Requirements:  Master's degree with a School Counselor license issued by the Tennessee Department of Education.  

Benefits include: Health Insurance (most options include premiums that are 100% paid for the employee); $20,000 life insurance policy; enrollment in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (5% employee contribution required); optional dental and/or vision insurance; paid sick days; paid personal days; paid holidays.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Counselor, K-8

Qualifications

1. Possess a Tennessee Teacher’s License with proper endorsements
2. Masters Degree
3. Demonstrate strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills
4. Possess a knowledge of basic psychology and an understanding of human dynamics

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Develop a social/personal development curriculum appropriate for the grades and age of students served;
2. Align social/personal development curriculum with state and local standards;
3. Schedule regular small group and classroom presentations for the delivery of the Tennessee School Counseling and Career Guidance Standards;
4. Assist with registration and orientation of new students into the school program;
5. Assist in maintaining student records and protect record confidentiality;
6. Works to resolve student problems through consultation with classroom teachers, parents, and other people resources available in the school or community;
7. Work with teachers and parents to identify tutors or other intervention strategies for academically challenged students;
8. Foster an awareness of careers, occupations, and job awareness in a manner appropriate to the age of students served;
9. Counsel with students on an individual basis, or in small groups to address, personal, peer relationships, family issues, health, hygiene, and emotional adjustment;
10. Counsel with referrals from administrators and/or teachers for problems related to attendance, discipline, retention, or other administrative related issues;
11. Participate in school level, system level, and other professional development and in-service activities;
12. Serve as a resource for teachers in helping them in understanding students and how to meet students’ intellectual and personal needs;
13. Participate in S-Teams, IEP Teams, or other administrative structures to facilitate meeting the needs of individual students;
14. Assist, as needed, in basic assessment of students needed to resolve learning problems or provide direction for determination of student services;
15. Use student assessments to guide students, parents, and teachers in appropriate academic and career planning;
16. Serve as case manager for student 504 plans and adhere to all JCS procedures and policy for Section 504;
17. Use the Tennessee Model for Comprehensive School Counseling as a program guide for organization and implementation of accountability, management, delivery and foundational services;
18. Support parents by providing academic or mental health referrals and resources;
19. Facilitate the evaluation of the school counseling programs;
20. Perform other duties as assigned by the principal.