Dynamic High School Guidance Counselor (9-12)

Hamblen County School District; Morristown (TN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamblen County School District seeks a Counselor for grades 9–12 at Morristown Hamblen High School East. The role focuses on helping students overcome barriers to learning and planning educational, occupational, and life goals.

The counselor collaborates with students, families, and staff to support student success. The position involves registering new students, guiding course selections, maintaining confidential records, conducting individual and group counseling, coordinating parent

Qualifications

• Valid teacher license with endorsement.
• Administrative or supervisory experience.
• Meets health and physical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assists the principal in registering students new to the school and orients them to school procedures
• Aids students in course and subject selections
• Maintains student records and protects their confidentiality
• Requests and sends student records
• Confers with principal, teachers, school psychologists, speech teachers, etc. concerning students
• Organizes and conducts parent conferences
• Conducts individual, large, and small group counseling sessions
• Serves as a member of M-Team and Disciplinary Hearing Authority Team when necessary
• Arranges for tutors and summer school work
• Serves as building administrator for achievement testing program
• Plans and chaperones school field trips
• Attends guidance seminars, conferences, and workshops
• Helps students evaluate career interests and choices
• Helps organize and conduct annual "Career Day"
• Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related such issues as home and family relations, health, and emotional adjustment
• Provides counseling to students who are referred as having problems in attendance, retention, discipline, and pre-delinquency
• Interprets the guidance program to the community
• Provides inservice training in guidance for teachers and student teachers
• Coordinates funds for students that may be in need of indigent services
• Assists in the orientation of new faculty members
• Works with Life Skills program in securing students for groups
• Works with high school counselors on registration for all incoming ninth graders
• Provides information and transportation for pregnancy screening for students
• Plans and coordinates guest speakers and instructors and speaks to community groups
• Coordinates Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (JTPA)
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Counseling

Records management

Parent conferences

Collaboration

Career guidance

Education

Teacher license with endorsement

Job description

Hamblen County School District seeks a Counselor for grades 9–12 at Morristown Hamblen High School East. The role focuses on helping students overcome barriers to learning and planning educational, occupational, and life goals.

The counselor collaborates with students, families, and staff to support student success. The position involves registering new students, guiding course selections, maintaining confidential records, conducting individual and group counseling, coordinating parent