Lead Counselor - MS (2025-2026 School Year)

Spring ISD • Spring, TX

84d • $73,405 - $88,439

About The Position

The Middle School Lead Counselor provides leadership within the counseling staff and acts as a liaison between and among the counseling department, the principal and the instructional staff. The Middle Lead School Counselor must act with integrity, support organizational goals, demonstrate the ability to inspire, grow and motivate others, utilize feedback, drive for results and commit to championing the needs of the students, employees and overall District.

Requirements

• Master's degree in guidance counseling from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Texas counseling certificate.
• Three years as a guidance counselor.

Nice To Haves

• Six years as a guidance counselor.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with Guidance and Counseling Director to achieve district objectives and meet district, state and national regulations.
• Organizes the activities of the counseling department.
• Conducts regular meetings with the counseling department staff.
• Represents the principal in counseling department meetings interpreting the school handbook, policies and procedures.
• Meets with the principal to review and coordinate counseling with instructional programs and school activities.
• Designs departmental procedures to comply with District and building policies and procedures.
• Assumes responsibility for budgeting, ordering and taking inventory of departmental materials, supplies and equipment.
• Coordinates the programs and services of the Counseling Department.
• Plans, implements and supervises an effective academic, vocational and personal/social guidance and counseling programs.
• Coordinates the standardized testing program with other campuses.
• Supervises student scheduling and grade reporting.
• Provides summaries of school standardized testing results for the building principal.
• Supervises the accumulation of credits for courses taken and shares with the appropriate counselor the responsibility or recommending to the principal those students who have met course requirements and prepare data for publication.
• Supervises the scholarship program.
• Plans, develops and implements programs for parent and student information.
• Devises and maintains a system for monitoring student dropouts and postgraduates.
• Serves as a manager of student intervention system.
• Coordinates the work of the Counseling Staff.
• Regards department members as professionals and motivates them to perform to the best of their abilities by accepting their input, acknowledging their accomplishments, respecting their expertise and allowing them to determine as much as possible their own activities.
• Works with new counselors to orient and support them and provides assistance to all counselors in the department.
• Makes recommendations to the principal and the Director for Student Services for professional leave and other professional growth opportunities and staff development.
• Supervises the computer clerk, counselors' secretary, registrar and technicians.
• Assigns student aide grades with input from other counselors and staff.
• Complies with the position description for the school Counselor.
• Performs additional appropriate duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees