School Counselor

Mitchell County Schools

Contact:  Jennifer Miller jmiller@mhslive.net; 828-766-2228

 

General Definition of Work

As vital members of the education team, school counselors play an essential specialized role in promoting a school culture that helps to achieve the school’s mission of successfully educating the whole child to be a lifelong learner and career and college ready.  School counselors design, deliver and assess data-driven school counseling programs that are comprehensive in scope, preventive in design and developmental in nature to improve a range of student learning and behavioral outcomes.  

Essential Job Functions

• School counselors help all students apply academic achievement strategies.
• School counselors help all students manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills.
• School counselors help all students strengthen mental wellness.
• School counselors help all students explore and plan for postsecondary options such as higher education, military, and work force. 
• Develop appropriate classroom and school-wide guidance curriculum activities focused on emotional intelligence and behaviors all students need for postsecondary readiness and personal success.
• Provide career awareness, exploration, and readiness activities.
• Aid students with academic planning and goal setting.
• Provide short-term individual and small group counseling to improve personal skills, address barriers to learning, and support mental wellness.
• Provide referrals for long-term support
• Collaborate with families/teachers/administrators, other SISP/community for student success.  Analyze data to identify student needs and plan appropriate counseling services. 
• Provide individual, small group, and classroom lessons
• Communicates with parents/guardians in a timely manner; maintains positive and constructive communication with students, staff, parents, and community.
• Protects students, equipment, materials, and facilities taking necessary and reasonable precautions.
• Upholds and enforces board policy, district goals, administrative procedures and school rules and regulations. Adheres to health and safety policies.
• Maintains appropriate work habits, including regular and punctual attendance and appropriate use of conference and planning time.
• Keeps current in subject matter knowledge and learning theory; Attends workshops, seminars and conferences as well as staff, department, curricular development and committee meetings and staff- development session as required.
• Respects the confidentiality of records and information regarding students, parents, and teachers in accordance with accepted professional ethics and state federal laws.
• Shares responsibility during the school day for the supervision of students in areas of the school.
• Ability to perform non-instructional duties as assigned.

 

Minimum Education and Experience

Must hold or be able to obtain a Master’s Degree in School Counseling and NC license in School Counseling.

DISCLAIMER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.