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Vermillion School Elementary School Counselor in Vermillion, South Dakota
**[PRIMARY FUNCTION: [As a member of the high school counseling staff, a counselor is to provide a comprehensive counseling plan for students in grades K-12. The counselor provides activities to meet the needs of students and provides support to other school district educational programs.
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- Counsels individuals and small groups with personal concerns.
- Consults with teachers, staff, parents and other significant people regarding the developmental needs of students.
- Counsels groups and individual students through the development of educational and career plans.
- Shares implementation of activities to ease the transition for students moving from the elementary to the middle school, and middle school to the high school as applicable.
- Refers students with significant challenges to appropriate community resources in consultation with their parents.
- Organizes and implements activities to assist students adjusting to the school environment.
- Accumulates, organizes and disseminates information needed by students, parents, and staff in order to make personal, educational, and career decisions.
- Serves as the school contact for agencies working with students.
- Administers and interprets achievement tests, aptitude tests, and interest tests to students, parents, and staff.
- Assists students and parents in making decisions related to course selection and programs of study.
- Assists students in planning a course of action and verification of credits earned toward graduation requirements.
- Assists students in career exploration and decision making
- Assists students in making post-high school plans such as applications for admission, financial aid, school visitation, shadowing or employment
- Helps students obtain employment and/or prepare for employment
- Promotes equality information to increase the students understanding as it relates to racism, sexism, disadvantaged, handicapped, limited-English speaking and students with special needs
- Collaborates with staff and administrators in planning, evaluating, and revising the building counseling program
- Pursues professional growth