Elementary Counselor: Guiding Student Growth

Risdtx; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Roosevelt ISD is seeking an elementary school counselor to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program at the assigned campus. The counselor will support students’ academic, career, personal, and social development and collaborate with teachers and families.

The role requires a Master's in counseling and a valid Texas school counselor certificate, with at least two years of teaching experience.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Texas school counselor certificate.
• Two years of creditable classroom teaching experience.
• Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior.
• Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents, and district staff.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct structured group lessons to deliver the district's guidance curriculum effectively and in accordance with students' developmental needs.
• Guide individual students, groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage the student’s own educational and career development, including creating and reviewing personal graduation plans and providing information about post-secondary opportunities.
• Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to counsel individual students, small groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage a student’s own personal and social development. Provide preventive, remedial, and crisis counseling as needed.
• Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.
• Coordinate school, home, and community resources and refer students, parents, and others to special programs and services as needed.
• Work collaboratively to advocate for individual students and specific groups of students.
• Interpret standardized test results and assessment data to guide students in individual goal setting and planning.
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and promote continuous improvement of a balanced comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program that includes guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support components.
• Advocate for a school environment that acknowledges and respects diversity.
• Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.
• Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.
• Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current professional standards of competence and practice.

Skills

Counseling

Assessment

Career development

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Behavior management

Public speaking

Education

Master’s in counseling

Texas school counselor certificate

Job description

Roosevelt ISD is seeking an elementary school counselor to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program at the assigned campus. The counselor will support students’ academic, career, personal, and social development and collaborate with teachers and families.

The role requires a Master's in counseling and a valid Texas school counselor certificate, with at least two years of teaching experience.