Qualifications
Valid school counselor license certificate
Duties
• Provides guidance and counseling services. Plans and implements program improvements. • Communicates program objectives and performance expectations to students, parents. • Keeps current with state standards and guidelines. Collaborates with staff, students, families, and the community to delineate short- and long-range guidance program needs and opportunities. • Allots time for individual and group counseling. Supports the development of curriculum that helps students acquire and improve personal skills, e.g., accountability, decision-making, interpersonal communication, problem-solving, responsible behavior, self-confidence, etc. • Actively collaborates with staff to share effective intervention strategies and resources. • Helps identify and resolve problems that impede student participation in appropriate learning activities. • Assists with the multi-factored evaluation (MFE) process. Meets mandated paperwork time lines. • Helps ensure that assessment instruments and procedures support non-biased planning activities. • Investigates student concerns, e.g., abuse, neglect, attendance, discrimination, domestic violence, emotional problems, poverty, pregnancy, parenting, self-esteem, substance abuse, etc. • Implements protocols to safeguard student information shared with staff and/or referral sources. • Plans and implements student intervention strategies that produce tangible evidence-based benefits within specified time-frames. Monitors intervention efficacy to improve outcomes. • Facilitates opportunities for all students to participate in an inclusive educational environment. • Advocates for students. Observes student demeanor. Investigates and reports atypical behavior. • Helps students better understand themselves, make appropriate choices, and grow academically. • Promotes cultural awareness, self-reliance, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and creativity skills. • Facilitates student learning activities that encourage teamwork and positive peer relationships. • Provides guidance and counseling services, including counseling sessions focused on conflict resolution, to help students acquire and improve interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills. • Maintains career-focused resource materials. Helps students understand the interrelationship of academic courses and career objectives. Promotes a balanced perspective of work and family life. • Helps staff with pupil management. Prepares conduct reports and discipline recommendations. • Serves as a resource for drug, harassment, violence prevention, and related school safety activities. • Develops strategies to improve performance and increase graduation rates for at-risk students. • Initiates student and family referrals to community services, e.g., legal, health, social services, etc. • Serves as a district contact person for public agencies and an intermediary for parents and staff. • Directs students in the investigation of individualized educational, occupational, and personal goals, assists with student transition processes, e.g., graduation, post-secondary program enrollment, and provides employment and post-secondary training information.
Information
Salary will be based on experience. 184 work days a year plus extended days
Application Instructions
Send Application and/or letter of interest by: March 12, 2026 or until filled Send to: Jill Obrst, Superintendent Secretary 28 W. Jackson St, Millersburg, Ohio 44654 or by email to jobrst@westholmes.org