions series.
• Facilitate social skills groups, typically 4-5 students per group, lasting 10-12 weeks each.
• Act as a social emotional coach for teachers in collaboration.
• Provide parent resources and send monthly newsletters to all parents.
• Promote school culture by highlighting and promoting celebrations and partnering with the principal.
• Assist on the playground during recess to implement problem solving curriculum.
• Work with Pre-K to provide social/emotional lessons.
• Organize parent nights with local resources and partner with DFS, law enforcement, etc.
• Member of the school Student Intervention Team (SIT) and meet weekly.
• Contact parents to provide resources for information and skills needed at home.
• Work toward adopting the ASCA National Model Standards to build a comprehensive school counseling program.
• Perform other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the district.

Requirements

• Must be licensed and endorsed as a school counselor through PTSB.
• Completion of a Master's degree in School Counseling.
• Must include copies of transcripts showing a Master's degree and PTSB certification, or pending status of such, along with letters of recommendation.