Elementary School Counselor- Temporary

COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED
Work Year: 190
Bargaining Unit: TTEA
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary: $48,775-$98,242

• Tigard Tualatin School District pays the 6% employee PERS contribution, upon eligibility

JOB TITLE: Counselor
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
GENERAL DUTIES SUMMARY:
The School Counselor implements a comprehensive school counseling program to ensure
equitable access to a rigorous education for all students. As a professional educator with a
mental health perspective, the counselor understands and responds to the needs of a diverse
student population. The School Counselor identifies the knowledge and skills all students will
acquire as a result of the K-12 school counseling program, based on data-driven decision
making. The School Counselor provides proactive leadership to engage all stakeholders in the
delivery of programs and services to support the students' social emotional development,
academic achievement and career preparation.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following requirements and responsibilities satisfactorily. However, any one employee may not perform all duties listed and examples may not cover all duties an employee is expected to perform. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential requirements and responsibilities of the position.
Counseling

• Provide individual counseling for student/staff/parents.
• Provide group counseling for student/staff/parents
• Provide behavioral and/or emotional support to individuals or group
• Assist students, parents, and staff in resolving individual or group conflict
• Counsel with parents regarding student academic, social or emotional progress
• Collect and analyze post graduate survey
• Participate in professional growth activities.

Referral:

• Coordinate referrals to district psychologist
• Initial referral to community agencies
• Contact individuals or agencies to gain or provide information

Appraisal:

• Provide individual/group testing
• Coordinate district testing program
• Administer tests
• Interpret test scores to students, staff, parents

Information/Instruction:

• Teach affective skills
• Provide parent education/information
• Provide individual/group parent, staff guidance
• Provide staff in-service
• Provide individual group orientation to students/parents transition to next grade or educational level
• Maintain newsletters/media contact
• Prepare staffing reports
• Coordinate home instruction/work with home instructor
• Write letters of recommendation
• Provide information to students and their parents regarding career opportunity, career planning, higher education, and financial aid
• Assist in the developing and adjusting of master schedule
• See that students are scheduled for appropriate classes

Planning, Placement and Follow-up

• Participate in building screening committee/multi-disciplinary team meetings
• Coordinator/assist in developing appropriate education for special needs students
• Observe student's classroom behavior
• Schedule and/or provide orientation to new students
• Check credits and update competency requirements
• Observe in classrooms to obtain curriculum information
• Collect information on withdrawn students

Records

• Review records for new students/transfer students
• Review student records for placement (i.e. TEE, special education, etc.)
• Coordinate student progress reports
• Implement daily home work assignment sheets

Evaluation

• Design system to measure student outcomes related to guidance and counseling program
• Collect and analyze perceptions regarding guidance program
• Maintain time/activity log
• Participate in guidance department meetings
• Develop department job targets/goal

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum:

• Ability to build and maintain harmonious relationships with diverse students, parents, and staff.
• Ability to effectively work and communicate with students, parents, and school personnel from diverse cultures or backgrounds.
• Maintains integrity of confidential information relating to students, staff, or district patrons.
• Knowledge and/or experience with trauma informed and restorative practices.
• Willingness to grow in professional knowledge and practice.

Preferred:

• Bilingual, bicultural and biliterate abilities in English and Spanish or other languages related to the student and family population of the District
• Demonstration of a strong equity lens and knowledge of culturally responsive practices.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• School Counselor License

WORKING CONDITIONS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by and 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.

• Physical Demands: Regularly speak, hear, stand, walk, sit, finger, handle, feel, reach, stoop, or kneel.
• Occasionally crouch crawl, climb or balance.
• Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and the majority of the work day is spent indoors.

EVALUATION
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J and TTEA
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Terms and conditions of employment are established by the TTEA-OEA bargaining agreement.
This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all inclusive list of responsibility, skill, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the positions activities and requirements, the administrations reserve the right to modify, and or remove duties and assign duties as necessary that still reflect the essential functions of the department.