Elementary School Counselor - Anticipated - AES

Job Title: School Counselor – Elementary

Contract Length: 191-day contract

FLSA Status: exempt

Job Summary

The elementary school guidance counselor is responsible for helping students understand their abilities, aptitudes, and interests in light of the opportunities and demands they encounter now or may face in the future.

Essential Duties

Counsels students with learning, physical, social, and emotional problems through conferences held with the teacher, parent, principal, and the principal's referral.

Works closely with classroom teachers to plan and implement guidance sessions tailored to the developmental needs of all students.

Consults with classroom teachers, school principal, visiting teacher, school nurse’s aide, nurse's assistant, and parents, relative to students and their problems.

Provides planned occupational information programs to introduce students to the world of work.

Maintains accurate and up-to-date permanent record folders.

Coordinates and directs the standardized testing program in the school, and interprets test results to teachers, parents, and students.

Enrolls and orients all new students to the school

Acts as the liaison between the school and community agencies in working on student problems.

Serves as a member of the Child Study Team and identifies, screens, and refers exceptional and/or at-risk students for evaluation and placement.

Coordinates the efforts of all specialists working on a student case.

Participates in and contributes to professional guidance and counseling organizations.

Attends workshops and conferences to stay up to date on current guidance practices.

Undertakes the continuous evaluation of:

The nature and scope of the guidance services are outlined above.

The functioning of guidance is an integral part of the total educational program.

The effectiveness of guidance services.

Performs other duties as assigned by the school principal.

Job Specifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required)

Must possess a Bachelor’s or Master's degree or a related field.

Must possess or be eligible for a Virginia Collegiate Professional License or Postgraduate Professional License with appropriate endorsement as a school counselor.

Must possess the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; physical agility to lift to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Clearance

Criminal Justice Background check, Fingerprinting, TB Assessment

Supervision Received: Principal

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The applicant will be required to follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal. Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

The Accomack County School System does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, handicap, race, religion, color, or national origin in its employment practices.

"We are an equal opportunity employer."