<p>TITLE: School Counselor</p> <p>QUALIFICATIONS: Eligibility for Professional Certification by the Maryland State Department of Education as a Guidance Counselor.</p> <p>REPORTS TO: Principal and Supervisor of Student Services</p> <p>JOB GOAL: Facilitate self-management skills, interpersonal relations skills, and educational/career decision- making skills among students through effective counseling, planning, consulting, appraisal, and information/placement services.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <ul> <li>Provides individual and group counseling services. </li><li>Provides parent, teacher, and interagency consulting services. </li><li>Coordinates appropriate individual and group Career guidance activities (i.e. "career competencies", "career exploration", and "career decision-making"). </li><li>Conducts general educational planning/transitioning activities (i.e. Elementary/Middle or Middle/High School Orientation, "5 Year Plans of Study", etc.). </li><li>Conducts post-secondary educational planning activities (i.e., college/technical school decision-making, college/technical school presentations, SAT Prep, PSAT, early financial aid awareness, etc.). </li><li>Conducts evening counseling sessions each month for parents (individual appointments and group activities). </li><li>Serves as a case manager and as a regular member of the Student Services Team and on other school-based teams as needed. </li><li>Interprets appropriate test data (achievement test data, aptitude test data, and interest test data). </li><li>Manages student records, student scheduling, and general information about students and for students. </li><li>Performs other duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Exempt position. Ten or Eleven month year. Salary to be established by the Board.</p>