Role Description of Counselors

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The school counselor’s role is to encourage personal responsibility in students as they work toward becoming successful citizens in an ever changing global society.

Leader

• The School Counselors will work as leaders for students to develop and implement a data driven and comprehensive school counseling program.
• School Counselors will serve as leaders within the school buildings and community to promote student success and collaborate with community partners.
• The School Counselors will utilize Career Cruising, as a career program to build online career portfolios and the PHEAA website educationplanner.org.

Advocate

• The School Counselors will advocate for student equality and access to academic, social/emotional, and career development and success.
• We advocate for students through the Student Assistance Program, School-Wide Positive Behavior

Collaborator

• The School Counselors will work as a team in building collaborative relationships with community, parents, school, and postsecondary partnerships.
• All School Counselors will collaborate as a team in analyzing and developing district wide curriculum and programs.
• School Counselors collaborate within their school buildings with administration and staff to address student need.

Agent of Systemic Change

• The School Counselors will strive to collect and evaluate data to identify academic, social/emotional, and career readiness barriers  which hinder students achievement. Develop interventions to eliminate those barriers.