Counselor

Description:

School Student Scheduling, Attendance, and Grade Reporting:

· Consults with appropriate Elite Academy personnel to assist with student schedules and procedures.

· Prepares attendance reports and reconciles manual and computer reports monthly.

· Sends correspondence to parents to advise them of excessive absences according to established policies and procedures.

· Maintains, generates, and distributes student demographic, scheduling, grading information, and transcripts.

· Maintains records of student suspensions, student withdrawal from school, record of reasons for student withdrawal and students' plans and prepares periodic statistical reports.

· Manage and administers registration, recommitment, and withdrawal process and associated reporting for all students.

· Enters and maintains student records, immunization, attendance information, and grade reporting into the state system.

· Supports system End of Year and Start of the Year processes in JCampus.

Guidance Program:

• Provides leadership and collaborates with the school leadership team to ensure the implementation of the school counseling program

• Implements developmentally and appropriate prevention--oriented group activities to meet the student needs and school goals

• Individual Student Planning – done in collaboration with parents/guardians and educators

• Assists all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals, and plans

• Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student data

Preventive and Responsive Services:

• Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs

• Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, school

leadership, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified needs and concerns

• Implements an effective referral and follow-up process

• Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual group counseling services

• System Support

• Provides appropriate information to staff related to the comprehensive school counseling program

• Serves on the school leadership team

• Assists teachers, parents/guardians and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data

• Participates in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills

• Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program

• Adheres to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the counseling profession

Accountability:

• Conducts a yearly audit to review extent of program implementation

• Collects and analyzes data to guide program direction and emphasis

• Measures results of the school counseling program activities and shares results as appropriate

• Monitors student academic performance, behavior, and attendance and assists with appropriate interventions

Requirements:

Education and Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in School Counseling is required.

• A valid school counselor certification as defined by the state of Louisiana

• Two years’ experience in student services, social services, training, development, or related positions

• Experience in an educational organization with focus on improving student performance

• Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills. Incumbents must be

able to lead, communicate and persuade others, and interact effectively with others in difficult situations

• Must have the ability to professionally and effectively deliver presentations to small and large groups

• Must be results oriented and able to manage various projects or tasks at one time