COUNSELORS (DISTRICTWIDE)
Company: Dallas Independent School District
Location: Dallas
Posted on: September 29, 2024
Job Description:
Description
BASIC FUNCTIONS:
Student & School-Wide Support
- Provide consultation to school administrators, teachers, staff,
students and parents regarding personal social and emotional needs
of students
- Conduct a needs assessment and evaluation of bullying,
violence, and risky behaviors
- Provide individual/group counseling for at-risk students
- Refer students who need intense or specialized services to
district or outside agencies
- Provide support for new and returning students
- Coordinate or assist the campus-based counseling team in
facilitating interventions or strategies to remove barriers to
student success
- Prepare and deliver a minimum of ten guidance lessons to all
students to develop life skills, promote good character, develop
resilience, and emphasize the importance of higher education and
goal setting
- The SEL counselor oversees and helps determine SEL policies,
monitors staff needs and issues, and solicits feedback from staff
about what is and what is not working. She/he is a good listener,
providing support and training as needed to continue a strong and
positive experience to meet student social and emotional learning
requirements.
- The SEL counselor recognizes shifting cognitive and emotional
needs of students within their school, looking for trends before
they emerge and are established. Staff Support & Coaching
- Raise the level of understanding among all staff about the
importance of SEL as well as SEL-based approaches for working with
individual students, classrooms and incorporating a SEL-focused
school culture
- Coordinate or assist in implementing schoolwide activities
related to healthy student development including Anti-bullying
initiatives
- Coordinate staff-focused SEL and general self-care activities
and information sessions
- Organize and facilitate staff training at monthly meetings,
which could continue during the summer months (as needed)
- Participate in all staff meetings and trainings Community
Engagement & Outreach
- Conduct parent workshops, training, and general outreach to
educate parents on the importance of positive environments and SEL,
and enhance parents' ability to support their children's
success
- Recruit community agencies as a resource to meet student and
school needs Special Projects
- Coordinate other activities that foster bully prevention and
social and emotional and academic well-being of all students
- Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned
- Federally funded personnel must comply with time and effort
reporting requirements through personnel activity reports or
periodic certifications, as appropriate. Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree in Guidance Counseling; valid Texas counseling
certificate; valid Texas teacher certificate
- A minimum of five years counseling experience
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse
groups
- Effective interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of
employees, staff members, and the general public
- Competence with the use of technology required in a
professional office
- Ability to promote a positive, caring climate
- Process all levels of work on assignments from beginning to end
- Effective and efficient decision-making skills
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects and assignments; high
degree of flexibility required
- Knowledgeable of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and
facilitating student growth
- Knowledgeable of social and emotional learning competencies,
restorative practices, and positive behavior interventions
- Ability to interact and communicate effectively with students,
staff, and parents
- Demonstrated ability to coach school staff and provide support
with implementing SEL-based approaches (at the student, classroom,
and school-wide levels)
- Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data,
establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
Selected individuals for Dallas Independent School District
positions will be placed according to compensation guidelines. A
campus-based employee may not assume a new position for which
he/she was selected based upon the posting process until the end of
the current semester, unless approved by the chief officer - Human
Capital Management.
A security check and disclosure of family relationship information
is required for all positions.
No telephone calls please.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/H
If interested apply online at www.dallasisd.org
Dallas Independent School District, is an equal opportunity
employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic
information, or any other basis prohibited by law. The District is
required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Americans with Disabilities Act,
and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, as well as
board policy not to discriminate in such a manner (not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs).
Keywords: Dallas Independent School District, Dallas , COUNSELORS (DISTRICTWIDE), Other , Dallas, Texas
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