2026-27 EHE Elementary School Guidance Counselor

Title: Guidance Counselor

MDE Code 551005/601017

Elementary/Secondary (Non-Vocational)

Assists the supervisor in administering educational programs

Responsible for support services to promote students' personal/social, educational and career development in the traditional setting.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or beyond
• MDE valid endorsement in the area (436)
• Preferably has a minimum of two or more years' successful classroom teaching experience.
  
  

Reports to: Person designated by the superintendent/site principal

Supervises: Staff members designated by the superintendent/site principal

Job Goal

• Aids students in course and subject selection.
• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations.
• Assists students in evaluating their aptitude and abilities through the interpretation of individual standardize test scores and other pertinent data, and works with students in evolving education and occupational plans in terms of such evaluation.
• Works to discover and develop special abilities of students.
• Works to assist/resolve student educational handicaps.
• Registers students new to the school and orientates them to school procedures and the school's varied opportunities.
• Works to prevent students from dropping out of school.
• Helps students evaluate career interests and choices.
• Remains readily available to provide students with counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity.
• Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to home and family relations, health, and emotional adjustment.
• Plans guidance field trips to schools, colleges, and industry for interested students.
• Guides students in their participation in school and community activities.
• Maintains student records and protects their confidentiality; initiates, assembles, maintains, and interprets accurate health records, attendance records, cumulative progress records, activity records, and uniform transcript records for assigned students.
• Supervises the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment applications.
• Make recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarships.
• Provides student information to college and potential employers according to provisions of the Board's policy on student records.
• Confers with parent whenever necessary.
• Assists in the orientation of new faculty members.
• Provides in-service training in guidance for teachers and student teachers.
• Works with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with general range of services offered by the students' personnel services department, and to improve the educational prospects of individual students being counseled.
• Advises administrators and faculty on matters of student discipline.
• Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and the community at large.
• Organizes and conducts annual career day.
• Arranges for tutors and summer curriculum programs for students.
• Arranges with permission of the principal independent study courses/programs.
• Assists the principal with student scheduling.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the supervisor may from time to time assign.
  
  

Terms of Employment: Salary and work year as established by the board

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated by the site principal and/or his/her designee in accordance with provisions of the Board and the MDE.

This employee shall be subject to all applicable policies, resolutions and regulations of the Hancock County School District and the laws of the State of Mississippi. Hancock County School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, age or handicap.