Gus Birdwell Elementary is in search of a Counselor for the 2025-2026 school year.  The position will pay an additional $3,000 for Master degree.  District pays $400 per month towards applicants health insurance.

Primary Purpose:

Work with school faculty and staff, students, parents, and community to plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program.  Counsel students to fully develp easch student's academic, career, personal and social abilities and address the need of special population students  

Qualifications:

     Education/Certification:

          Master's degree in guidance counseling; 

          Valid Texas counseling certficate

     Special Knowledge/Skills:

          Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development

          Execellent 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 teaching experience

Responsibilities & Duties:

• 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.
• Coordinate school, home, and community resources and refer students, parent, and others to special programs and services as needed.
• Works collaboratively to advocate for individual students and specific groups of students.
• Interpret sandardized 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.
• Maintains a communication system that effectively collects and disseminates information to other professionals as appropriate
• Uses an effective referral process to help students and others use special programs and services
• Comply with state, district, and school regulations and policies for classroom teachers 
• Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current professional standards of competence and practice.
• Other assigned duties