Counselor

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Human Resource Office 240 N. Crockett St. • San Benito, TX 78586 • Phone: (956) 361-6150 • Fax: (956) 361-6291

Job Title: Counselor (ES, MS) Exemption Status: Exempt Reports to: Principal Pay Grade: 03 Works with: Students/Parents/Staff Days: 207 Dept./School: Assigned Campus Date Revised: 07.31.2024 This job description complies with the 80 percent requirement for delivery of the Comprehensive School Counseling Program.

Primary Purpose: Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program at assigned campus. Counsel students to fully develop each student's academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students.

Prerequisites: Master's Degree; Valid Texas Teacher Certificate; Valid Texas School Counselor Certificate; and

Special Knowledge/Skills: Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development; Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior; Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents, and district staff.

Experience: Two years teaching experience preferred Major Responsibilities and Duties: Guidance Curriculum

1. Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons according to the district's guidance curriculum to improve students' interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal health and safety, post-secondary planning and readiness, and other developmental needs.
2. Teach the school guidance curriculum components through the use of effective instructional strategies and planned structured groups considering diverse student populations and needs for differentiated instruction.
3. Work with students, staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Collaborate across curricular areas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum.

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4. Create a balanced curriculum by using well-planned and intentional activities and materials, incorporating guest speakers, and offering engaging delivery techniques, including technology tools. Responsive Services
5. Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in time of need.
6. Use preventive activities to remove barriers that interfere with a student's educational, career, personal, and social development.
7. Implement remediation practices to assist students in coping with problem situations or unwise choices. Identify precipitating and antecedent factors, effective and ineffective approaches to dealing with the circumstances, and provide feedback to guide future decisions.
8. Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. Maintain a healthy and safe school environment by collaborating with district staff, parents or guardians, and local officials.
9. Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district.
10. Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying. Individual Planning
11. Create school counseling services that are developmental and age appropriate and provide information or literature that highlights related topics to students, teachers, and administrators.
12. Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic, career, personal, and social development as they progress in school.
13. Advocate for a school environment that acknowledges and respects diversity and ensures equitable access and placement in courses and programs for minority, disenfranchised, homeless, and other special populations.
14. Interpret standardized test results, offer career development activities, provide strategies for grade level transitions, and guide students in individual goal setting and planning including creating and reviewing personal graduation plans and providing information about post-secondary opportunities. System Support
15. Collect, summarize, and interpret testing data to plan, create interventions, guide students, and address specific student needs.
16. Conduct an annual program audit to inform accountability, action plans, time management, and systemic change.
17. Participate in campus-based school improvement planning and goal setting.
18. Provide parent or guardian and staff training and consultation to foster student educational, career, personal, and social development.

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19. Clearly articulate and communicate the counseling program's management system and related program action plans to campus and district staff, parents or guardians, and the community.
20. Participate in staff development and continuing education opportunities to improve job-related skills and research to identify best practices in implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. Other Related Duties
21. Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.
22. Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.
23. Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current professional standards of competence and practice.
24. Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
25. Other duties as assigned by supervisor Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting Motion: Repetitive hand motions including frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds) Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress

This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

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