Job Description

ROCKFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: School Counselor

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JOB CODE: 9620

Department: Student Support

Supervisor: Assistant Principal of School Counseling Services

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COMPENSATION RANGE: $43,642 - $91,830 per year. Placement on the salary schedule is based on verified, comparable education and experience. For more information on range placement, please review the REA Collective Bargaining Agreement .

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

To empower students to make responsible choices about their social, scholastic and

future professional lives.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an

individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements

listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition

to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this

position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with

disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

1. Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the

mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found in the Board’s

strategic plan.

2. Carries out such additional duties as required or as conditions necessitate.

3. Be readily available to students so as to provide counseling that will lead each

student to increased personal growth, self-understanding and maturity.

4. Help students evaluate career interests and choices.

5. Aid students in course and subject selection.

6. Work to discover and develop special abilities of students.

7. Work to resolve students’ educational deficiencies.

8. Work to prevent students from dropping out of school.

9. Work with students on in individual basis in the solution of personal issues

related to home and family relations, peer pressures, health and emotional

adjustments.

10. Assist students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through the

interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data, and

work with students in evolving education and occupation career plans in terms of

such evaluation.

11.Guide students in their participation in school and community activities.

12.Confer with parents whenever necessary.

13.Arrange for tutors and summer school, and work description.

14.Assist in the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment

applications.

15.Make recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarship.

16.Provide students’ information to colleges and potential employers according to

provisions of the Board’s policy on student records.

17.Register students new to the school and orient them to the school procedures

and the school’s varied opportunities for learning.

18.Maintain students’ records and protect their confidentiality.

19.Work with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with the general

range of services offered by the student support personnel services department,

and to improve the educational prospects of individual students being counseled.

20.Work with administrators to develop the schedule for classes to meet the needs

of students.

21.Work with the Community Agencies to assist students in specific concerns.

22.Any other duties assigned by the building principal.

NON- ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to

enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.

2. Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient

and effective work environment.

3. Provides supplemental/discretionary reports, data and materials.

A comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Paid Sick and Personal time
• Paid holidays
• Board-paid TRS (Teachers’ Retirement System)
• Optional 403(b) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Type 73 Illinois School Personnel Certification, with endorsement for Guidance

Counselor.

This description is written primarily for position evaluation purposes. It describes duties

and responsibilities, which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned

to the position. The essential duties and responsibilities are not necessarily all-inclusive.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Training or evidence of successful demonstration of conflict resolution and/or

behavior management techniques.

2. Training and/or experiences in building positive relationships with parents and

staff and establishing effective lines of communication with them.

3. Training in the development and use of alternative assessment methods.

LENGTH OF WORK: As per REA contract

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel.

Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.

OTHER:

This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the

nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and

responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may

be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school

district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the

school district and requirements of the job change.

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