School Counselor - Hillsboro R-3 Schools
Position: School Counselor
Subject Area: (none)
Job Title: Guidance Counselor K-6
Job Location: Hillsboro R-III School District
Beginning: Jul 01, 2025
Deadline: Open until filled **
District: Hillsboro R-3 Schools
Hillsboro, MO 63050
Telephone: 636-789-0000 EXT 6040
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Job Description:
JOB TITLE:  Counselor K-6
REPORTS TO:  Building Principal                                   
SALARY SCHEDULE:  Certified Teacher Schedule 
FULL BENEFIT PACKAGE includes Medical, Dental & Life Insurance
Career Ladder eligible       
START DATE: 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR
POSITION SCHEDULE: In accordance with the District Calendar + 10 days (193 days)
SALARY RANGE:  $48,197 - $82,051  Salary dependent on years of experience & education.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  School Counselor Certification  

POSITION SUMMARY
Establishes and implements comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling programs to ensure that students achieve success through academic, career, and personal/social development experiences at Hillsboro School District.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
  • Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about individuals through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics, for vocational and educational planning.
  • Studies and makes appropriate recommendations relative to student-at-risk program.
  • Strives to establish individual relationships with students based upon personal knowledge of their interests, goals, and backgrounds.
  • Assists students in developing favorable social attitudes and habits of responsibility.
  • Compiles and studies occupational, educational, and economic information to aid counselees in making and carrying out vocational and educational objectives.
  • Counsels students to understand and overcome social and emotional problems by helping them to understand and gain control of their social interactions and relationships with others.
  • Administers evaluates and interprets group and individual tests as required.
  • Provides information relative to educational planning, scheduling and enrollment for students and parents.
  • Guides students in helping them to value and appreciate the opinion and contributions of others.
  • Assists students in developing problem-solving and decision making skills.
  • Serves as a resource person for teachers, administrators, and parents to focus and coordinate the school program for the individual child.
  • Provides information relative to vocational planning including specific jobs and various job clusters
  • Assists students and teachers to locate career information related to students' interests and aptitudes, or demonstrates use of, internet, files, shelf collections, and other information retrieval systems.
  • Establishes and maintains appropriate working relationships by actively communicating with parents.
  • Facilitates the Care Team.
MARGINAL DUTIES
  • Participates in professional organizations, professional growth activities such as appropriate seminars, courses, workshops, and staff development activities.
  • Conducts annual studies of the school population as directed by the principal.
  • Assists with the collection and maintenance of cumulative records of students.
  • Formulates annual recommendations to the Principal for group guidance activities and carries out the agreed upon group guidance program.
  • Participates and serve as LEA for IEP meetings.
  • Contributes to the decisions made by the District and building regarding budget, facilities, curriculum, and personnel well-being.
EVALUATION AND JOB PERFORMANCE
  • Certified Teacher Evaluation
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
  • Master’s Degree from four-year College or University and a minimum of one year of experience.
  • Missouri State Department of Education – Counseling Certificate.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
  • The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, precise hand-eye coordination and the ability to identify and distinguish colors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

** District reserves the right to close any Job Posting when a suitable applicant has been found before the deadline date.