Secondary Counselor

Please apply at 

https://mcpherson.tedk12.com/hire/Admin/JobPosting.aspx?JobID=2408
 

Job Goals:

To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans that hold promise for their personal fulfillment as mature and responsible men and women.

Performance Responsibilities: 

     1.  Serves as an advocate for students.

1. Works with students to develop and appreciate uniqueness of students.
2. Works to resolve students’ educational needs.
3. Remains readily available to students to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity.
4. Works with students on an individual and group basis in the solution of personal problems related to such problems as home and family relations, health and emotional adjustment.
5. Confers with parents whenever necessary, utilizing the family as part of the systems approach to counseling, as it relates to the students’ school experience.
6. Assists in the orientation of new faculty members to the guidance program.
7. Advises administrators and faculty on the matters of student discipline, but disciplinary action is the administration’s responsibility.
8. Takes an active role in interpreting the school and guidance department’s objectives to students.
9. Plans and implements orientation for students and parents in taking the next step in the school experience.
10. Organizes and coordinates support groups for students.
11. Participates in the building referral process by contributing to the team decision process.
12. Coordinates referrals to community agencies and treatment programs and coordinates the return of students to the school environment.
13. Provides educational, emotional, personal, and social resource material to student and parents.
14. Acts as a liaison among the administrators, teachers, students, and community.
15. Plans with students in setting goals and understanding the relationship of school to everyday life experiences.
16. Assists parents and student in evaluating aptitudes and abilities through the interpretation of standardized test scores and other pertinent data. (Grades 6-12)
17. Promotes career awareness and development.
18. Aide’s students in course and subject selection.
19. Enrolls, confers, and orients students new to the school on school procedures and the school’s varied opportunities for learning. (grades 9-12)
20. Makes available information and application for post-secondary institutions, scholarships, and employment information.
21. Provides student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the board’s policy on student records.
22. Organizes and conducts annual “Career Day / College Night”.
23. Organizes and conducts “Financial Aid Night”.
24. Provides GED opportunities for area students and residents.
25. Organizes and conducts annual honors night for all seniors.
26. Obtains and disseminates career and occupational information to students when appropriate.
27. Works with at risk students to maintain a connection between student and school with goal of preventing students from dropping out.

McPherson USD 418

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