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School Counselor
North Bend Middle School
Job Goal:
To provide information and services to assist students in making educational, occupational, and life plans that will allow students to reach their potential for academic growth.
Essential Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability needed for this position.
Minimum Bachelor’s Degree and full Oregon State licensure, with endorsement in school counseling at the High School level.
Ability to demonstrate standards of moral character and behavior to serve as an effective role model for students
Ability to work harmoniously with others and to communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) with students, parents, teachers and community members
Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with student, staff and/or parent information
Ability to communicate with individuals of varied cultural and educational backgrounds
Ability to work effectively in an environment which can be both physically and emotionally fatiguing
Perform physical requirements necessary for the job (which may include):
Moderate to extensive degree of physical and emotional stamina
Frequent standing, walking, bending and lifting
Frequent and prolonged talking/hearing conversations
Possess near/far visual acuity/depth perception
Possible exposure to bodily fluids in assisting students with using rest rooms and in tending to injury and illness
Such alternative to the above requirements as the School Board or the Administration may deem appropriate and acceptable
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may also be assigned):
Assessment of Student, Family, and School Needs
Promotes services to student and their families within the context of multicultural understanding and competence that enhance families’ support of students learning experiences
Provides services to students in ways that build upon individual strengths and offers students maximum opportunities to participate in the planning and direction of their own learning experience
Assists students and their families to gain access to formal and informal community resources.
Uses resources to facilitate an understanding of factors in the home, local education agency, and community that affect students’ educational experiences
Consults on such issues as attendance, confidentiality, ethnicity and diversity, mental health, behavior management, discipline, crisis intervention and child abuse and neglect
Forecasting with students
Participation in 504 meetings
Attend IEP meetings as necessary
Counseling students as needed and making appropriate referrals as necessary
Working with Department of Youth Services and coordinating plans with their clients
Working with Department of Human Services and cases of abuse and coordinating services
Encourages students to set and maintain appropriate standards of school behavior
Attends meetings and serves on committees as directed
Perform such other tasks (which may require knowledge of other job descriptions) as may seem to be appropriate to the Board or Administration.
Preferred Licenses, Registrations, Bonding and/or Testing Required:
Valid Oregon Teaching License with appropriate endorsements, if required
Pre-employment drug screening required
Possess a valid First Aid card, if required
Possess a valid Oregon Driver’s License, if required
Blood borne Pathogens Training/Hepatitis B Shot Series Training, if required
Equal employment opportunity and treatment shall be practiced by the North Bend School District regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition, age, veterans’ status, service in uniformed service, familial status, genetic information, an individual’s juvenile record that has been expunged, and disability if the employee, with or without reasonable accommodation, is able to perform the essential functions of the position.
