High School Counselor Job Description
High school counselor
provides leadership and collaborates with teachers to provide classroom guidance that supports academic achievement, college and career readiness and/or social/emotional success.
High School Counselor Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective high school counselor job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included high school counselor job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Use assessment data to measure student learning and academic growth and analyze results in planning counseling decisions
Provide information to students and parents regarding academic progress, counseling programs, community resources, post-secondary opportunities
Counsel student s to encourage and support academic achievement
Prepare and reviews transcripts and other academic documentation for new and returning students
Regularly provides advice and expertise to general education teachers and the school community to support the creation of appropriate and effective academic, behavioral, and social/emotional learning experiences for students
Creates and maintains connections with parents/guardians, teachers, other school-based mental-health professionals, and administrators regarding students' behavioral, academic, and other concerns
Serves as a resource within the building and is available to respond to academic, social and emotional needs of students including crisis intervention
Teach district’s developmental guidance curriculum consistent with district’s guidance program plan and tailored to campus needs
Guide individuals and groups of students to develop education plans and career awareness
Counsel individual students and small groups with presenting needs and concerns
High School Counselor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for High School Counselor
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ESA, MI, AR, MDE, PDF
Education for High School Counselor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the high school counselor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in School Counseling, Counseling, Guidance, Education, Social Work, Graduate, Psychology, Department of Education, Foundation, Health
Skills for High School Counselor
Desired skills for high school counselor include:
Career development
Counseling procedures
Student appraisal
ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success
Academic
College and career development
College and career readiness strategies and programs postsecondary options
Social emotional
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Basic bookkeeping/accounting principles and practices
Desired experience for high school counselor includes:
This is an in-office position
Consult parents, teachers, administrators, and other relevant people to enhance their work with students
Meet with District Director of Guidance on a regular basis to review the status of campus and district guidance activities and communicate information to campus counseling team
Collaborate with campus counselors, plan and schedule parent information sessions for the school year
Work with the Principal and other assigned staff to develop the campus Master Schedule
Work with school and community personnel to bring together resources for students
High School Counselor Examples
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High School Counselor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of high school counselor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for high school counselor
- Implement a comprehensive and balanced program
- Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of the guidance program and individual activities and make changes based on findings
- Educate the school staff, parents, and community about the guidance program through a public information program
- Compile, maintain, and file all required physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents
- Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy in guidance and counseling area
- Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations
- Maintain a positive and effective relationship with supervisors
- Respond to crisis situations when appropriate
- Teach campus developmental guidance curriculum consistent with district's guidance program plan and tailored to campus needs
- Assist teachers in the teaching of guidance related curriculum
Qualifications for high school counselor
- Skill in organization and communication
- Coordinate opportunities for students to recuperate lost credits in an optimal environment, including the possibility of night school, curriculum labs and virtual school
- Work with teachers to clarify lab classes vs
- Provide teachers with all documentation related to 504 and Special Education accommodations and clarify specific needs of students
- Transition focus-freshmen orientation camp
- Master's degree in guidance counseling
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High School Counselor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of high school counselor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for high school counselor
- Refer and connect students to appropriate resources to enhance learning and development
- Assist in coordinating district, state, and/or post-secondary testing programs
- Customize counseling services to meet individual student and school needs
- Of their supervisor
- Facilitating conflict resolution and implementing anti-bullying school initiatives
- Work in a supportive role with the University Advising team preparing juniors and seniors for the university application process
- Encouraging students become involved in clubs, sports, field trips, student organized events
- Accurately reviews student records to determine accuracy in transcript entry and scheduling
- Manages assigned programs and projects independently including initial setup, communication, and program maintenance
- Accurately and consistently updates google docs, TVS/TVE notes, and records in Applidesk and TVE
Qualifications for high school counselor
- Ensures all communication is returned and delivered in a timely manner to parents, counselors, and supervisors
- Meets deadlines provided by superiors
- Continues to extend knowledge and training in technology and counseling topics
- Assists with proctoring standardized testing
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) Certificate and
- Ability to pass a required background check
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High School Counselor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of high school counselor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for high school counselor
- Guide students in their participation in school, leadership, summer and service activities
- Respond to crisis situations
- Ensure that all services and programs meet the highest ethical and professional standards in accordance with the American School Counseling Association and the National Association for College Admissions Counseling
- Provide support system that strengthens the efforts of teachers, staff, and parents
- Focuse students and families on college and career readiness
- Complete special education paperwork and attend multidisciplinary team meetings
- Respond in a timely manner to Random Moment in Time Surveys with all of the required information requested in the survey as part of the Medicaid reimbursement process
- Log progress notes in SEDs with all of the required information about the student’s specific IEP goals, responses to the designated interventions and plan for upcoming sessions, in a timely manner
- Develop and monitor student responses to behavior intervention plans, including providing support and consultation to general and special education teachers
- Conduct functional behavior assessments and social history evaluations and communicate the results to all team members in parent-friendly language
Qualifications for high school counselor
- Valid Texas counseling certificate or counseling certificate from out of state appropriate for position
- Master’s degree in Counseling
- Experience in education related filed
- Master’s degree in a counseling-related field (School Counseling, Social Work)
- High degree of energy
- An understanding of and commitment to the mission & vision of University Laboratory High School
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High School Counselor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a high school counselor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for high school counselor
- Complete and monitor the pre-referral paperwork as it relates to the social/ emotional functioning of students
- Record incoming transcript data in data system
- Collaborate and communicate with students regarding their course planning towards earning a high school diploma
- Organize and implement summer school for credit deficient students
- Implementing the secondary school counseling curriculum
- Providing orientation activities for students new to the school
- Consulting and coordinating with school psychologists, nurses, administrators
- Participating in activities that contribute to the effective school counseling program within the school
- Assist students and parents with the school course selection process according to specific state credit requirements and student needs and interests
- Identify and support students who are “at risk” or “in crisis”
Qualifications for high school counselor
- Counseling experience in high-school setting
- Knowledge and awareness of high school age developmental, intellectual, and social issues, including special education issues and needs
- Master of Social Work or Master in Counseling, required
- LMSW or LPC Intern, required
- LCSW or LPC, preferred
- Experience counseling in a low-income school and/or with youth aged 13-18, preferred
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High School Counselor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a high school counselor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for high school counselor
- Assume teaching and grading duties as necessary including college and career readiness courses
- Communicate effectively with collegues, students, and parents
- Spend 80% or more of documented time on direct and indirect services to students
- Spend 20% or less of documented time on program planning and support
- Support 504 referral, evaluation, and accommodation processes for students in one’s caseload
- Assist students in crisis situations and refer to district or community resources when appropriate
- Remain current with federal laws, state statutes, and district policies related to college and career readiness
- Remain current with postsecondary college and career opportunities and best practices, including changes to college admission and financial aid criteria (especially, but not limited to FAFSA) if applicable
- Support Special Education team on a case by case basis when needed, including attendance at relevant IEP meetings
- Deliver individual and group counseling curriculum, supporting student development
Qualifications for high school counselor
- Experience with virtual learning
- Experience as a 7-12 counselor
- Experience with Naviance
- Proficiency in general office management, organization and procedures
- Two (2) years of full-time work related experience and general knowledge of routine office procedures to include customer service, telephone etiquette, efficient and effective filing and record keeping procedures
- Arizona School Counselor certification