SCHOOL COUNSELOR - Pinkston Elementary

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor's degree in a related field
• •Master's degree in counseling
• •Equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities
• •Licensure by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in counseling
• •Ability to obtain licensure in counseling
• •Physical ability to operate a variety of equipment including computers, typewriters, copiers, calculators, etc.
• •Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• •Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics of data, people or things
• •Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information
• •Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, press releases, etc.
• •Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
• •Ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• •Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• •Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form
• •Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• •Ability to record and deliver information
• •Ability to explain procedures
• •Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• •Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently using a variety of technical or professional languages including counseling terminology
• •Ability to utilize mathematical formulas
• •Ability to add and subtract
• •Ability to multiply and divide
• •Ability to utilize decimals and percentages
• •Ability to apply the theories of descriptive statistics
• •Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape
• •Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment
• •Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment
• •Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color
• •Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• •Ability to be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations
• •Ability to talk and hear
• •Ability to communicate via telephone
• •General knowledge of the ethical guidelines applicable to the position as outlined by professional organizations and/or federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations
• •General knowledge of the principles of organization and administration
• •General knowledge of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
• •Skill in counseling and motivating students
• •Ability to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the effectiveness of student programs
• •Ability to coordinate the efforts of support services personnel and outside agencies
• •Ability to use common office machines and popular computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs
• •Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful reports from them
• •Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing
• •Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments
• •Proficiency in the use of the management system for the Online Program