Position Type:
Student Support Services/Counselor

Date Posted:
11/20/2024

Location:
Warrensburg Middle School

Date Available:
08/11/2025

Position:

School Counselor

To Whom Responsible:

Building administrator and Assistant Superintendent of Student Services

For Whom/What Responsible:

The comprehensive guidance program for students; special services team participation.

Qualifications:

Degree - minimum of Master's degree in guidance and counseling from an accredited institution.

Certificate - Missouri School Counselor for assigned grade levels.

Experience

Minimum of 2 years successful teaching experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

To provide a comprehensive guidance and counseling program with activities appropriate for level of students; To consult with parents and staff members to enhance program effective-ness; To support other educational programs of the school.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROCESS

1. Teach guidance units effectively.
2. Encourages staff involvement to ensure the effective implementation of the guidance curriculum.
3. Collaborates with parents, helps students establish goals and develop and use planning skills.
4. Demonstrates accurate and appropriate interpretation of assessment data and the presentation of relevant unbiased information.
5. Counsels individual students and small groups of students with identified needs/concerns.
6. Consults effectively with parents, teachers, administrators and other relevant individuals.
7. Implements an effective referral process in collaboration with parents, administrators, teachers, and other school personnel.
8. Provides a comprehensive and balanced guidance program in collaboration with school staff.
9. Provides support for other school programs.
10. Creates a climate conducive to counseling.
11. Implements a variety of effective guidance and counseling procedures.
12. Guides educational and career plans.
13. Provides orientation activities.
14. Provides transition activities.
15. Implements building testing program and interprets assessment results.
16. Assists with safety instruction, including substance abuse education.
17. Evaluates the guidance program.
18. Assists with crisis intervention.
19. Fulfills special services team responsibilities.
20. Completes duties and responsibilities as assigned by the building administrator or Director of Special Programs.

PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

1. ?Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with students.
2. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with staff.
3. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with administrators.
4. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with parents/patrons.
5. Participates in professional growth activities.
6. Learns new developments and skills of counseling.
7. Follows the policies and procedures of the school district.
8. Protects confidentiality of personally identifiable information.
9. Participates in activities which contribute to the effective operation of the school.
10. Demonstrates a sense of professional responsibility.
11. Conducts self at all times as a representative of the school.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
A school counselor may be employed on an extended contract based on assignment. Compensation is prorated for length of contract past 178 days according to the teacher salary schedule as established annually by the Board of Education. Employee benefits are determined according to total FTE of contracted assignments.

EVALUATION
Performance of this position will be evaluated by the building administrator according to board policies and the Warrensburg R-VI School District adopted model of Performance Based Counselor Evaluation.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Complete online application process at www.warrensburgr6.org

Warrensburg R-VI Schools
P.O. Box 638
Warrensburg, Missouri 64093


The Warrensburg R-VI District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or deny services on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, handicapping condition, marital status, national origin, parental status, race, religion, participation in constitutionally protected activities, or veteran status. Any questions regarding Title IX, Section 504, the Family Medical and Leave Act, or the Americans with Disabilities Act should be directed to an assistant superintendent of the Warrensburg district at the above address and telephone number. If special needs exist as addressed in the Americans with Disabilities Act which require this publication in an alternative format, the district may be contacted at the above address. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate these special needs.