Elementary Counselor for 26/27

Jt. Jerome School District #261
Job Description
Certified

• TITLE:
  • School Counselor K-12
• 
  SUMMARY:
  • Utilizing advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, school counselors promote student success, provide preventative services and respond to identified student needs.
• 
  REPORTS TO:
  • Building Principal
• 
  PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Valid Idaho Certificate with appropriate endorsement for this position.
  • Previous experience in counseling preferred.
  • Organizational and leadership skills.
  • High-level communication skills including individual and group skills in mediation, and problem solving when working with staff, parents and community.
  • Ability to work under pressure and deadlines.
  • Ability to perform duties in accordance with general educational ethical requirements of the Jerome School District and the State Department of Education. Abide by ethical standard for professional licensure.
• 
  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Maintain confidentiality and mandatory reporting requirements. (Abide by ethical standard for school district as well as professional licensure.)
  • Work with students on a group or individual basis in the solution of personal problems such as home and family relations, health and emotional adjustment, academics, and attendance.
  • Identify appropriate coping skills, feelings, symptoms of stress, abuse, symptoms of mental health diagnosis and addiction.
  • Respond to crisis situations, when appropriate. Is an active member of district wide crisis team leading in the development of suicide intervention and threat assessment protocol. Implementation of protocol when crisis arises.
  • Implement developmentally appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school wide goals.
  • Remain readily available to students providing counseling that will help lead each student to increased social/emotional development, personal growth/self-understanding, maturity and success in school (including problem solving skills, attendance, academic and career planning as appropriate).
  • Conduct school wide counseling activities in the classroom.
  • Partner with parent to encourage social emotional development and academic success.
  • Work with teachers and staff members to familiarize them with the general range of services offered by the counseling department and work to infuse the counseling activities into the regular education curricula.
  • Refer to appropriate community resources and follow up.
  • Handle interruptions, prioritize work, and return to and complete tasks in timely manner.
  • Evaluate and suggest revisions to the building counseling program, as needed.
  • Manage or participate in student support programs such as 504, McKinney Vento, and intervention teams as assigned by the Building Administrator.
  • Utilize community and district resources to support families in financial hardship.
  • Attend parent-teacher conferences when requested.
  • Any other duties as directed by the Building Administrator.
  • In addition to the above duties and responsibilities depending on the school setting includes the following:
    
• ELEMENTARY:
  • At the elementary level, counselors teach life skills to students through classroom presentations, group counseling and individual counseling. i.e. social skills, crisis, grief, emotional regulation, etc.
  • Collaboration with students, teachers, and parents, explaining resources and student needs, providing young students with opportunities to feel successful.
    
• MIDDLE SCHOOL:
  • At this level, the Counselor reinforces the life skills learned at the elementary level and is responsible for the development of a Student Individualized Graduation Plan including scheduling student courses.
  • The Counselor meets with teachers and parents, provides referrals for outside resources when needed and provides more individual time with students for problems solving, issues and social skills.
    
• HIGH SCHOOL in addition to Middle School Responsibilities:
  • Obtain and disseminate occupational information to students both individually and in classroom settings as appropriate, including:
  • Counseling and guiding students and parents in the use of test results for college and career planning.
  • The organization of career information by various methods including a “Career Day”.
  • Making available information regarding college, military and life style decisions.

• PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently stands, walks and sits. The employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs., such as boxes of books and AV/VCR carts. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as ability to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to successfully meet multiple demands and interactions with the public and other staff.  The employee must be able to attend meetings in the evening and at other locations.  The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.  Duties are performed indoors and occasionally outdoors.
  
• COMPENSATION:
  • Yearly contract based on academic calendar as determined by the Board of Trustees and employee placement on the district’s current salary schedule. Placement is determined by employee’s experience and education level.
  • Comprehensive benefit package.
  • Certain specific assignments may require additional work days (extended contracts) as determined by district administration.

EVALUATION:
Employee’s performance in this position will be evaluated by the Principal and/or designee in conformance with district policy.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The physical demands and work environments described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

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Salary : $50,252 - $76,327