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Position Description
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job
functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees
may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably
considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job
description.
Job Number Title: School Counselor
Pay Schedule: TEAC
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Principal; Supervisor of School Counseling
JOB SUMMARY
Provides a systematically planned school counseling and guidance program designed to
assure that each student's individual needs are being met by appropriate school experiences.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Implements counseling theory and techniques appropriate to the school setting.
- Conducts a wide range of assessment activities to assist students, parents and staff
in making decisions regarding educational planning, career planning, and curriculum.
- Serves as a consultant to parents, teachers, administrators and colleagues.
- Provides assistance to faculty and staff teaching classes, conducting orientation
programs, issuing transcripts, and scheduling events.
- Assists students on scheduling, college, career planning and other personal and
social-emotional issues.
- Provide students with information on such topics as college degree programs and
admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and
apprenticeship programs.
- Identifies children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health- related
problems, and discusses these issues with supervisors, parents or guardians, and
child development specialists.
- Instructs students on how to use the Holland Code and Myers Briggs to select a career
direction.
- Provides individual and small group counseling for students.
- Provides classroom guidance lessons designed to meet the developmental needs of
students.
- Gathers, evaluates, interprets, organizes, and disseminates information to meet
student, staff, school and community needs.
- Trains faculty in response protocols for various student needs.
- Develops, designs, and evaluates a comprehensive school counseling program based
on identified needs that provide the maximum delivery of services to all students.
- Informs staff, students, parents and the community about school counseling and
guidance programs and services, and assists with the interpretation of school
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programs and policies.
- Collaborates with other school counselors, administrators and various staff regularly
to make sure the academic, career related and social/emotional needs of the students
are met.
- Manages a caseload of students with Section 504 plans.
- Coordinates activities for students in the Peer Facilitators program.
- Participates in IEP meetings for my students to provide information and coordinate
services.
- Maintains accurate records of meetings with students, conversations with parents
and communications with teachers and other staff.
- Documents test plans, testing procedures, or test results.
- Monitors graduation progress and requirements.
- Coordinates student access to college and military recruiters.
- Facilitates referrals to appropriate school and community services and resources.
- Displays extensive knowledge of technology and possesses the skills to collect,
maintain, and analyze data.
- Attends various meetings for attendance, student concerns, IEP, administrative, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Master's Degree in school counseling from an accredited institution.
- Must be eligible for a Standard Professional Certificate/License from the
Maryland State Department of Education with an endorsement in School
Counselor.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Skill in academic, career and social/personal development.
- Skill with human relations and organization.
- Ability to work with persons from diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to operate small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line
telephone systems.
- Ability to operate computers for data entry, word processing and/or accounting
purposes.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Light Work: Exerting moderate but not constant physical effort to perform light work, typically
involving some combination of balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, feeling, grasping,
handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion,
speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity, walking and may involve some lifting,
carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (up to 20
pounds), visual perception and discrimination, the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds,
perceive and discriminate color, perceive odors, and require oral communications.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Employees in this position work in an environment where errors on their part can lead to
significant physical or mental consequences for them or others.
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NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
The Board of Education of Carroll County does not engage in discrimination
that is unlawful or contrary to Maryland State Department of Education
guidance on the basis of age, color, genetic information, marital status, mental
or physical disability, ancestry or national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
The Board of Education of Carroll County is firmly committed to creating equal
employment and educational opportunities for all persons by providing an
environment that supports optimal academic achievement and productive
work and is free from any form of unlawful discrimination, including access to
school facilities, educational programs, and extracurricular activities.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the
non-discrimination policies: Director of Human Resources, 125 North Court
Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157, (410) 751-3070.
BENEFITS
- Leave - Sick and Personal (all employees); Vacation (12-month employees)
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Single and Family), Life Insurance; these are
available to those employees with a minimum 0.6 FTE position
- Tuition Reimbursement
- MD State Pension, 403(b), credit union membership
- CCEA - 10-month salary table
- CCEA - 11-month salary table
Carroll County Public Schools has the right to revise this position description at any time, and ensuing acknowledgement of
understanding does not represent in any way a contract of employment.