SCHOOL COUNSELOR

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid administrative certification as determined by the

Kentucky Department of Education, Division of

Educator Licensure and Quality. Have a Master’s Degree

in Elementary or Secondary Guidance and at least one

(1) year of teaching experience or such alternatives to

the qualifications and certifications allowable under the

law and within the discretion of the Board of Education.

REPORTS TO: Principal, Superintendent and Supervisors

JOB GOAL: Develop a philosophy for the Guidance program within

the school where the counselor is employed making built-

in provisions for revisions of the philosophy when ever

necessary to meet the changing needs of the students

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and terms of employment according to approved

salary schedules.

EVALUATION: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with

provisions of the district evaluation plan.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Make reports required by the Principal, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and Supervisors.
• Act as a resource person for the teachers in his assigned school.
• Act as a consultant for the school administrators, teachers and parents.
• Act as a resource person for the students in his assigned school.
• Helps with the in-service training for teachers.
• Provides counseling services of students which:
• Helps a student facilitate wise choices on which his later development depends.
• Helps the student develop attitudes which assures him or her a set of values appropriate to the morals of the community.
• Helps a student acquire a life pattern and fill it creditably, making allowances for developing abilities, talents and other assets.
• Helps the student cope with the developmental tasks confronted during childhood and adolescence.
• Helps a student place a high value on the freedom of choice, taking into account the many factors which influence the selective processes.
• Helps the student understand the influences of environment and heredity in the building of a lifestyle.
• Helps the student understand himself or herself as a whole person and as a unique, individual human being.
• Makes the student feel that he or she is a worthy individual, deserving of respect and having the capacity for attaining the strengths and self-reliance he or she needs for success.
• Helps create a sense of freedom and feeling within the student leaving him or her free to terminate the counseling process as they wish.
• Helps the students release tensions and restrictions upon their own thinking and acting.
• The counselor will perform other guidance and counseling services within the counselor’s training and experience, when called upon by his supervisors.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.