Counselor

Wapanucka, OK
United States

Job Title: School Counselor

Scope of Responsibilities: The job functions of an Oklahoma school counselor include
maintaining a professional identity, supporting all PK-12 students in their social and
emotional, academic, and career development, and being an active school leader
who is reflective about his/her comprehensive school counseling program. The school
counselor will provide data-informed, universal, and targeted learning experiences to
develop the whole child in a diverse society. School counselors will align actions to the
mission and vision of the district and their school.

A school counselor exemplifies a professional identity by:

• Using human development theories to have an impact on developmental issues
affecting student success
• Using learning theory to support student achievement and success, including
students with diverse learning needs
• Using established and emerging evidence-based counseling theories and techniques
that are effective in a school setting to promote academic, career, and social and
emotional development
• Using career development theories and align them with career and technical
education when possible to promote and support postsecondary planning
• Using the principles of a multi-tiered system of support within the context of a
comprehensive school counseling program to provide instruction and interventions
matched to student need
• Using systemic and environmental factors that affect human development,
functioning, and behavior
• Applying legal and ethical principles of the school counseling professional identity
• Following the American School Counselor Association Ethical Standards to
demonstrate high standards of integrity, leadership, and professionalism
• Following the legal aspects of the role of the school counselor
• Adhering to the unique legal and ethical principles of working with students in a
school setting
• Adhering to the ethical and statutory limits of confidentiality
• Consulting with other education, counseling, and legal professionals as needed when
ethical and legal questions arise
• Conducting and analyzing self-appraisal and assessment data

• Collaborating with administrators, teachers, and other staff in the school and district
to ensure culturally responsive curricula and student-centered instruction
A school counselor is an active school leader who is reflective about their program by:
• Identifying factors that enhance and impede students’ academic, career, and social
and emotional development
• Focusing on the academic, career, and social and emotional development of all
students
• Delivering culturally appropriate direct and indirect services
• Developing measurable outcomes for school counseling activities, interventions, and
experiences
• Collaborating to create ongoing, regular assessments to measure the effectiveness of
the school counseling program
• Articulating the distinction between direct and indirect student services and advocate
for a school counseling program free of non-school-counseling duties
• Assessing use of time in direct and indirect student services and program
management and school support to determine how much time is spent on each
school counseling program component
• Demonstrating effective management and vision of the comprehensive school
counselor program and collaboration with all stakeholders
• Providing equitable practices that embrace the diversity of the school community
• Contributing to a caring, positive school culture
A school counselor incorporates a comprehensive school counseling program by:
• Using student, school, and district data to identify achievement, attendance, and
discipline issues to be addressed through instruction
• Evaluating cultural and social trends when developing and choosing curricula for
school counseling lessons
• Identifying appropriate evidence-based curricula aligned to the Oklahoma
Comprehensive School Counseling Framework
• Conducting assessments of student needs to contribute to program planning
• Maintaining a list of current referral resources, consistent with school and district
policies, for students, staff, and families to effectively address academic, career, and
social and emotional issues
• Using personal reflection, consultation, and supervision to promote professional
growth and development
• Using objectives within the school’s comprehensive school counseling program that
reflect current knowledge and skills as provided in the Oklahoma Comprehensive
School Counseling Framework

• Adhering to ASCA’s School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies and
ASCA’s Ethical Standards for School Counselors
• Using Oklahoma’s Student Standards for all school counseling program planning
• Using data to inform student outcome goals, action plans, and lesson plans
• Reaching agreement with the administrator(s) on school counseling program priorities
and activities.
• Adhering to national recommendations for use of time
• Leading school counseling advisory council
• Providing direct and indirect student services to promote student achievement, career
development, and social and emotional development
• Assessing student and program results to inform school counseling program
implementation and enhancement
Minimum Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in school counseling or related field
• Certification in school counseling by the Oklahoma State Department of Education
Desirable Qualifications:
• Successful experience in schools
• Knowledge of comprehensive school counseling and the ASCA National Model
• Knowledge of school counselor’s professional identity
• Knowledge of individual and group counseling techniques, specifically group
dynamics
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated technology skills

Physical Demands:

• Wide range of physical movement, including bending, squatting, reaching, with the
ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights as well as use of hands for simple grasping
and fine manipulations
• Use of speech, vision, hearing
• Sitting or standing for extended periods of time
• Indoor and outdoor activity