BASIC FUNCTIONS:

Student & School-Wide Support

• Provide consultation to school administrators, teachers, staff, students and parents regarding personal social and emotional needs of students
• Conduct a needs assessment and evaluation of bullying, violence, and risky behaviors
• Provide individual/group counseling for at-risk students
• Refer students who need intense or specialized services to district or outside agencies
• Provide support for new and returning students
• Coordinate or assist the campus-based counseling team in facilitating interventions or strategies to remove barriers to student success
• Prepare and deliver a minimum of ten guidance lessons to all students to develop life skills, promote good character, develop resilience, and emphasize the importance of higher education and goalsetting
• TheSocial/Emotional Learning (SEL) counselor oversees and helps determine SEL policies, monitors staff needs and issues, and solicits feedback from staff about what is and what is not working. She/he is a good listener, providing support and training as needed to continue a strong and positive experience to meet student social and emotional learning requirements.
• The SEL counselor recognizes shifting cognitive and emotional needs of students within their school, looking for trends before they emerge and are established.
  

 
Staff Support & Coaching

• Raise the level of understanding among all staff about the importance of SEL as well as SEL-based approaches for working with individual students, classrooms and incorporating a SEL-focused school culture
• Coordinate or assist in implementing schoolwide activities related to healthy student development including Anti-bullying initiatives
• Coordinate staff-focused SEL and general self-care activities and information sessions
• Organize and facilitate staff training at monthly meetings, which could continue during the summer months (as needed)
• Participate in all staff meetings and trainings
  
  

Community Engagement & Outreach

• Conduct parent workshops, training, and general outreach to educate parents on the importance of positive environments and SEL, and enhance parents’ ability to support their children’s success
• Recruit community agencies as a resource to meet student and school needs
  
   
  

Special Projects

• Coordinate other activities that foster bully prevention and social and emotional and academic well-being of all students
• Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned by principal
• ISI personnel must comply with time and effort reporting requirements through personnel activity reports or periodic certifications, as appropriate.
• Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position
  
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.

• Master's degree in Guidance Counseling; valid Texas counseling certificate is a plus
• A minimum of five years counseling experience
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse groups
• Effective interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of employees, staff members, and the general public
• Competence with the use of technology required in a professional office
• Ability to promote a positive, caring climate
• Process all levels of work on assignments from beginning to end
• Effective and efficient decision-making skills
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and assignments; high degree of flexibility required
• Knowledgeable of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and facilitating student growth
• Knowledgeable of social and emotional learning competencies, restorative practices, and positive behavior interventions
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with students, staff, and parents
• Demonstrated ability to coach school staff and provide support with implementing SEL-based approaches (at the student, classroom, and school-wide levels)
• Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
• Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession
• apply academic achievement strategies
• manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills

• plan for postsecondary options (higher education,military, work force)

• individual student academic planning and goal setting 

• school counseling classroom lessons based on student success standards

• short-term counseling to students

• referrals for long-term support

• collaboration with families/teachers/ administrators/community for student success

• advocacy for students at individual education plan

•  meetings and other student-focused meetings

• data analysis to identify student issues, needs and challenges n acting as a systems change agent to improve equity and access, achievement and opportunities for all students

A background check is required for all positions.