*Out of state applicants please provide ADE's verification of provisional licensure eligibility*

Position Description

POSITION TITLE: Middle School Guidance Counselor Grade 5-8 

FLSA: Exempt

QUALIFICATIONS: Must meet AR licensure requirements

REPORTS TO: Principal

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 205 Day employment with benefits as specified in employee contract.

LOCATIONS: Crossett Middle School

BEGINNING: 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Develop and deliver the school counseling curriculum in a classroom setting.
• Assist students in the areas of academic and in personal/social development.
• Provide individual and small group counseling in a variety of settings.
• Consult and collaborate with teachers, staff and parents in understanding and meeting the needs of students in the school setting.
• Participate in activities that contribute to the effective operation of the school.
• Plan, evaluate and revise the school counseling program.
• Pursue continuous professional growth to stay abreast of the field.
• Promote an understanding and appreciation of diverse populations and cultures.
• Monitor and advise students and their parents as to progress.
• Prepare students for the transition to the next level of school and activities.
• Work with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems, as related to home and family, health, and emotional adjustment.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS   

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Must maintain a constant dialogue and communications relationship with administration, faculty, and parents so as to better meet the needs of each student.
• Actively involved in and serves as a resource person for the teacher/student advisor program of the school.
• Recognize the extent of his/her training and refer to other specialists those pupils whose problems go beyond his/her skills.
• Perform such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Principal, provided such assignments do not diminish the effectiveness of the counselor.
• Must have the ability to lift at least 40 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to endure prolonged standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, occasional reaching above the head or  the shoulders, bending, squatting.