Cleveland Middle School Counselor

Cleveland City Schools•Cleveland, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making education, occupational, and life plans. School counselors should possess the knowledge, abilities, skills and attitudes necessary to plan, organize, implement and evaluate a comprehensive, developmental, results-based school counseling program that aligns with the ASCA National Model.

Requirements

Valid Tennessee teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement
Administrative or supervisory experience in accordance with state law and State Board Rules and Regulations, based on the minimum of a master’s degree
Meets health and physical requirements
Such alternatives to the qualifications as the Director may find appropriate
Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principals, ability to reason and make judgments
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of works and the ideas associated with them
Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately
Data Perception: Ability to understand and interpret information which may be presented in the form of graphs, charts, or tables

Responsibilities

Registers students new to the school and orients them to school procedures
Aids students in course and subject selections
Maintains student records and protects their confidentiality
Works to resolve students’ educational benefits
Works to discover and develop special abilities of students
Works to prevent students from dropping out of school
Provides student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the Board’s policy on student records
Makes recommendations to colleges for admission and scholarships
Guides students in their participation in school and community activities
Plans field trips to schools, colleges, and industry for interested students
Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations
Helps students evaluate career interests and choices
Organizes activities that promote “College and Career Ready” awareness
Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such problems as home and family relations, health, and emotional adjustment
Provides counseling to students who are referred as having problems in attendance, retention, discipline, and pre-delinquency
Confers with parents whenever necessary
Provides in-service training in guidance for teachers and student teachers
Advises administrators and faculty on the matters of student behavior
Coordinates building level S-Team meetings
Conducts ADHD evaluations when requested
Serves as building level 504 Coordinator
Serves as building level “Students in Transition” Liaison
Assists with state testing
Assists in the orientation of new faculty members
Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal