Counselor - High

Designs and implements a school guidance curriculum; provides individual student planning, responsive services, and systems support. Works as a team member with school staff, parents and the community to create a caring, supportive climate and atmosphere whereby students can achieve academic success. Understanding of unique and diverse challenges, both personally and developmentally that impact academic achievement of high school students is essential. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community and school clientele.
## Position Specific Information (if Applicable):
## Responsibilities:
\-\-\- Encourage two-way communication to enhance and promote the school counseling program.
\-\-\- Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling practice and program.
\-\-\- Align the counseling program to school goals (School Improvement Plan).
\-\-\- Use assessment data to measure student learning and academic growth and analyze results in planning counseling decisions.
\-\-\- Counsel student s to encourage and support academic achievement. Assist students regarding educational issues such as course and program selection, class scheduling, truancy, study habits and college/career planning.
\-\-\- Provide information to students and parents regarding academic progress, counseling programs, community resources, post-secondary opportunities, etc.
\-\-\- Customize counseling services to meet individual student and school needs.
\-\-\- Assist in coordinating district, state, and/or post-secondary testing programs.
\-\-\- Counsel students to help them understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting their educational situation. Demonstrate age-appropriate counseling practices that meet academic, career, and personal/social needs.
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\-\-\- Maintain community partnerships to support students and their families.
\-\-\- Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills.
\-\-\- Work collaboratively within the school environment and with appropriate stakeholders to advance the goals of the Counseling Program.
\-\-\- Refer and connect students to appropriate resources to enhance learning and development.
\-\-\- Support students in the successful transition from each grade level into the next phase. Prepare students for post-secondary options.
\-\-\- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
## Certifications:
Special Service Provider License - School Counseling - Colorado Department of Education
## Education:
Master's Degree: Counseling
## Position Type:
Regular
## Primary Location:
Legacy Campus
## One Year Only (Yes or No):
No
## Scheduled Hours Per Week:
40
## Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):
1.00
## Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:
190 Work Days
## Full Salary Range:
$56,366.00 USD - $119,121.00 USD Annual
## Position Salary Schedule Eligibility:
Hard to Hire
Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; _General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire._ DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire. Click to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules\*.
• _\*All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE._
## Benefits:
This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.
## Time Off Plans:
This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.
## This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:
June 26, 2026
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A career in Colorado's Douglas County School District is a chance to be part of something incredibly important and fulfilling.
Spanning over 850 square miles, Douglas County School District offers a variety of communities ranging from small rural farm towns to large and fast-growing suburban neighborhoods. At the heart of it all is a love and dedication to family and a unity of purpose around ensuring that each and every one of our community’s 61,000+ students receives the education needed to have the brightest future possible.
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DCSD’s Board of Education adopted the following goals for our school district – and our leaders, educators and support staff work diligently to incorporate these values in everything they do.
1\.       Academic Excellence
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3\.       Safe, Positive Climate and Culture
4\.       Collaborative Relations with Parents and Community
5\.       Financial Well-Being
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