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JOB TITLE:  ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, Lincoln/Montessori

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Masters Degree in guidance from an accredited university/college
• Valid, current Nebraska teaching certificate with Guidance and Counseling endorsement
• Successful classroom teaching                                          
• Interest in helping students, teachers, and parents.
• Demonstrated ability in human relations skills.
• Has education and training in fields of counseling, psychology, sociology and related fields or willingness to pursue further education.

REPORTS TO:  Building Principal

RECEIVES GUIDANCE FROM:  Building Principal; Central Office Directors

JOB GOAL:  To help students overcome such academic, personal, emotional, and social problems as interfere with their learning and adjustment to school

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  Nine month year or as established by the Board of Education

EVALUATION:  Evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the district’s Personnel Evaluation Policy

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Conducts group counseling in social skills, affective education, self-esteem, decision-making, or other counseling activities as preventative and corrective measures.
• Assists teachers with intervention strategies or alternative instruction for students prior to admission to student service programs or to those students who fail to qualify for student service programs.
• Assists students directly with academic, personal, emotional, and social problems.
• Leads Student Assistance Teams and participates with other personnel in Individual Education Plans or Challenge Program Admission.
• Promotes preventative discipline practices, intervenes in behavior problems, and assists teachers in resolving them.
• Teaches lessons to large groups of students on a variety of topics including social skills, character education, study skills, and careers.
• Oversees, analyzes, and interprets student achievement scores on standardized achievement tests, reading tests, etc. and recommends action to remedy weak areas for individual students, classes, and school.
• Works with teacher and other staff members to familiarize them with services offered to students and to improve educational assistance to students through school and community personnel.
• Counsels with parents toward improving home situations whereby more favorable conditions will be attained in regard to school work, behavior, attendance, and interest.
• Help families better understand the school and its program.
• Meets periodically with district guidance team
• Assists in supervision of students when needed
• Other duties as assigned

 OTHER REQUIREMENTS (Intellectual, Sensory):

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Exceptional decision making skills
• Skills in leadership, interpersonal relations, organization, prioritization, problem solving and conflict management, assessment and evaluation