Job Description:

Position Title: High School Counselor

Location: Sheyenne High School

Department: Behavioral Health & Wellness

Reports To: Building-level Principal

Term: Ongoing 188-day contract beginning with the 2024-2025 school year

Schedule: Mon-Fri Full-time following school hours of operation

SUMMARY:

The High School Counselor promotes and upholds the ethical and professional standards and the development of a comprehensive school counseling program based on the ASCA National Model. This may include classroom lessons, individual and small group lessons, providing classroom teacher support, and supporting the MTSS team to meet students' social and emotional needs. The school counselor will be responsible for students in grades 9-12 and work collaboratively with administration.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Other duties may be assigned)

Collaboration:

Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.

Engages with other district staff in the professional learning community process.

Communication:

Consults and collaborates with parents/guardians, educators, and community organizations.

Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.

Utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.

Establishes and clearly articulate procedures and routines that promote efficiency and appropriate use of time.

Utilizes questions, discussions, and dialogue that promote critical thinking about diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences. 

Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.

Compassion:

Creates a safe and equitable classroom.

Empowers learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.

Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners’ experiences.

Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.

Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.

Creativity:

Incorporates organizational assessments and tools that are concrete, clearly delineated and reflective of the school’s needs. Including: advisory councils, school counselor competency and program assessments, or curriculum, small-group, and closing-the-gap action plans.

Establishes a classroom culture that values high expectations, work ethic, and a growth mindset.

Develops and implements data/needs-driven, standards-based and research-supported programs, and engages in continuous program evaluation activities.

Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience.

Critical Thinking:

Creates a comprehensive school counseling program focusing on learner outcomes.

Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.

Reflection:

Demonstrates understanding of the diverse social, emotional and developmental learning needs of high school learners.

Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.

Resilience:

Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations.

Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.

Responsibility:

Instruct learner competencies and deliver with identified professional competencies.

ASCA Student Standards guide the development.

ASCA School Counselor Guidelines guide the decision-making process and help to standardize professional practice.

Provides direct and indirect learner services.

Seeks out and provides input on referrals for additional assistance as needed. 

Utilizes district behavioral plan as the backbone to promote positive learner behavior.

Utilizes the district protocol for maintaining information about learner progress.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms.

While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.

The specific vision abilities required for this role include close and peripheral vision.

The employee may be required to lift up to ~30 pounds.

The employee must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.

The employee will work in an environment that has a quiet to loud noise level.

Education and/or Experience:

North Dakota Teaching License with School Counselor credential K-12

Master’s Degree in School Counseling

Experience working with complex learner behaviors is preferred.

Experience working in a high school setting is preferred.

Experience working in a school setting is preferred.

Experience as a counselor is preferred.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondences in the English language.

Ability to communicate effectively verbally, expressively, and reactively.

Other Skills and Abilities:

Exercise confidentiality, discretion, and good judgement.

Adhere to the assigned work schedule by maintaining regular and punctual attendance.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None.

Salary: Position follows the Teacher Salary Schedule 2023-2025