Counselor - Career - GWAHCA

Waco ISD; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Waco ISD is seeking a Counselor for the Greater Waco Academies to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive guidance program for students, helping them maximize personal growth and prepare for postsecondary opportunities.

Responsibilities include coordinating career and technical education activities, mentoring students, coordinating scheduling, dual credit processes, and ensuring access to programs for all students.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Texas teaching credential.
• School Counselor Certification.

Responsibilities

• Craft a personalized academic and career plan for each student.
• Mentor students to address concerns and advocate for their needs.
• Coordinate student and course scheduling process.
• Coordinate dual credit process for enrolled students.
• Oversee online courses to ensure student completion and credit.
• Coordinate gradebooks and communication between Academy and home campus.

Skills

Career & Tech Education background

Leadership & interpersonal skills

Strong written & verbal communication

Accountability for special populations

Education programs

Education

Master’s degree

Texas teaching credential

School Counselor Certification

Job description

Position Information

Position Type: Professional/ Counselor - Career - Greater Waco Advanced Health Care Academy

Date Posted: 7/7/2026

Location: Greater Waco Health Care Academy

Job Title

Counselor for the Greater Waco Academies

Wage/Hour Status: Exempt/At‑Will

Reports To: Director of Career & Technology

Pay Grade/Days: 104/212

Dept./School: Assigned School

Date Revised: June 2019

Primary Purpose

Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program of guidance to school assigned, including counseling services. Provide a proactive developmental guidance program to encourage all students to maximize personal grow and development. Provide support services and activities, other than administrative, to ensure students access to the full range of programs available to them. The Career Counselor will provide students the necessary support services and activities required for them to be successful in the attainment of academic and occupational competencies necessary for employment and/or post‑secondary training.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Valid Texas teaching credential
• School Counselor Certification

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Evidence of background in Career and Technical Education
• Evidence of leadership skills, including effective interpersonal skills
• Superior communication skills, both written and oral
• Willingness to be accountable for special population enrollment in career and technology education programs
• Education programs

Main Responsibilities and Duties

• Craft a personalized academic and career plan for each student on campus that encompasses specific courses students will take to meet their chosen career‑paths or post‑secondary education.
• Mentor students to model and effectively address concerns and grievances and how to better advocate for their own needs.
• Coordinate student and course scheduling process.
• Coordinate dual credit process for enrolled students.
• Oversee online courses to ensure to student completion and credit.
• Coordinate Gradebooks and communication between Academy and home campus. Ensure all timelines for progress reports and report cards are met.
• Actively recruit students, including traditionally underrepresented groups, into career and technical education programs. Assist in recruiting process as required by Assistant Director.
• Assist in recruiting events as required by Assistant Director. Meet with students regularly to assist with high school and post high school career and educational plans.
• Monitor supplementary career and technology education services to students who are members of special populations including individuals with disabilities in respect to curriculum modification and equipment modification.
• Ensure that the school district provides equal access to a full range of career and technology education programs for all students who are members of special populations.
• Confer regularly with assigned staff to discuss counseling and instructional services designed to facilitate the transition from school to post‑school employment and career opportunities.
• Define the program and fiscal needs of special populations in the budget development process, ensuring that fiscal resources address the needs mandated by Texas Education Agency guidelines.
• Actively support guidance, counseling, and career development activities conducted by professionally trained counselors, teachers, community members, and others who are associated with the provision of such special services including, but not limited to mentoring, seminars, professional engagements and more.
• Assist in training for career and technology education teachers.
• Involve counselors and instructional staff to provide for students who are members of special populations and their parents at least one year before the students enter vocational education such information as the opportunities available in career and technology education and the requirements for eligibility for enrollment in such programs.
• Coordinate the follow‑up reports of the career and technology education students as related to coherent sequence of courses, tech prep, placement files, post‑secondary training, military and/or careers.
• Disseminate information pertinent to admission to career and technology education programs offered by the district.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None.

Working Conditions

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Frequent intra‑district and inter‑district travel; repetitive hand motions and prolonged use of a computer.
• Frequent standing stooping, bending, pulling and pushing. Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.

Notes

This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all‑inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.

Non‑Discrimination Statement

The Waco Independent School District (District) as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or genetic information in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner.

For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title IX, contact Waco ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and/or Waco ISD Coordinator of Student Management at 254‑755‑9410 and/or Waco ISD Director of Athletics at 254‑745‑2250. For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII, as amended, contact Waco ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at 254‑755‑9410. For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 504 or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, contact Waco ISD Director of Special Education at 254‑755‑9431 or P.O. Box 27, Waco, TX, 76703.