School Counselor

Student Services

Job Responsibilities

Purpose

• School Counselors collaborate with the principal, teachers and parents

• Promote leadership and advocacy for students

• Student success is a primary goal and preventive services are promoted

• Academic, Career, and Personal/social developmental services for students are provided for students.

Major Functions

• Communicate with the administrators, staff and students

• Provide services through the following means: Guidance Curriculum, Individual Planning, Preventive and Responsive Services, System Support

Guidance Curriculum

• Provides integration of the guidance curriculum into the school curriculum following the Standard Course of Study

• Provides developmentally appropriate and preventive counseling programs and activities for students, parents and staff.

Individual Student Planning

• Assists students individually or in groups concerning academic, career, personal/social skills, goals and plans

• Interprets and utilizes test information regarding student academic progress

• Collaborates with parents/guardians and educators to assist students in educational and career planning.

Responsive Services

• Provides individual and group counseling to students when referred regarding student academic and career issues

• Consults with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, and community resources regarding identified student concerns

System Support

• Provides appropriate information to school staff regarding the comprehensive school counseling program

• Assists teachers, parents/guardians, and community stakeholders regarding student data

• Provides and participates in professional development

• Incorporates available technology resources into the school counseling program

• Adheres to the laws, policies, and ethics of the school counseling profession

Accountability

• Annual program assessment

• Utilizes attendance, discipline and academic information to revise and adjust program for successive years

Resources

• School Counselor Job Description –approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education on June 1, 2006