Job Title:  School Counselor (Waccamaw Elementary and Waccamaw Intermediate Schools)

Wage Category:  Exempt

Supervisor:  Principal

Terms of Employment:  200 days

Qualifications

• Degree(s) from an accredited college or university (Masters degree in School Counseling)
• South Carolina Certification in guidance and counseling at specific level
• Prior job experience preferred
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as district administration may find appropriate and acceptable

Job Summary

To provide a comprehensive counseling program for all children. To assist students in resolving developmental issues which may impede the learning process of the elementary/intermediate age child. To consult with teachers, parents, and staff to enhance their effectiveness in helping students. To provide support to other elementary educational programs.

Performance Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and updates program for all children
• To assist students in resolving developmental issues which may impede the learning process of the elementary/intermediate age child
• To consult with teachers, parents, and staff to enhance their effectiveness in helping students by providing support to other elementary/intermediate educational programs
• Assists and/ or registers new students
• Assists with orientation of new students
• Assists with identification and placement of students in appropriate educational programs
• Works to discover and develop special abilities of students
• Works with students identified as “at-risk”
• Encourages students in their participation in school and community activities
• Coordinates an ongoing career awareness program and assists students in exploring career options
• Works with students on an individual and/ or group basis in resolving social and educational process
• Consults with parents and/ or teachers whenever necessary
• Interprets the guidance program to the community and encourages ongoing communication between school and community
• Provides in-service training in guidance for school personnel
• Advises administrators and faculty on matters of students discipline when it concerns personal, social, and/ or emotional development of students
• Assists in orientation of new faculty members to guidance related services
• Provides classroom guidance to meet the needs of students
• Provides group and individual counseling to meet the needs of students
• Assists administration and faculty in the development of a positive school climate which enhances the self-worth of individual students
• Assists and/ or coordinates the school’s participation in all district, state, and national testing programs
• Assists in making referrals in appropriate community agencies
• Understands and actively supports the school’s renewal plan through the activities and duties of the assigned position
• Supervisor may assign other duties as needed

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal workplace levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal workplaces, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.

Salary Scale - salary based on years of experience and degree level

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Last Updated

01/2024

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The School Counselor will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned and approved by the Principal or other appropriate Administrator.   GCSD reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.

The deadline is for the convenience of the District.  The District reserves the right at any time to extend the deadline date without notice and without final consideration of any pending applications.

GCSD provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.