Dynamic School Counselor: Guidance & Growth Champion

Bcisdistrict; Texas; On-site; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooks County Independent School District is seeking a qualified School Counselor to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive counseling program on assigned campuses. You will counsel students to develop academic, career, personal, and social abilities, deliver guidance curriculum in group settings, and support students in navigating challenging circumstances.

Responsibilities include guiding curriculum delivery, crisis response, collaboration with families and staff, and advocating for

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Texas school counselor certificate.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons according to the district's guidance curriculum to improve students' interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal health and safety, post-secondary planning and readiness, and other developmental needs.
• Teach the school guidance curriculum components through the use of effective instructional strategies and planned structured groups considering diverse student populations and needs for differentiated instruction.
• Collaborate with staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum.
• Create a balanced curriculum by using well-planned and intentional activities and materials, incorporating guest speakers, and offering engaging delivery techniques, including technology tools.
• Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in time of need.
• Use preventive activities to remove barriers that interfere with a student's educational, career, personal, and social development.
• Implement remediation practices to assist students in coping with problem situations or unwise choices.
• Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. Maintain a healthy and safe school environment by collaborating with district staff, parents or guardians, and local officials.
• Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district.
• Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.
• May serve on district or campus behavioral threat assessment and safe and supportive schools team.
• Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons according to the district's guidance curriculum to improve students' interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal health and safety, post-secondary planning and readiness, and other developmental needs.

Skills

Counseling procedures

Student assessment

Career development

Organizational skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Classroom management

Public speaking

Education

Master's degree in counseling

Job description

Brooks County Independent School District is seeking a qualified School Counselor to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive counseling program on assigned campuses. You will counsel students to develop academic, career, personal, and social abilities, deliver guidance curriculum in group settings, and support students in navigating challenging circumstances.

Responsibilities include guiding curriculum delivery, crisis response, collaboration with families and staff, and advocating for