1. Certification as a counselor
2. A.B. and M.A. degrees, plus four years teaching experience.
3. Such additional qualifications as the superintendent or Board may find
appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO: High School Principal

SUPERVISES: Clerical Assistant

JOB GOALS: To assist students in achieving their potential by: helping them gain the most from their educational experiences; by providing continuing services that include counseling, information, consultation, coordination, program selection and referral to students, parents, teachers and administrators

RESPONSIBILITIES SPECIFIC TO ADMINISTRATIVE AREA:
The counselor shall spend at least seventy-five (75%) of his/her work time in activities that provide for direct guidance and counseling services with students, parents, teachers, and administrators. The activities shall include:

1. Individual and group guidance and counseling services-provides individual and group counseling and guidance activities in the areas of development, prevention, and crisis situations for students and parents.
a. Evaluates grade reports following each grading period to determine
the need for individual assistance.
b. Intervenes in situations of excessive absence to forestall patterns
of truancy.

2. Information services-provides information for use in exploring and making decisions about educational, career, vocational, personal-social, and orientation issues.
a. Provides all junior and senior students with the necessary
information concerning post-secondary education; organizes and
conducts the annual College and Vocations Night in September; mails
letters of invitation to post-secondary schools; schedules other
meetings or appointments with college representatives; processes
college recommendations and applications.
b. Informs all senior students of the latest developments in the area
of financial assistance for post-secondary education and assists
them in obtaining such aid. (November and as available)
c. Maintains an up-to-date file of college and vocational materials.
d. Provides students with information concerning local scholarships
and honors.
e. Computes student grade averages and ranks class members.
f. Attends faculty meetings and shares necessary information with the
staff.
g. Provides students with information concerning job opportunities as
received in the guidance office.
h. Provides students with information concerning course offerings and
curriculum requirements, graduation requirements, etc., prior to
preregistration.
i. Provides orientation for new students who enroll during the school
year.
j. Provides up-to-date transcripts, test results, recommendations, and
other information requested by post-secondary institutions,
insurance companies, and employers, as requested and authorized by
parent/s.
k. Maintains a library of current guidance reference materials;
inventories materials on hand, and orders materials for the
upcoming school year.

3. Consultation services-confers with parents, teachers, administrators, and community resource people in developing programs or activities to address personal, social, or instructional needs of students.
a. Mails deficiency letters to all students who are not up-to-date in
credits, and schedules individual counseling sessions concerning
these deficiencies when necessary; makes final check on credits and
graduation requirements for each senior.
b. Provides students with information concerning summer school and
correspondence courses when appropriate.
c. Provides the staff with information concerning the special needs of
students.
d. Aids teachers in dealing with underachieving students.
e. Arranges and participates in parent/teacher conferences to consider
problems students may be having.
f. Attends curriculum planning meetings at the request of the
superintendent.

4. Appraisal services-assists in the collection, maintenance, dissemination, and interpretation of information based on individual intellectual assessments, group tests, student records, individual assessments, observations, and other methods enabling parents, students, teachers and other support professionals to provide students with appropriate instructional programs.
a. Provides and interprets test results to parents and students and to
members of the school staff.
b. Provides students with information concerning test deadlines and
provides help to students in preparing for KIRIS.
c. Provides appropriate information concerning grades and point
averages to the athletic director and activity sponsors, upon
request.
d. Attends school-based Admission and Release Committee meetings upon
request of the teacher, parent, or principal and participates in
appropriate placement.
e. Informs students concerning the ACT and SAT and provides necessary
registration materials; interprets test results to those
individuals who take these tests.

5. Coordination services-provides leadership, assists in plan development and orchestrates the implementation of guidance activities for use by parents, teachers, administrators and the community.
a. Aids teachers in finding resources to meet student needs and works
with teachers in planning career oriented materials.
b. Provides the community support organizations with pertinent
information (as permissible with confidentiality procedures)
concerning cases in their care.
c. Assists in coordinating activities and curriculum of the high
school with that of the middle and vocational schools.
d. Assists the principal in planning and conducting the high school
Honors Evening Program.
e. Serves as chairperson of the Scholarship Committee; presents
scholarships and awards at graduation at the request of the
administration; writes thank-you letters to all individuals and
organizations who contributed or were recipients.
f. Works with the senior class sponsors and the administration in the
organization of graduation exercises.

6. Program selection services-assists in placing students in appropriate instructional, vocational, and career programs.
a. Supervises the use of the Career Assessment and Planning Program.
b. Pre-registers all students within area of responsibility for the
next school year.
c. Schedules all students within areas of responsibility making
changes as needed.
d. Works with the local vocational school in the selection and
placement of vocational students.
e. Networks with the following programs to assure student needs are
met: Gifted, Migrant, Special Education, Homebound.

7. Referral services-uses local and state resources and agencies that provide specialized services to students and parents.
a. Provides information about the Youth Service Center, Adult
Education and Literacy programs available in the district.

The school counselor shall spend approximately twenty (20) percent of his/her work time in activities aimed at planning and implementing the guidance and counseling program. These activities shall include, but are not limited to:

8. Developing the annual Guidance Plan and evaluating the effectiveness of the guidance program and activities. All counseling staff should work together to:
a. Prepare a guidance evaluation checklist for staff to complete and
completes own guidance evaluation checklist.
b. Annually submit the evaluation of the school's guidance plan to the
school council and Board of Education.
c. Meets with administration, the SBC and staff members to plan for
the following school year.

9. Coordinating the maintenance of guidance records.
a. Maintains a cumulative record folder for each student of assigned
responsibility containing all pertinent information related to the
student's medical and school history, and any other significant
data concerning the student.
b. Initiates requests for records of students who transfer to and
supplies records for those transferring from the high school.

10. Developing and coordinating a planned and continuous public relations program.

11. Maintaining professional standards, skills, and competencies by attending courses, workshops, conferences, serving in professional organizations, and reading professional literature.

12. Conducting research and follow-up studies that help evaluate and improve guidance programs in the school.

The school counselor may spend approximately five (5) percent of his/her work time in activities not defined above.

13. Performs such other tasks as may be assigned by the principal or the superintendent.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and extended employment as established by the superintendent and Board.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be formally evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Administrative Personnel.