Fleming County Schools
Job Description
Updated February 2024
Class Code: 1050
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Guidance Counselor
Responsible To: Principal
Basic Function: Provide a functional, comprehensive program of direct services
for all children utilizing the expertise gained through
professional training in the areas of school counseling. These
services will emphasize counseling children; consultation with
teachers, parents and other significant adults; and coordinating
a variety of activities and functions related to the academic,
social, emotional and physical needs of students.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Counsel children, individually and in small groups, concerning a variety of developmental tasks and problems.
- Provide prevention programs through classroom guidance activities.
- Consult with teachers and parents about children’s needs, concerns and academic issues.
- Collaborate with school staff and community representatives in assessing student needs and utilize the data to plan and evaluate the guidance program.
- Coordinate with faculty, parents, attendance personnel and District Court to correct the attendance problems of truant students.
- Provide home visits as needed to assess family circumstances and make needed referrals to community resources for problems interfering with the child’s academic progress, or social, emotional or physical development.
- Serve as a resource person on the Special Education Admissions and Release Committee when appropriate.
- Refer students to the proper authorities for child abuse or neglect when suspicion exists and provide support services to those children as needed.
- Assist or serve as the coordinator of testing and interprets test data to teachers and parents as needed.
- Consult with teachers in planning and providing classroom guidance activities.
- Assist new students with orientation and acclamation to their new school environment.
- Select and purchase program materials and manage the budget allocation.
- Select and attend professional learning required by the state and district.
- Performs other duties as assigned by principal or superintendent.
Minimum Qualifications:
Valid Kentucky certification for School Guidance Counselor
Terms of Employment:
Salary and work year to be established by the board of education.
Evaluation:
Performance of will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of board policy for certified personnel. |