Genetics Counselor jobs in Yakima, WA

Qualifications:

• Must possess and maintain proper certification as established by state law and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
• Must meet any additional qualifications set by the district.

Reports to:

• High School Principal

Coordinates with:

• High School Principal
• Building Staff
• Student Services Staff
• Assessment Coordinator
• Business Office

Job Goal:

• To assist all high school students in the developmental processes of intellectual, social, and personal growth and to assist high school students in making informed and individually appropriate social, educational, and vocational choices.

Responsibilities:

       Professional Growth:

• The school counselor shall participate in professional growth activities and complete a professional development plan.
• Attend professional conferences and workshops related to the overall program.

Academic Development:

• The school counselor shall meet with students prior to and during the registration process, inform the students of classes relative to course selection and assist the administration in the registration and scheduling process.
• Conduct follow-up meetings with students after the master schedule is developed to make any necessary changes in students’ schedules.
• Conduct orientation meetings with all eighth-grade students to provide information regarding class offerings and registration procedures.
• Provide individual counseling for students regarding scheduling upon request of the student or his/her parent/guardian.
• Make recommendations to students regarding class selection that take into consideration the student’s abilities, background, and interests. The recommendations may be made by means of small group and/or individual meetings or other methods recommended by teachers.
• Meet with students individually or in groups to discuss credits, courses, and entrance exams required by colleges and technical schools.
• Advise students regarding the accuracy and completeness of records and credits and perform periodic credit checks from grades nine through twelve with an emphasis on the senior year.
• Provide written contact and telephone calls to parents/guardians of senior students who are deficient in their credit status
• Provide information to students needing to attend summer programs to make up for credit deficiencies.
• Assist new, transfer, and foreign exchange students in enrollment, registration, class selection, grades in progress, and the transfer of credits. He/she shall conduct a screening of cumulative records and/or parent/guardian/student interviews of all students new to the school.
• Evaluate credits from outside sources.
• Coordinate the testing program at the high school and compile and disseminate test results to appropriate personnel, students, and parents/guardians.
• Be responsible for assisting the administration in the compilation of a course description booklet and the distribution of this booklet to every student in high school.
• Be available for parent conferences in conjunction with the regular school-wide conference.
• Conduct regular meetings with students, parents, and school personnel about graduation progress.
• Diagnose the needs of the student and provide assistance to the student.
• Supervises and maintains student records.

Personal/Social Development:

• The school counselor shall provide individual and/or group counseling in areas dealing with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs/alcohol and other drug addiction issues, family relationships, financial problems, school attendance, and peer relationships.
• Coordinate the peer mediation program at the high school.
• Facilitate student involvement in appropriate remedial classes or alternative education programs.
• Participate in multidisciplinary activities for selected students by contacting and meeting with special education staff members. He/she shall contribute information in the areas of academic achievement in regular education classes, professional impressions of the student based on observations and interviews, and make available information about the student provided to the district by outside agencies.
• Assist special education staff members, including the School Psychologist, in screening special education referrals by providing background information.
• Act as a referral agent in the regular education staffing by receiving referrals from staff, making contact with the student and possibly the student’s parents/guardians, and conducting conferences to determine potential outcomes.
• Provide a link between students and appropriate community resources and outside agencies such as hospital-based counseling programs and County Protective Services.
• Assist students in alternative education programs by receiving referrals from administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, and students.
• Help resolve student/teacher conflicts by meeting with the student(s) and teacher individually or in groups to determine the nature and extent of the problem and to outline possible remedial strategies.
• Consult with the teacher about behavioral management techniques.

Career Development:

• The school counselor shall direct students to provide them with sources of vocational/technical, career, college, military information, and work.
• Maintain a library of catalogs, pamphlets, and directories from colleges, technical schools, and military academies. This information shall include forms, scholarship information, financial aid information, military services information, and occupational briefs.
• Provide newsletters and other information to parents/guardians and students that relate to testing dates, college visitation dates, deadlines for filing applications, presentations that are held for career speakers, and dates of military recruiter visits.
• Coordinate military career activities.
• Direct students to appropriate Internet sites that will allow students to conduct their own interest inventories and secure information about an array of vocational, career, and post-high school experiences.
• Organize, interpret and administer interest and achievement testing for students.
• Coordinate the College Fair.
• Initiate contacts with professionals in the community and arrange for students to job shadow.
• Assist outside agencies in visiting the school and speaking to groups of interested students. This shall include military, college, and technical school representatives and representatives of careers available without post-secondary training.
• Process post-secondary and scholarship applications.
• Write letters of recommendation for students who want to enter post-secondary institutions or are applying for jobs.
• Prepare and process scholarship materials; establish, organize and meet with scholarship committees; make scholarship applications available to students; and guide students through the total process.
• Maintain information on post-secondary institutions and the requirements for acceptance into these institutions.
• Maintain information on institutions that offer scholarships.
• Be responsible for programming meetings with the parents/guardians of seniors to explain financial aid.
• Monitor and update students’ High School and beyond plan.
• Collaborate with students, teachers, and outside agencies to coordinate Job shadow opportunities.

Other:

• Write professional letters and reports
• Possess the ability to collect, analyze, interpret, and distribute appropriate data.
• Be familiar with the American School Counselor Association Framework.
• Deliver reports based on information obtained from colleges, skill centers, and school districts regarding enrollment and placement.
• The high school guidance counselor shall perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may, from time to time, be assigned by the supervisor.
• The high school guidance counselor shall perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as assigned at the middle school.
• Must meet state requirements for COVID 19 vaccination or an exemption to the COVID 19 vaccination as a condition of employment by the first day of work

Terms of Employment

• Starting Date: 2022-23 School Year                                                                                                
• Salary:  Based on education and experience 2022-23 Salary Schedule

NONDISCRIMINATION The Royal School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Title IX Coordinator, Travis Freeman, Compliance Officer, 901 Ahlers Road, Royal City, WA 99357, (509) 346-2256, tfreeman@royalsd.org.