What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Time High School Counselor position at Iron County School District?
Iron County School District has a vacancy for your consideration. Please find the details below.
Date Posted: **3/30/2026**
Location: **Canyon View High School**
Date Closing: **04/13/2026**
**We want you to join our team and help to make a difference in the lives of students and families in your community! ** **The Iron County School District supports families in developing college and career readiness by BUILDING knowledge, skills and relationships for ALL. Empowering ALL to learn at high-levels through systematic district and school-wide supports.**
**Canyon View High School is seeking a Full Time High School Counselor to begin in August for the 2026-2027 school year. **
**School counselors help students make decisions that affect their personal and academic development. Often they can be found working with classroom teachers, school psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, school nurses, parents, and community groups. They meet with students individually or in group sessions. Counselors help students choose courses that will affect their later careers. They also provide students with scholarship information, training manuals, and college catalogs. The School Counselor is responsible for providing comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling services to students in the area of academic achievement, career and educational decision making, and personal/social development. The Counselor acts as a consultant in this regard to school personnel, parents, and the community. **
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Date Posted: **3/30/2026**
Location: **Canyon View High School**
Date Closing: **04/13/2026**
**We want you to join our team and help to make a difference in the lives of students and families in your community! ** **The Iron County School District supports families in developing college and career readiness by BUILDING knowledge, skills and relationships for ALL. Empowering ALL to learn at high-levels through systematic district and school-wide supports.**
**Canyon View High School is seeking a Full Time High School Counselor to begin in August for the 2026-2027 school year. **
**School counselors help students make decisions that affect their personal and academic development. Often they can be found working with classroom teachers, school psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, school nurses, parents, and community groups. They meet with students individually or in group sessions. Counselors help students choose courses that will affect their later careers. They also provide students with scholarship information, training manuals, and college catalogs. The School Counselor is responsible for providing comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling services to students in the area of academic achievement, career and educational decision making, and personal/social development. The Counselor acts as a consultant in this regard to school personnel, parents, and the community. **
- **Discusses the comprehensive school counseling program and action plans with the school administrator. **
- **Plan and maintain an effective Comprehensive School Counseling Program. **
- **Develop and maintain a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on USOE's Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance Program model. **
- **Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education stakeholders. **
- **Maintains current and appropriate program data for education stakeholders. **
- **Uses at least 80% of time providing direct services through the Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services and most remaining time in program management, system support and accountability. **
- **Provides leadership and collaborates with other educators in the school-wide integration of USBE's Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance Program model. **
- **Implements developmentally appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals. **
- **Assists all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills/behavioral, goals and plans. **
- **Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about individuals through records, assessments, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilitie
- **Compiles and studies occupational, educational, and economic information to aid counselees in making and carrying out vocational and educational objectives. **
- **Refers students to placement service. **
- **Assists individuals to understand and overcome social and emotional problems. **
- **Engages in research and follow-up activities to evaluate counseling techniques.**
- **Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student data. **
- **Collaborates with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational and career planning. **
- **Provides individual and group counseling to students wit identified concerns and needs. **
- **Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs. **
- **Implements an effective referral and follow-up process. **
- **Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services. **
- **Provides appropriate information to staff related to the comprehensive school counseling program**
- **Assists in the facilitation of school tests, i.e. Advanced Placement, ACT, Aspire., etc. **
- **Assists teachers, parents/guardians and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data. **
- **Participates in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills. **
- **Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program such as websites, interest surveys, career explorations, and links to community resources. **
- **Work with the administration to create, coordinate and implement student orientation programs for incoming students. **
- **The counselor will act as a consultant as the administration creates, coordinates and implements student/teacher schedules. The counselor is active in presenting the registration materials to the students, adjusting changes with students' registration as it relates to individual student planning.**
- **Supervises all aspects of student records including obtaining and forwarding records, academic, testing, etc., maintained by counseling personnel. **
- **Monitor students' progress towards graduation, identifies credit deficiencies, and facilitates post secondary plans. **
- **Manages and participates in placement, including jobs for students, military organizations, colleges, vocational schools, apprenticeship programs, scholarships, etc. **
- **Advocates for the students of the school.**
- **Conduct parent education classes as needed **
- **Promote and support students in attaining ASCA National Standards for School Counseling Programs. **
- **Join and participate in appropriate professional organizations, and continue to further their academic involvement. **
- **Is responsible for understanding and adhering to laws, district policies, and procedures.**
- **Please see the full job description at the the link HERE**
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