Job Title:    Counselor       Exemption Status/Test: Exempt/202 days

 

Reports to:    Principal                                       Date Revised:  03/03/2026

Dept./School: Assigned Campus

Primary Purpose:

Plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program at the assigned campus. Counsel students to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

Master’s degree in guidance counseling

Valid Texas counseling certificate

 

Special Knowledge/Skills:

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

 

Experience:

Two years of teaching experience

Two-Three years of Secondary School Counselors experience preferred

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Guidance

1. Plan and conduct structured group lessons to deliver the district’s guidance curriculum effectively and in accordance with students’ developmental needs. Collaborate with teachers who teach guidance-related curriculum.


2. 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.


3. 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.

Consultation

1. Coordinate school, home, and community resources and refer students, parents, and others to special programs and services as needed.


2. Work collaboratively to advocate for individual students and specific groups of students.

Assessment

1. Interpret standardized test results and assessment data to guide students in individual goal setting and planning.


2. Act as State Testing Coordinator for the campus to coordinate all state assessments.

Program Management and Administration

1. Plan, implement, evaluate, and promote continuous improvement of a balanced comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program that includes a guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support components.


2. Advocate for a school environment that acknowledges and respects diversity.


3. Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.


4. Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rules, and board policy. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations


5. Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current professional standards of competence and practice.


6. Perform duties as 504 Coordinator for the campus.


7. Conduct all necessary at-risk counseling for the campus.


8. Coordinate the Response to Intervention (RTI) program for the campus.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervise assigned counseling aide(s) and clerical employee(s).

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Tools/Equipment Used: Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment

Posture: Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

Motion: Frequent walking

Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)

Environment: Work inside, may work outside

Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; may work prolonged or irregular hours