Elementary School Counselor

Hinsdale Elementary School is in search of an experienced Elementary School Counselor with a passion for advancing student advocacy and collaboration in a small, rural community. We seek a professional who desires to promote success for all students, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social/behavior health development for all students. The general responsibilities of the position include: •Assist in developing comprehensive developmental school guidance and counseling plan that is based on student needs. •Develop activities, resources, and time lines to implement the goals and objectives of the comprehensive school guidance and counseling plan. •Involve school personnel in the decision-making process related to implementing a comprehensive guidance program. •Conduct public awareness initiatives to highlight guidance and counseling program activities, services, and accomplishments. •Provide individual and group counseling for students to meet their remedial, preventative, and developmental needs. •Assess the progress of students in counseling and evaluate the overall effectiveness of the counseling interventions. •Demonstrate positive human relationships by showing respect for the worth and dignity of all students from all cultural and environmental backgrounds. •Share appropriate information with school personnel, parents, and community agencies about the needs and concerns of students •Network with community agencies as needed. •Collaborate with classroom teachers to provide a classroom developmental guidance curriculum in the area of personal, social, educational, and career development. •Provide classroom guidance lessons that are developmentally appropriate. •Use teaching and classroom management strategies that are conducive to learning. •Assess the effectiveness of the classroom guidance curriculum. •Describe the nature of consultation services to faculty and parents •Help teachers and parents meet the specialized needs of students through mutual problem-solving techniques.. •Help coordinate school-wide testing programs and disseminate results to parents and staff. •Serve as Chairperson for the Child Concern Team. •Assist with coordination of outreach programs. Examples: Reformer Christmas Stocking Program, Red-Ribbon Drug Awareness Week, the Elks Club Drug and Alcohol Poster Contest, and the HES Cross-Age Tutoring Program. •Maintain professional competencies through in-service educational activities and other professional growth opportunities. •Operate according to the ethical code of the school counseling profession. •Perform other duties as assigned by the building Principal.