What are the responsibilities and job description for the Guidance Counselor (High School) position at Allentown School District?
Guidance Counselor
Salary Range: $67,983-$81,690
Qualifications
Plans, implements, and manages all aspects of the Comprehensive K-12 School Counseling Program for the district at his/her level. Oversees and serves as liaison for social service agency referrals for all staff and students.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Salary Range: $67,983-$81,690
Qualifications
- Educational Specialist I or II Certificate
- Master's Degree
- Criminal and child abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151).
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Such additional or alternatives to the above qualifications as the board or superintendents may determine appropriate and acceptable.
Plans, implements, and manages all aspects of the Comprehensive K-12 School Counseling Program for the district at his/her level. Oversees and serves as liaison for social service agency referrals for all staff and students.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Demonstrates mastery in professional field.
- Represents the School District with a positive professional image.
- Has knowledge of School District policies, regulations, and goals.
- Has experience in dealing with various socioeconomic family situations.
- Is perceptive in evaluating situations and problems.
- Is knowledgeable in professional field.
- Prepares accurate, lucid written reports.
- Makes adequate investigation and obtains desired information.
- Reports with expediency.
- Follows through on communications with school personnel.
- Offers suggestions and recommendations toward resolving problems.
- Uses plain, lucid language.
- Reports reflect individually of student and the needs of the case.
- Organizes time efficiently.
- Has a sense of priority and needs and responds accordingly.
- Serves building assignments with proportionate regularity.
- Maintains appropriate records, reports, studies, etc.
- Daily schedule reflects ability to reorganize time and priorities.
- Identifies problems accurately.
- Uses background information to determine relevance and severity of the problem.
- Makes valid diagnostic conclusions.
- Identifies those behaviors that appear problematic but are within normal development.
- Reports precisely and intelligibly during conferences with parents and/or other professional staff members.
- Adheres to data.
- Makes appropriate inferences.
- Reports comprehensively.
- Is understood by attending persons.
- Responds promptly to requests for service.
- Responds with expediency whenever possible.
- Accepts referrals with a positive attitude.
- Obtains desired information and culminates the requested task.
- Does additional follow-up work if necessary.
- Is able to establish and communicate priorities.
- Communicates effectively in case conferences.
- Covers all aspects of case in organized and concise manner.
- Is aware of and can deal effectively with emotional reactions of the audience.
- Adjusts presentation to persons present.
- Makes realistic recommendations.
- Has perceptive ability to analyze total situations and recommend adjustments.
- Isolates and discerns problems.
- Makes positive suggestions to parents, pupils, and school personnel.
- Uses School District resources for helping the student.
- Bases recommendations on diagnosis and within resources.
- Creates a positive climate for the student.
- Displays a friendly and humanistic attitude.
- Interacts in a non-threatening manner.
- Reinforces appropriate, desirable behaviors.
- Commends in order to make learning a positive experience.
- Is perceptive to the needs of children and staff.
- Is aware of personal and emotional needs.
- Responds appropriately to these needs.
- Respects confidentiality.
- Secures and communicates information in a professional manner.
- Respects family's right to confidentiality on information given.
- Respects school's right to confidentiality of records.
- Keeps confidence of pupil, parent, or school personnel whenever possible.
- Recognizes and uses skills of other professional personnel through referrals and conferences.
- Refers to appropriate school and community personnel.
- Utilizes input of principal, teacher, school nurse, parent, and other school and outside personnel if appropriate.
- Uses community resources.
- Other a. Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated by the principal or Director of Community & Student Services.
Salary : $67,983 - $81,690