This role involves providing counseling and guidance services to students, helping them make the most of their abilities through social, behavioral, and academic support. The counselor will work with students individually and in groups, and also provide support to parents and school staff.
Responsibilities
Provide individual counseling
Provide group counseling and guidance
Participate in teacher/parent conferences
Assist with the orientation of students, parents, and school personnel concerning guidance and counseling services, as well as total school operation
Provide testing and placement services
Provide follow-up guidance services
Assist with scheduling of students
Discuss future high school requirements, training programs, and career plans with students and parents
Check incoming cumulative records, evaluate transcripts for completeness, and prepare student records to be sent to high schools, State Department, or other schools
Provide follow-up on students eligible for summer school
Maintain inventory of guidance materials, testing supplies, and career materials
Attend counselor workshops
Serve as a consultant to members of the administrative and teaching staff
Review and assess counseling and guidance services
Schedule a counseling session with individual students after the second suspension
Complete and forward to MIS completed dropout cards on a weekly basis
Perform all other duties as assigned by the principal
Requirements
Valid Louisiana Elementary/Secondary Certificate
Completion of a standards-based master’s degree program in school counseling from a regionally accredited college or university approved by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Program (CACREP)
Practicum/internship requirements:
In school counseling to include 100 contact hours in a school setting
An internship in school counseling to include 600 contact hours in a school setting
Completion of the Praxis examination in school counseling (5422)
Ability to communicate in standard English both orally and in writing
Communication commensurate with age and skill of listener
Ability to accurately give and receive information via tele-communication system
Ability to communicate successfully and pleasantly with the public
Ability to accurately compile and access data, summarize information, and provide written report to supervisor
Ability to represent school system at various public functions
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Ability to understand and interpret written and verbal instructions from supervisor
Cognizance of policy and procedures governing counselor and student services in the Jefferson Parish Public School System and their implementation
Ability to make appropriate referrals to community agencies
Ability to work compatibly in group settings
Ability to serve as a resource to administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, and community
Ability to respond positively to supervision and to accept suggestions for improvement
Physical ability for sitting, standing, walking, running as required during the workday
Ability to operate office equipment
Ability to reach, bend, lift 10 pounds (sometimes required)
Ability for the physical restraint of another person or persons (sometimes required)
Ability to provide own transportation to schools, work locations, and meeting sites
Mobility skills necessary to access a variety of work locations
Benefits
Competitive benefits package
Important Details
Schedule: eight hours per day including one hour for lunch
Junior/Middle School counselors work the same amount of days as a regular teacher
High School counselors work an additional twenty (20) days
About the Company
JP Schools offers a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience and a competitive benefits package. (Note: The original description stated 'JP Schools offers a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience. JP Schools also offers a competitive benefits package.' This has been moved here and combined as it describes the company's offerings rather than specific benefits of the role, and the salary portion has been removed as per instructions.)
