POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE:    Counselor

Primary function: Responsible for all duties and functions required to maintain an efficient school counseling office.

Major responsibilities:

1. Maintain all data necessary to provide accurate demographic and educational records for each student.
2. Check new student packets for required information, assign ID numbers, and verify data into eSchool.
3. Request previous records on new students and enter transcripts into eSchool when received.
4. Fill student, parent, and teacher requests for schedules, report cards, transcripts, health records, or any other information maintained in student permanent records.
5. Process End of Course and ACTAAP testing materials, including mailing results home and filing copy of results in permanent record file of each student.
6. Process testing information for students.
7. Request and collect homework for homebound and absentee students according to handbook policy.
8. Input additions and corrections to student information in eSchool, including demographics, report cards, and transcripts.
9. Maintain updated list of scholarship candidates.
10. Assist students with ACT testing registration and file ACT results in permanent record files.
11. Assist students, teachers, and counselors with concurrent credit registration and records.
12. Schedule college/military recruiters for on-campus visits.
13. Post and assist student with scholarship/financial aid information.
14. Assist college-bound students with information required by colleges (transcripts, health records, ACT & SAT scores, letters of recommendation).
15. Copy and mail newsletters
16. Arrange all aspects of the senior scholarship assembly, maintain on-going list of monetary awards to students to be reported during the assembly, to administration, and to the Press.
17. Assist in all aspects of preparing for the high school graduation ceremony.
18. Assist in creating and maintaining CAPS folders for all students.
19. Assist in preparation of local and state reports.
20. To supervise the Parent Involvement program.
21. Report to and perform other school related secretarial duties as assigned by building administrators or superintendent.