Job Title:      Middle School Guidance Counselor 

Supervisor:  Principal

FLSA:  Exempt

Contracted Days: 210 days

Job Summary
To provide a comprehensive guidance program students consisting of guidance curriculum, individual planning, responsive services, and system support components as outlined in the South Carolina Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and Counseling Program Model.  Consult with administration, teachers, parents, and staff to enhance effectiveness in helping students and provide support and assistance to other educational programs within the school and district.

Job Specifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Degree(s) from an accredited college or university
• 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

Performance Responsibilities

• Implements the middle school guidance curriculum department staff through delivery of classroom units and infusion in content area
• Guides individuals and groups of students through the development of educational and career plans
• Provides orientation activities for students new to the school
• Participates in orientation programs for incoming 6^th Collaborates with high school counselors to effect pre-registration of 8^th graders for 9^th graders
• Assists student new to the district with course selection
• Interprets standardized test results and information to students, parents, and teachers
• Guides groups and individual students in the application of test results and information to their educational and career plans
• Interprets results to develop career/ vocational plans through teaching and/or supervising career education activities, such as career/ counseling center orientations, and other counseling center resources
• Provides a mechanism for the systematic and efficient dissemination of current, accurate information needed by individual students and/ or parents as they develop their educational or career plans
• Counsels with students for academic, personal, or social difficulties on individual or group basis. Conducts structured, goal-orientated counseling sessions in systematic response to identified needs of individuals or groups or students- recurring topics at the high school level include: academic failure, study skills, attendance and behavior concerns, peer problems, family issues, child abuse, date rape, substance abuse, suicide threats and attempts and sexuality issues
• Consults with teachers, staff and parents regarding developmental needs for students. Participates in staffing
• Conducts in-service programs for faculty
• Facilitates conferences with teachers, students and parents. Conducts or provides opportunities for parent education programs
• Assist families with school-related problems
• Serves as a student advocate
• Assists students in planning for college: admissions, financial aid, transcripts, and recommendations
• Participates, coordinates and conducts activities that contribute to the effective operation of the counseling program and school
• Facilitates and participates in the intervention team process and/ or school support team
• Implements the middle school guidance curriculum
• Conducts learning activities in classroom settings; consult with and/or be a resource person to teachers to facilitate infusion of learning activities into the regular academic curriculum
• Refers students with problems to appropriate program specialists or community agencies
• Consults with and coordinates in-district and community agencies, such as school nurses, administrators, school psychologists, community-based psychologists, service agencies and physicians
• Consults with parents regarding referrals
• Coordinates and participates in activities which contribute to the effective operation of the counseling program and school
• Interpret group test results to faculty and staff: contribute to the school’s goals for enhancing education in the building; establish liaisons with various instructional departments; serve as an advocate for groups or individual students as decisions are made that will affect those students; work with other school staff in the placement of students with special needs in appropriate programs, including gifted education, special education and technical education opportunities; participate as a team member in administering the district/ state testing programs
• Plans and evaluates the counseling program
• Review the counseling program annually with administration and other staff; establish the counseling department Master Calendar; document and evaluate guidance learning activities as they are implemented; complete an annual counseling program evaluation; conduct follow-up studies with recent graduates
• Pursues professional growth
• Attend state and local sponsored staff development offerings; join associations; read professional journals; become knowledgeable in multicultural and legal/ ethical issues in education; attend relevant workshops and take post-graduate courses; contribute to professional literature and conduct training for staff and other counselors
• Moves quickly from one classroom to another to talk with individual classes and students
• Manipulates compute, calculator, and word processor keys
• Files records and test scores
• Moves boxes of records, tests, and books
• 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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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.

Updated:  10/2024