Guidance Counselor at Noble Hall Leadership Academy for Girls

Reports to: Principal

Job Description

• Would possess the professional training and demonstrates those skills needed for his/her guidance and counseling responsibilities.
• The counselor implements the counseling program.
• The counselor helps students to seek solutions to their problems.
• The counselor facilitates the school’s planning and placement of his/her students and assists in the planning for post-secondary school interests.
• The counselor consults and informs parents and school professionals about the impact of the school environment upon students.
• The counselor maintains pertinent student personnel records and interprets those in an ethical manner.
• The counselor performs professional responsibilities necessary for the maintenance of the school’s educational environment.

Performance Responsibilities

• Develops,  implements, teaches and revises curriculum related to the competencies of the guidance program.
• Conducts research in pertinent areas to update and add to the curriculum.
• Plans and participates in parent seminars as related to group guidance curriculum.
• Assists in the coordination of career/occupational domain by supporting students, career days, shadowing experiences, and mentorships.
• Assists teachers in the implementation of special service programs and the mainstreaming of special service students.
• Masters the computer technology needed to perform daily guidance tasks.
• Keeps accurate records in all facets of the guidance program.
• Attends professional conferences, seminars, and earns additional credit to stay current with contemporary issues in the area of guidance.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual budget for the guidance department.
• Assists in the development of annual and long-term guidance goals.

Job Requirements
Skills:

• Requires demonstration of individual and group counseling skills; collaborative skills; teaching and coaching skills; service-oriented skills; supervisory skills; leadership skills; problem-solving skills; verbal and written communication skills; organizational skills; data analysis skills; and technology skills in the areas of guidance management, information resources, student programming, instructional interventions, office software, student database systems, and office equipment operation.

Abilities:

• Requires significant confidentiality responsibilities, excellent attention to detail and follow through, resource management.
• Requires ability to develop constructive partnerships with students, staff, and families.
• Plan, organize, implement, and administer guidance, counseling, life, career planning through development programs.
• Recognize substance and abuse and implement crisis prevention and intervention strategies; advocate for students.
• Integrate guidance counseling programs within the school curriculum; identify student needs successfully.