Counselor (Grade: EC-5) Base Calendar

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
– The 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
– Federally funded 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. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. 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.