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    Bryan Station High School Counselor 1.0 FTE - Lexington, United States - Fayette County Public Schools

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    Description
    Position Type:
    Student Support Services - Certified/CERT COUNSELOR - MIDDLE/HIGH

    Date Posted:
    5/13/2024

    Location:
    BRYAN STATION HIGH

    Date Available:
    School Year 24-25

    Closing Date:
    05/27/2024 Description:
    To provide the best functional guidance program possible under the direction of the principal, the Associate Director for Pupil Personnel and Guidance Services, and other administrative personnel.

    Job Summary:
    • Provides counseling services using his/her competencies and professional knowledge in an effort to assist the student to:
      • understand and accept himself as an individual, thus leading to development of self-awareness
      • develop personal decision-making competencies that are important to the decision-making process
      • to develop the ability to resolve problems
      • counsels parents to assume responsibility for their decisions and the consequences resulting from them.
    • Assists in providing student appraisal procedures by:
      • organizing, developing, collecting, studying, and using pertinent appraisal data as bases for stimulating the intellectual, career, and personality development of each student;
      • interpreting the implications of appraisal data to teachers and administrators;
      • helping teachers develop competencies in student appraisal procedures;
      • working with school administrators to develop conditions conductive to the operation of an effective program of student appraisal procedures.
    • Assists in providing informational procedures by:
      • organizing, collecting, disseminating, and interpreting pertinent educational and occupational information for use by students, parents, and school staff.
      • developing suitable plans and procedures for effective group guidance activities;
      • planning with teachers for the development and use of units of instruction that relate to the goals of guidance;
      • developing student competencies in using information more effectively to attain their personal goals.
    • Assists in procedures concerning realistic placement of students considering his interests, stage of development, and program offerings by:
      • participating with the school staff in providing accurate and proper grouping procedures for all students;
      • helping students in making informed choices of subjects that relate to his future goals;
      • identifying school related and community related activities in keeping with student interests and encouraging student participation in those activities.
    • Assists in providing referral services for students by:
      • utilizing special services available through the Department of Pupil Personnel and Guidance Services and the Department of Instructional Improvement Services that relate to all special needs of students;
      • utilizing special services available through the various community agencies;
      • assuring accuracy and completeness of data that accompanies the request for referral services;
      • making parents aware of the available referral services and encourage utilization of these services whenever it seems appropriate;
      • encouraging the development and/or extension of community agencies for meeting special student needs that are not already adequately met.
    • Assists in providing evaluation and research data by:
      • developing suitable plans and procedures for continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of the work of the counselor;
      • developing suitable plans and procedures for continuous evaluations of the effectiveness of the total guidance program;
      • cooperating with local, state, federal, and university-sponsored guidance research studies when appropriately related and properly coordinated.
    • Performs certain other tasks that are supportive and complementary to the total guidance program in the school by:
      • participating in programs of orientation for students, being especially concerned with articulation;
      • providing and receiving consultative assistance concerning student growth and development;
      • participating in curricular planning and revision with special focus on the student-centered point of view;
      • developing plans for continuing on-the-job professional improvement.
      • Maintains regular attendance
      • Performs other duties as assigned
    Qualifications:
    • Master's Degree
    • Three years successful teaching experience is preferred.
    • Valid Kentucky Teaching Certificate.
    • Certification as a High School Guidance Counselor
    Working Conditions:
    • Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking
    • Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing
    • Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations
    • Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching
    • Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights
    Application Procedure:
    Apply online

    Selection Procedure:

    Contact Person: Eric Hale )