TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOLS
VACANCY NOTICE

PROFESSIONAL
POSITION: Counselor, Itinerant (205 Days Full-time)
LOCATION: Taylor County Schools
EFFECTIVE DATE: 2025-2026 School Year, Upon Board Approval
SALARY: Based on Taylor County Salary Scale which can be found at link below: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2338/TCS/5705763/FY26__-_Approved_and_Distrubated_Salary_Book.pdf

• Masters degree in guidance and counseling or Valid certification as established by state certification requirements
• Exhibits strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of current counseling methods
• Exhibits knowledge and/or experience in intervention techniques in destructive behavior patterns that prohibit students from learning
• Exhibits ability to determine individual school needs and deliver appropriate program(s)
• Exhibits ability to work effectively with the school’s administration, teaching staff, and parents
• Demonstrates ability to recognize students who are in a crisis situation and provide appropriate intervention techniques

• Respects confidential information and rights of privacy.
• Counsels with colleagues, students, and/or parents on a regular basis.
• Strives to implement the Board’s philosophy of education and content standards and objectives.
• Assists in the maintenance of accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, Board policy, and administrative regulation.
• Assists in upholding and enforcing school rules, administrative regulations, and Board policy.
• Works to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the broad academic and behavioral programs of all assigned students.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relations with others.
• Provides for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Provides students with the opportunity to participate in special programs/events which may be available beyond their regularly scheduled classes.
• Conducts one’s self in a positive professional manner at all times to enhance good public relations, loyalty, good ethics and cooperation with all personnel.
• Suggests recommendations that aid teachers in dealing with academic and behavior problems.
• Keeps the principal informed on issues, needs, and current status in his/her area of responsibility.
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
• Interprets, executes and supports the policies and administrative regulations of the Board of Education.
• Fulfills continuing education and in-service requirements provided by the county to enhance professional growth as required by state mandates.
• Helps students to define and clarify their self-concepts as these relate to their environment.
• Helps students to accept themselves as individuals.
• Assists students in decision making and problem solving.
• ids students in dealing with personal-social concerns.
• Helps students clarify personal concepts.
• Aids students in explaining their own ideas, feelings, attitudes and needs.
• Counsels with disciplinary cases to effect behavioral change.
• Presents students with opportunities to understand their personal behavior.
• Assists teachers to initiate and conduct instructional programs to facilitate the personal and social development of students in the classroom.
• Employs a variety of instructional materials and techniques when conducting classroom discussions.
• Counsels with parents to aid them to better understand their children’s development in relation to their potentialities.
• Makes recommendations to parents to assist them in dealing with their children’s individual needs.
• Develops a knowledge of the world of work through career education programs, which utilize the school and community resources.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the principal may from time to time, assign.