Counselor - Middle
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
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Job Posting Title
Counselor - Middle
Job Description
Designs and implements a school guidance curriculum; provides individual student planning, responsive services, and systems support. Works as a team member with school staff, parents and the community to create a caring, supportive climate and atmosphere whereby students can achieve academic success. Understanding of unique and diverse challenges, both personally and developmentally that impact academic achievement of secondary school students is essential. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community and school clientele.
Responsibilities
Position Specific Information (if Applicable):
Counsel students to encourage and support academic achievement through classroom lessons, small groups and individual sessions. Counsel students regarding educational issues such as course and program selection, school adjustment, truancy, study habits and career planning. Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. Document health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned. Support students in the successful transition from each grade level into the next phase. Demonstrate age-appropriate counseling practices that meet academic, career, and personal/social needs. Use assessment data to measure student learning and academic growth and analyze results in planning counseling decisions. Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting their educational situation. Refer and connect students to appropriate resources to enhance learning and personal development. Manage a counseling program in order to support academic achievement, career planning, and personal/social development. Assist in coordinating district, state, and/or secondary testing programs. Align the counseling program to school goals (School Improvement Plan). Work collaboratively within the school environment and with appropriate stakeholders to advance the goals of the Counseling Program. Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling practice and program. Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills. Provide information to students and parents regarding academic progress, counseling programs, community resources, etc. Encourage two-way communication to enhance and promote the school counseling program. Maintain community partnerships to support students and their families.
Certifications
Special Service Provider License - School Counseling - Colorado Department of Education
Education
Master's Degree: Counseling
Position Type
Regular
Primary Location
Ranch View Middle School
One Year Only (Yes Or No)
No
Scheduled Hours Per Week
40
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
- 00
Approx Scheduled Days Per Year
190 Work Days
Full Salary Range
$55,808.00 USD - $116,582.00 USD Annual
Position Salary Schedule Eligibility
Hard to Hire
Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire. DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire. Click HERE to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules*.
- All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.
Benefits
This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.
Time Off Plans
This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.
This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:
July 15, 2024
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