SCHOOL COUNSELOR
STUDENT SERVICES
JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION: School Counselor
REPORTS TO: Principal
PURPOSE: Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, school counselors promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students.
The major functions of the school counselor job description incorporate the North Carolina State Board of Education’s guiding mission that every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the twenty-first century.
Download the entire job description from the NC Department of Public Instruction: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/studentsupport/counseling/support/