Counselor

Please contact Counseling Services upon completion of Application at (972) 925-3505.

Description:

• Provide guidance consultation to school administrator, teachers, staff, students, and parents regarding
• individual and/or group needs.
• Conduct classroom guidance lessons with each class and every student in the school regarding decisionmaking
• skills, feelings, interpersonal relationships, communication skills, career exploration, conflict
• management, problem solving, and personal safety.
• Provide crisis counseling, small group counseling, individual counseling, and referral to agencies as
• appropriate.
• Prepare paperwork to help route children to proper classes, testing, tutoring, counseling services,
• medical services, and social services, so that each child can achieve optimum academic and social
• development.
• Engage in dialogue with parents in reference to child academic and social needs; provide parenting skill
• training as appropriate to help their children.
• Coordinate all school-wide testing programs; explain test results to students, teachers, and parents; and
• help use data to write CIP strategies and goals.
• Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of guidance programs and make changes based on
• finding.
• Compile, maintain, and file all required physical and computerized reports, records, and other
• documents.
• Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board
• policy in guidance and counseling.
• Recruit and prepare volunteers for tutoring and mentoring.
• Serve as parent-volunteer coordinator and school-adopter coordinator for corporate sponsors.
• Act as community liaison to promote community involvement and parent support.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Guidance Counseling; valid Texas counseling certificate; valid Texas teacher certificate
• Four years classroom experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to use accepted theories and techniques appropriate to school
• counseling.
• Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate effectively with students, staff, and parents.
• Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Application Procedure:
Apply online

Other Information: 
Selected individuals for Dallas Independent School District positions will be placed according to current District promotional policy and compensation guidelines. A campus-based employee may not assume a new position for which he/she was selected based upon the posting process until the end of the current semester, unless approved by the Executive Director, Human Resources. A security check and disclosure of family relationship information is required for all positions.
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