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Tunica County School District

Professional School Counselor

Tunica County School District, Tunica, MS, United States


Position Type:
High School Teaching

Date Posted:
1/6/2025

Location:
Rosa Fort High

Date Available:
TBD

Closing Date:
Until Filled
Title: Counselor - Non-CTE
Qualifications: Master's degree in Counseling
Counselor Endorsement
Supervisor: Principal

Job Duties:
  • Adheres to the Ethical Standards of the American Counseling Association and the American School Counselor Association
  • Maintains confidentiality within ASCA Guidelines
  • Maintains positive atmosphere with students, teachers and community
  • Plans counseling and guidance activities for the school year, showing appropriate time allocations
  • Schedules appointments for developmental counseling to monitor specific needs of individual students
  • Provides time for counseling self-referred, at-risk students and crisis counseling
  • Conducts an interview and follow-up with all newly enrolled students and parents
  • Plans and conducts individual and group counseling and guidance activities throughout the year
  • Coordinates maintenance of student records
  • Interprets student test data and analyzes disaggregated data
  • Conducts follow-up of students (transfers, drop-outs, etc.)
  • Ensures student records are maintained as per state and federal regulations
  • Register and orient new students to the school
  • Submit documentation of newly enrolled students and withdrawals to the school's Accountant/Bookkeeper in a timely manner
  • Provides students with materials and information regarding career and post-high school educational opportunities; assists with college preparation, scholarships, and employment applications including the writing of letters of recommendation
  • Issues pre-registration forms for the coming school term by March 1 of each school year
  • Collects pre-registration forms and begins to compile the data by April 1 of each school year

Term of Employment: Salary and work year established by the Board.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on
Evaluation of Professional Personnel.