Anticipated 2019 - 2020 High School Counselor

Job Title:
Anticipated 2019 - 2020 High School Counselor

Location:
Ashburn, VA, US

Organization Name:
TBD

Department Description:
TBD

Brief Description:
To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans appropriate to their age/maturity level leading to their development as productive citizens; to help students develop their potential to live full, useful lives.

Detailed Description:

• Works to resolve students' educational handicaps; works to discover and develop special abilities of students; works to prevent students from dropping out of school
• Registers students new to the school and orients them to school procedures and the school's varied opportunities for learning; provides assistance to students in course and subject selection; maintains student records and protects their confidentiality
• Assists students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such situations as home and family relations, peer relations, health, and emotional adjustment; is available to students to provide counseling in such areas as personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity
• Conducts small group counseling on student-selected and counselor-identified topics such as study skills, social skills, anger management, self-esteem, changing families, and grief
• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations; helps students evaluate career interests and choices; may organize and conduct career day
• Provides crisis counseling when needed, for prevention, intervention, and follow-up, with referrals, when necessary, to community resources
• Offers in-service training in school counseling topics for staff; collaborates with administrators and faculty on the matters of student discipline, developmental issues, and identifying significant behaviors such as suicide, self-harm, and depression
• Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and the community at large; confers with parents whenever necessary
• Performs other related work as assigned

Job Requirements:

• Holds Master's Degree from an accredited college or university and completion of an approved school guidance and counseling program; holds or is eligible for appropriate licensure
• Has successful full-time teaching experience or successful experience in school guidance and counseling

Organizational Relationships:
The School Counselor reports to the Supervisor of School Counseling Services through the Principal.

Additional Details:
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The Loudoun County School Board is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and to the provision of equity in its educational programs, services and activities for all students and employees.
Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, or genetic information in employment or in its programs and activities. LCPS provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:
Assistant Superintendent for Department of Human Resources and Talent Development
Loudoun County Public Schools
21000 Education Court
Ashburn, VA 20148
Tel: 571-252-1100

How To Apply:
To submit an application online, please select "Apply Now"
To be considered for the vacancy, please complete ALL sections of the application. A resume will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application.
Thank you for your interest in Loudoun County Public Schools. Applying to this anticipated vacancy will include you in the applicant pool for the 2019-2020 school year. If you wish to be considered for a particular school, please be sure to apply to openings posted for the specific school.
Please be sure to upload the following:

• Three (3) current professional references (Name, phone number, email address). At least one reference should be a current supervisor or most recent supervisor.
• Resume
• College Transcripts
• Copy of your teaching license (if applicable)
• Test Scores (if applicable)

Interview Date:

School Year:
SY_2019 - 2020 School Year 2019-2020

Job Type:
Licensed

Closing Date:

Contract or Assignment Days/Hours Per Day:
212 days / 7.5 hours

Amount of Travel:

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