Trinity Basin Preparatory
White Settlement: M.S Counselor
Trinity Basin Preparatory, White Settlement, Texas, United States
Job Function:
The primary function of the Counselor is to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program of guidance for the school, including counseling services. The Counselor will create a proactive developmental guidance program to encourage all students to maximize personal growth and development.
Duties:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned by the Principal. • Provides consultation to administrators, teachers, staff, students, and parents regarding the academic and personal social needs of students. • Collaborates with campus RtI and SST teams in facilitating interventions or strategies to remove barriers to students' academic success. • Oversees the implementation of campus level character and behavior education and intervention programs. • Collaborates with teachers to incorporate guidance related information into existing curriculum. • Plans and implements school guidance and counseling programs to ensure they meet identified needs. • Teaches school development guidance curriculum to students. • Provide individual and/or group counseling for students in need. • Onsite regular attendance. • Uses an effective referral process to refer students that need special programs or services. • Models behavior that is professional, ethical, and responsible. • Maintains a variety of student data records and communicates data to students, teachers, and parents as needed. • Assists teachers and students as needed, in the design, implementation, and support of student's behavior management plans. • Assists students and parents in transitioning to and planning for middle school and high school. • Complies with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy in the guidance and counseling area. • Complies with all district and campus policies and procedures. • Maintains a positive and effective relationship with administration, staff, students, and parents. • Supervises campus operations in the absence of the campus principal and vice principal.
Skills/Qualifications
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. • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. • Ability to write reports and correspondence. • Ability to speak effectively before groups of constituents or employees of the organization. • Ability and/or willingness to learn to use and understand Microsoft Office for spreadsheets, letters and other written communications in order to effectively communicate information with employees, administration and the Board. • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. • Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development. • Excellent organizational communication, and interpersonal skills. • Ability to instruct students and manage behavior. • Ability to manage stressful situations. • High level of confidentiality and discretion. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Requirements: • Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university. • Master's degree in Counseling • Valid Texas counseling certificate (or equivalent) required. • Prior classroom teaching experience.
The primary function of the Counselor is to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program of guidance for the school, including counseling services. The Counselor will create a proactive developmental guidance program to encourage all students to maximize personal growth and development.
Duties:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned by the Principal. • Provides consultation to administrators, teachers, staff, students, and parents regarding the academic and personal social needs of students. • Collaborates with campus RtI and SST teams in facilitating interventions or strategies to remove barriers to students' academic success. • Oversees the implementation of campus level character and behavior education and intervention programs. • Collaborates with teachers to incorporate guidance related information into existing curriculum. • Plans and implements school guidance and counseling programs to ensure they meet identified needs. • Teaches school development guidance curriculum to students. • Provide individual and/or group counseling for students in need. • Onsite regular attendance. • Uses an effective referral process to refer students that need special programs or services. • Models behavior that is professional, ethical, and responsible. • Maintains a variety of student data records and communicates data to students, teachers, and parents as needed. • Assists teachers and students as needed, in the design, implementation, and support of student's behavior management plans. • Assists students and parents in transitioning to and planning for middle school and high school. • Complies with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy in the guidance and counseling area. • Complies with all district and campus policies and procedures. • Maintains a positive and effective relationship with administration, staff, students, and parents. • Supervises campus operations in the absence of the campus principal and vice principal.
Skills/Qualifications
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. • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. • Ability to write reports and correspondence. • Ability to speak effectively before groups of constituents or employees of the organization. • Ability and/or willingness to learn to use and understand Microsoft Office for spreadsheets, letters and other written communications in order to effectively communicate information with employees, administration and the Board. • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. • Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development. • Excellent organizational communication, and interpersonal skills. • Ability to instruct students and manage behavior. • Ability to manage stressful situations. • High level of confidentiality and discretion. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Requirements: • Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university. • Master's degree in Counseling • Valid Texas counseling certificate (or equivalent) required. • Prior classroom teaching experience.