Coordinating:
Participate in developing district‐level meeting agendas and professional learning in conjunction with BCS School Counseling Coordinator.
Attend and participate in BCS Coordinator of Counseling meetings and provides support to other counselors at their school.
Coordinate and facilitate department meetings monthly, at minimum, or meets more as needed.
Assist School Counseling Coordinator and other Student Services team members in developing and/or revising policies, practices, and procedures relevant to school counseling program.
Attend Professional Development, Conferences and workshops (Departmental, District and Outside District) designed to maintain and upgrade counseling supervisory skills.
Demonstrate knowledge of the school and community resources that complement the provision of counseling services.
Initiate and maintain productive working relationships with students, staff, parents, administration and community-based organizations.
Coordinate the activities of the high school counseling department, including calendaring school day and evening events for communicating important information to students and parents.
School Counseling
Maintain an organized, functional and up to date school counseling virtual and/or in‐person office/center.
Implement a comprehensive guidance curriculum: conduct classroom guidance activities in each teacher’s class and/or systematically conduct developmental counseling groups for each grade level throughout the year; consult with and/or provide resources to teachers to facilitate their instruction of counseling content and to embed counseling content in the regular educational curriculum.
Coordinate transition to high school activities with middle school counselors and administration.
Consult with and serve as a resource to teachers to facilitate embedding counseling content into the regular education curriculum.
Respond to calls, emails, and in-person visits from families and students within 48 hours.
Maintaining Educational Records
Maintain confidentiality regarding school/workplace matters in accordance with state and federal law.
Consult on the analysis of transcript(s) of and schedule for new/transfer students.
Consult with students, parents, administrators to ensure graduation requirements are met for diploma options and or any endorsements associated with earning an Alabama High School Diploma or Option B, Workplace Pathways Diploma.
Work in collaboration with administrators, department of assessment and accountability, career and technical education department, and office staf f, to submit accurate, complete cohort graduation data to include CCR Indicators identified by ALSDE to include dual enrollment/college credit attainment, AP, IB, ACT/ACT Workkeys Benchmark scores, career and technical credential and or completer status, and approved apprenticeship.
Work in collaboration with office staff to ensure students’ grades (including summer school, night school, and other non-traditional options) are entered on transcript and course schedule is updated, as necessary.
Work with the other school counselors, completes timely reviews of student transcripts and class schedules and makes corrections, as necessary.
Parent/Community Outreach
Partner with parents and colleagues to manage course goals, curriculum, and materials that best benefit the individual needs of each student
Partner with community stakeholders for programs related to college, careers, and post-secondary options
Communicate the impact of the comprehensive school counseling program to all stakeholders.
Coordinate community program awareness activities
Consult with and trains teachers, parents and staff regarding student needs.
Responsive Services:
Serve as Building Based Team Lead for Crisis Response Team.
Plan and evaluate the counseling program: have familiarity and experience with the PREPaRE Crisis Response Model and the recognized ASCA model program.
Serve as the primary liaison between site-based Student Support Services Team and district level Student Support Services.
Serves as the First Responder in BCS MTSS Tiered Systems of Support. Collaborate with prevention specialists, social workers, school psychologists, mental health coordinator, special programs and outside agencies (if appropriate) to seek opportunities for children with behavioral/social challenges and parents to receive support.
Participate as a member of the PST/MTSS/504 teams.
Respond to appointments, in-person visits students, parent/guardian regarding summer school, grades, enrollment, testing and other inquiries within 48 hours.
Administrative
Participate on the school scheduling team.
Coach, mentor, and train school counseling staff.
Participates in the hiring of school counselors at the school.
Attends and participates in BCS Coordinator of Counseling meetings.
Attends conferences and workshops designed to maintain and upgrade counseling supervisory skills.
Serve on school and/or system committees, advisory boards, and/or task forces as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.
