Guidance Counselor

Guidance Counselor

The Guidance Counselor will be directly responsible to the Principal.

Location :  WHS - WC

Responsibilities :  (1) Provide orientation to incoming students; (2) Assist the building administrator in organizing staffing and implementing August registration for students; (3) Review documents for registration and placement purposes; (4) Evaluate student transcripts in order to create schedules and individual learning plans; (5) Administer and score reading and writing assessments to determine student progress; (6) Record grades on student transcripts and maintain student cumulative files and other records; (7) Participate in student in-take process; (8) Assist the building administrator and other personnel in evaluating student placement for the next school year; (9) Establish a helping relationship with each counselee and provide individual counseling to students; (10) Work with parents/guardians of students individually or in a small groups to help them: (a) understand the school; (b) cooperate with efforts to help the student; (c) understand the students school program, behavior issues, abilities and goals; (d) provide information that may be of use to the school to help the student; (e) assist in the solution of problems that the student is experiencing; (11) Work with teachers and other school employees to help them understand and support students who are experiencing educational and emotional issues; (12) Work with special service personnel regarding referrals of students, participate in staffings regarding student needs and provide other general assistance to special service personnel as directed by the site supervisor; (13) Assist with contacts to agencies, organizations and others in the community to ensure that local resources are utilized; (14) Initiate student/parent/guardian referrals to community resources as needed; (15) Participate in formal and informal public relations activities in order to promote acceptance of guidance as a reliable and valuable student service; (16) Contribute to the solution of student issues such as truancy, failures, disinterest in school, discipline issues, assorted conflicts and dropouts.  The counselor is expected to seek out such students and provide appropriate guidance and counseling services; (17) Participate in various group/guidance programs in order to provide students with information and insight pertaining to testing programs, job opportunities, school policies, regulations, procedures, programs, etc.; (18) Assist in the organization and administration of state, district and school testing programs for students, but shall not serve as the building test coordinator; (19) Make every reasonable effort to become more knowledgeable and competent by participating in in-service programs, maintain membership in professional organizations, reading professional literature, taking additional graduate work and attending appropriate professional conferences; (20) Participate in the evaluation and revision of the school guidance program and plan the guidance program calendar; (21) Fulfill professional responsibilities; (a) maintain confidentiality; (b) maintain records consistent with ethical and legal guidelines; (c) participate on the school-based crisis team; (d) perform responsibilities in an organized, accurate, timely and dependable manner; (e) operate within the established district and school procedures and policies; (f) provide support for other school and district programs and personnel; (g) utilizes computers effectively in the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities; (22) Perform such other guidance-related duties as may be assigned by the Associate Principal and/or the High School Principal. 

Qualifications :  Must have a valid Illinois Type 73 certificate with an endorsement in Guidance Counseling and a minimum of five years of experience preferred.

Salary :  Per teachers' contract

Additional Information : None

Application Deadline :  Candidates must submit an online application to be received by June 21, 2012.

Only online applications will be considered for interviews.