School Counselor Guidance Counselor

Job Description:

Job Title: Guidance Counselor - Long Term Sub

School: East Haven High School

Reports To: Building Principal

Education: The successful candidate must hold current CT certification as a School Counselor (068), BA (preferred MA) from an accredited college or university in Social Work or Psychology.

Job Description

To assist all high school students in the developmental processes in intellectual, social and personal growth and to assist high school students in making informed and individually appropriate social, educational and vocational choices.

Salary: This position is full-time for the entire 2026-2027 school year with benefits. Salary of $54,935.00 as listed in the Teachers contract.

Responsibilities:

Professional Growth

• Participate in professional growth activities and complete a professional development plan.
• Attend professional conferences and workshops related to the overall guidance program.

Academic Development

• Meet with students prior to and during the registration process, inform the students of classes relative to course selection and assist the administration in the registration and scheduling process.
• Conduct follow-up meetings with students after the master schedule is developed to make any necessary changes in students schedules.
• Conduct orientation meetings with all eighth grade public and parochial middle school students to provide information regarding class offerings and registration procedures.
• Provide individual counseling for students regarding scheduling upon request of the student or his/her parent/guardian.
• Make recommendations to students regarding class selection that take into consideration the students abilities, background and interests. The recommendations may be made by means of small group and/or individual meetings or other methods recommended by teachers.
• Meet with students individually or in groups to discuss credits, courses and entrance exams required by colleges and technical schools.
• Advise students regarding the accuracy and completeness of records and credits and perform periodic credit checks from grades nine through 12 with an emphasis on the senior year.
• Provide written contact and telephone calls to parents/guardians of senior students who are deficient in their credit status.
• Provide information to students needing to attend summer programs to make up credit deficiencies.
• Coordinate homebound instruction for students who qualify.

Personal/Social Development

• Provide individual and/or group counseling in areas dealing with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs/alcohol and other drug addiction (ATOD/AODA) issues, family relationships, financial problems, school attendance and peer relationships.
• Facilitate student involvement in appropriate remedial classes or alternative education programs.
• Participate in multidisciplinary activities for selected students by contacting and meeting with special education staff members. He/she shall contribute information in the areas of academic achievement in regular education classes, professional impressions of the student based on observations and interviews and make available information about the student provided to the district by outside agencies.
• Assist special education staff members, including the School Psychologist, in screening special education referrals by providing background information.
• Act as a referral agent in the regular education staffing by receiving referrals from staff, making contact with the student and possibly the students parent(s)/guardian(s) and conducting conferences to determine potential outcomes.
• Provide a link between students and appropriate community resources and outside agencies such as adolescent day treatment programs, hospital-based counseling programs and State Protective Services.

Career Development

• Direct students to provide them with sources of vocational/technical, career, college, military information and work.
• Provide newsletters and other information to parents/guardians and students that relate to testing dates, college visitation dates, deadlines for filing applications, presentations that are held for career speakers and dates of military recruiter visits.
• Coordinate the College Fair and individual visits from college representatives.
• Write letters of recommendation for students who want to enter post-secondary institutions or are applying for jobs.