School Counselor at Bunker Hill High School (26-27 SY)

Catawba County Schools•Claremont, NC

About The Position

Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, school counselors promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students. The major functions of the school counselor job description incorporate the North Carolina State Board of Education’s guiding mission that every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the twenty-first century.

Requirements

A master’s degree in School Counseling OR Enrollment in an accredited school counselor preparation program and completion of a minimum of 24 graduate semester hours of that program; OR , Completion of a master’s degree in addiction, career, clinical mental health, clinical rehabilitation, college counseling and student affairs; marriage, couple, and family counseling; or rehabilitation counseling from a regionally accredited college or university, and enrollment in an accredited school counselor preparation program to complete additional master’s level courses needed to add school counseling specialization. Both options require completion of the remaining school counselor preparation program requirements and testing within three years.
Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment, including computers, copiers, typewriters, overhead projectors, etc.
Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle.
Must be able to exert up to 80 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to assistants or subordinates.
Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, requisitions, referrals, manuals, etc.
Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, records, proposals, appraisals, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions.
Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages, including psychological terminology.
Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the theories of descriptive statistics and statistical theory.
Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment.
Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds by ear.). Must be able to communicate via telephone.
Considerable knowledge of federal, state, and local policies and procedures regarding psychological services.
Considerable knowledge of counseling services appropriate for school-age children.
Considerable knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in emergency situations.
Considerable knowledge of the current literature, trends, methods, and developments in the area of school counseling services.
General knowledge of the ethical guidelines applicable to the position as outlined by professional organizations and/or federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
General knowledge of the principles of supervision, organization, and administration.
Ability to interpret student behavior, system policies, and state procedures.
Ability to coordinate large programs.
Ability to develop, counsel, and support staff.
Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and make recommendations for improvements.
Ability to use common office machines and popular computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet software and file maintenance programs.
Ability to maintain complete and accurate records 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.