SCHOOL COUNSELOR - Pinkston Elementary

Vance County Schools•Henderson, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The School Counselor helps all students develop skills in the areas of personal-social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development. This role establishes the school-counseling program, develops activities and resources to implement and evaluate the program, and involves other school staff in decision-making. The counselor provides individual and group counseling services, consults with students, parents, teachers, and community personnel, and coordinates all counseling services. Additionally, the counselor assists teachers with the Guidance Curriculum, interprets test results and student data, and aids in educational placement using assessment strategies. The role also requires adherence to ethical standards, participation in professional development, and proficiency in learning management systems for online programs.

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 compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, press releases, etc.
Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
Ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form.
Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently using a variety of technical or professional languages including counseling terminology.
Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the theories of descriptive statistics.
Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment.
Minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
Adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
Ability to talk and hear.
Ability to communicate via telephone.
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 organization and administration.
General knowledge of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
Skill in counseling and motivating students.
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.

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 in order to be proficient in the use of the management system for online programs.