School Counselor

I. Services to Students
1. Valid Tennessee teaching license with appropriate endorsement(s);
2. Administrative or supervisory experience in accordance with state law and State Board Rules and Regulations, based on the minimum of a master's degree; and
3. Meets health and physical requirements. 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.

A. Counseling and Consultation
1. Provide counseling to students about adjustment to school and transition from grade level to grade level
2. Provide counseling to students about coping with difficult personal and family problems
3. Provide counseling to students in terms of increasing self-awareness and developing a positive self concept
4. Provide consultation to students about decisions and goals
5. Provide counseling to students who are referred as having the following problems: attendance, retention, discipline, and pre-delinquency
6. Provide counseling in educational planning and placement
7. Provide counseling in career awareness and planning

B. Counseling and Guidance
1. Provide career development and educational and occupational information
2. Provide primary prevention instruction in areas such as sexual abuse and substance abuse at appropriate grade levels
3. Provide enhancement instruction in areas such as self-concept, interpersonal relations, and decision making appropriate to student development
4. Use teacher and student participation in the implementation of the guidance and counseling program

C. Evaluation and Assessment
1. Provide academic development of students through the interpretation and use of assessments
2. Provide self-concepts development of students through evaluation and assessment

II. Services to School Staff
A. Planning and Program Management
1. Organize, coordinate, and evaluate learning environments most suited to the developmental needs of students
2. Plan and establish jointly with educational staff a comprehensive guidance program that responds to developmental needs of students
3. Provide up-to-date, accurate student records as relates to the guidance program

B. Consultation and Communication
1. Aid school staff in establishing learning environments most suited to the developmental needs of students
2. Aid school staff in the early identification of student problems
3. Aid school staff in implementing a career development program
4. Aid in program planning for students with special needs

C. Staff Development
1. Orient the staff to the guidance and counseling services
2. Provide staff development activities for school personnel on topics such as achievement and aptitude test results, parent involvement, behavior management, student motivation and human development

III. Services to Parents
A. Consultation and Communication
1. Aid parents in developing strategies for supporting their children's educational program
2. Provide parent training to promote better understanding of child development and behavior and to improve parent-child communication
3. Orient parents to guidance and counseling services
4. Aid parents with appropriate professional services outside the school when needed
Performs other duties as assigned by the principal and/or Director of Schools.

To ensure the safety and welfare of students and staff, the district shall require criminal history background checks and fingerprinting of applicants for teaching positions and any other positions that require proximity to children.
Additionally, satisfactory results from a required pre-employment drug screen as well as checks with various state/federal registries are required before an applicant is actually employed by Franklin County Schools.