TITLE:   School Counselor     

QUALIFICATIONS:  Eligibility for Professional Certification by the Maryland State Department of Education as a Guidance Counselor.

REPORTS TO:  Principal and Supervisor of Student Services

JOB GOAL:  Facilitate self-management skills, interpersonal relations skills, and educational/career decision- making skills among students through effective counseling, planning, consulting, appraisal, and information/placement services.

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides individual and group counseling services.
2. Provides parent, teacher, and interagency consulting services.
3. Coordinates appropriate individual and group Career guidance activities (i.e. “career competencies”, “career exploration”, and “career decision-making”).
4. Conducts general educational planning/transitioning activities (i.e. Elementary/Middle or Middle/High School Orientation, “5 Year Plans of Study”, etc.).
5. Conducts post-secondary educational planning activities (i.e., college/technical school decision-making, college/technical school presentations, SAT Prep, PSAT, early financial aid awareness, etc.).
6. Conducts evening counseling sessions each month for parents (individual appointments and group activities).
7. Serves as a case manager and as a regular member of the Student Services Team and on other school-based teams as needed.
8. Interprets appropriate test data (achievement test data, aptitude test data, and interest test data).
9. Manages student records, student scheduling, and general information about students and for students.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.

 TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  Exempt position.  Ten or Eleven month year.  Salary to be established by the Board.