COFFEE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM

Job Description

School Counselor

Responsible to: Principal

Qualifications:

• Valid Tennessee License with proper endorsements
• Master's Degree in School Counseling preferred
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Competent technological skills

Essential Responsibilities:

• Counsels with individuals or groups for academic, personal, social, emotional and

career development

• Counsels with students to develop understanding of and providing opportunity for

personal goals, choices, and values and their relationship in decision-making

• Consults with school administration, staff, and other resource agencies in planning

services to meet the needs of all children

• Consults with school personnel in promoting attendance and academic achievement.
• Counsels with referrals from administrators and/or teachers for problems related to

attendance, academics, discipline, retention, or other administrative related issues

and works with teachers to implement intervention strategies

• Develops and aligns a social/personal developmental curriculum, based on state and

local standards, appropriate for the grade/age of students served

• Works to resolve student problems through consultation with classroom teachers,

parents, and other resources available in the school or community

• Schedules regular small group and classroom presentations for the delivery of

personal and social curriculum materials

• Assists with registration and orientation of new students into the school program
• Assists in maintaining and protecting student/records
• Regularly monitors academic progress of all assigned students
• Works to discover and develop special abilities of individual students
• Fosters an awareness of careers, occupations, and job awareness in a manner

appropriate to the age of students served

• Participates in school level, system level, and other professional development and in-

service activities

• Stays alert to best practices in the counseling area, serve as a resource for teachers in

helping them in understanding students and how to meet students' intellectual and

personal needs

• Participates in the development/implementation of an educational plan or other

administrative structures to facilitate meeting the needs of individual students

• Assists in basic assessment of students if it will help in resolving learning

problems or provide direction for determination of student services as needed

• Consults with parents to aid them in understanding their children's personal, social,

academic and career development

• Implements home visits as needed
• Utilizes the various means of communication available to inform parents/guardian

and students of the services available through the counseling office

• Assists students in the development of the attitudes and characteristics and the job-

seeking skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment

• Assists in the selection and administration of appropriate assessment instruments for

career interest, aptitude, achievement, social and personal skills, individual and

group behavior, study skills, attitudes, and values

• Assists students in developing and monitoring their educational plan (6-year plan,

post-secondary plan)

• Provides necessary financial aid information to students and parents
• Implements a plan of action to assist students with the transition between

academic/grade levels

General Requirements:

• Follows Federal and State Laws and adopted policies and procedures in accordance with School Board priorities
• Conducts oneself in the best interest of students, in accordance with the highest standards of public education and in support of the District's Vision/Mission Statements
• Maintains ethical standards, which include professionalism and the protection of confidential student and staff information
• Other responsibilities and/or duties may be required and assigned

BOE Revisions Approved 2/8/10