KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT

Job Description

Job Title: Director of K-12 Guidance Counseling and Support Services

Job Title Code : 01425

Salary Grade : S664 $80912 -$126219

Department: Instructional Support and Educational Accountability

Reports To: Assistant Superintendent (School Leadership)

FLSA Status : Exempt

PURPOSE OF JOB : To develop, coordinate, implement and evaluate the K-12 Guidance Counseling and Support Services program for the District by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide guidance and oversight of key initiatives, programs and processes to include: AVID, master scheduling, graduation planning, Naviance / ICAP, etc.
• Effective monitoring and support for both elementary and secondary counseling needs.
• With counselors, develop and ensure the effective implementation of a district wide Advisor-Advisee Program in all secondary schools.
• Establish a pipeline for the dissemination, collection and distribution of scholarships for students throughout the district.
• In concert with principals, secondary department chairpersons in guidance, and the Director of Career and Technology Education, implement a workforce readiness program in all schools with all students having a comprehensive five-year plan that is reviewed with all stakeholders annually.
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of K-12 counselors and AVID Coordinator.
• Provide leadership in designing programs and activities designed to improve / enhance guidance services.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures pertinent to the effectiveness of the department.
• Develop and use relative evaluative findings to determine the extent to which goals and objectives are met and to provide the basis for continuous program improvement.
• Develop and implement programs to monitor guidance program implementation.
• Conferences with counselors' principals to discuss performance quality.
• Use the mission of the District, program evaluation outcomes, input from counselors, and others to provide effective in-service activities for counselors.
• Keep abreast of the profession through participation in a variety of professional development activities.
• Develop and implement plans to involve guidance staff in evaluating and selecting materials to meet identified students needs and program goals.
• Develop and provide guidance program resources and materials to counselors within the limits of available resources.
• Develop programs to ensure that the guidance program is effective in supporting the educational environment.
• Develop and implement methods to compile and maintain written records and reports as required and/or as desirable for continued improvement of the guidance program.
• Create and implement administer programs for recruitment, selection, orientation and assignment of counselors.
• Develop and administer the District's program of counselor evaluation.
• Create and revision of guidance department job descriptions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : Yes

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree
• Missouri Certification in Guidance and Counseling.
• Minimum of five (5) years successful experience in school counseling
• Minimum of three (3) years of approved teaching experience/experience in the field of Exceptional Education

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Educational administrative skill, to manage and supervise people and programs.
• Curriculum knowledge, to provide leadership and direction.
• Consultant experience, to provide in-service to schools.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Length of work year: 12 months

Benefits: Retirement Programs, Health, Dental and Life Insurance are provided.