High School Counselor

Stanly County Schools•Albemarle, NC

About The Position

The School Counselor promotes student success through leadership, advocacy, and collaboration. The role provides preventive services and responds to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program addressing academic, career, and social/emotional development for all students. The program supports the mission that every public school student graduates prepared for work, postsecondary education, and life in the twenty-first century. The counselor develops and manages the program using the North Carolina Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study and individual school data. The role provides individual and group counseling, supports students’ academic, career, and personal/social planning, collaborates with families and educators, monitors student progress, and assesses program effectiveness. The counselor adheres to applicable laws, policies, procedures, and professional ethical standards. This is an 11-month position reporting to the Principal. Pay is based on the State Salary Scale.

Requirements

Master’s degree in School Counseling.
Must hold or be able to attain a current valid School Counseling license.
Ability to prepare, read, and understand job-related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation, and correspondence in all languages required by the job.
Ability to speak to individuals or groups with poise, voice control, and confidence, and respond adequately to inquiries or complaints.
Ability to apply logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to understand and carry out written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions using common sense.
Ability to interact with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
Ability to perform under stress, deal with people acting under stress, and adapt to emergencies.
Ability to maintain professional conduct and keep personal, student, and personnel records and information confidential.
Ability to prepare and analyze written or computer data, operate machines and motor vehicles or equipment, and observe surroundings and activities.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds and the listed occasional and frequent work activities.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage a comprehensive school counseling program based on the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study and current individual school data.
Counsel students individually and in small groups for identified needs, as supported by a recognized guidance curriculum.
Help students develop academic, career, and personal/social skills, goals, and plans.
Collaborate with parents/guardians and educators on students’ educational, career, and life planning.
Interpret and use student data accurately and appropriately.
Implement referral and follow-up processes as needed.
Use assessment procedures to determine and structure individual and group counseling services.
Provide school personnel with appropriate information about the comprehensive school counseling program.
Help teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders interpret and understand student data.
Participate in professional development to improve knowledge and skills.
Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program.
Follow applicable laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.
Conduct a yearly program audit to review program implementation and effectiveness.
Collect and analyze data to guide program direction and emphasis.
Measure and share results of program activities with relevant stakeholders as appropriate.
Monitor student academic performance, behavior, and attendance, and facilitate appropriate interventions.
Perform other appropriate duties assigned by the School Administrator.