School Counselor (Elementary)

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About the Position: This is a 0490 School Counselor (Elementary) vacancy located at Sampson Elementary/High School.

This vacancy announcement is open to all current, permanent DoDEA-Europe AND DoDEA-Pacific Educators, which includes current, permanent educators in Cuba.

Current DoDEA Educators assigned to Americas and Guam are eligible to apply through the Employment Application System (EAS) at the following link: https://webapps.dodea.edu/eas/login.cfm.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee Current Excepted Service DoDEA Employee within the Commuting Area State or Territory Certification/License: A valid fully professional state teaching license in content areas or the state's equivalent (as DoDEA determines comparable to DoDEA's teacher categories) will be accepted as fulfilling all qualifications for professional teaching education and certification in content areas.

To receive full reciprocity the license must be unencumbered, which means a license that is not revoked, suspended, or made probationary or conditional by the state licensing board of education.

The Praxis I and II or seven years of teaching at the Prek-12 level can be substituted in lieu of an unencumbered license and will require all minimum education requirements, a student teaching/internship and full qualification standards must all be met.

Applicant's claiming military spouse preference under the MSLRA will receive consideration for an encumbered license.

Minimum Academic Preparation and Requirements: A baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association is required.

Academic preparation of at least 40 semester hours (SH) in general education course work distributed over such fields as English, history, social studies, mathematics, fine arts, languages, science, philosophy, and psychology is required.

In addition, a minimum of 18 SH of professional teacher education course work in such areas as learning process, tests and measurement, educational philosophy, psychology, social foundations, methods of teaching and curriculum applicable to the type and level of the position for which applying is required.

(Note: Speech Language Pathologists, Social Workers, School Nurses, School Psychologists, JROTC Instructors, and non-certified Training Instructors are excluded from the minimum academic preparation requirement).

Requirements for 0490- School Counselor (Elementary): A master's degree school counseling, OR a master's degree in education with 30 semester hours of graduate coursework in PreK-12 school counseling practices.

Course work must include guidance and counseling in PreK-12 school, legal and ethical issues in counseling, counseling children and adolescents, administration and interpretation of tests, career counseling, and drug education.

This certification requires completion of a practicum/internship.

Certification as a National Certified School Counselor (NCSC) by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) will be accepted as fulfilling these requirements.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Major Duties:

• Develop, coordinate, and administer a comprehensive guidance and counseling program designed to aid in the facilitation of the DoDEA educational program and to promote the welfare of the students.
• Assist with the course selection process and scheduling for all students.
• Review records (cumulative files) of incoming students and informs Special Education staff members of information pertinent to that particular student's educational needs.
• Refer students with issues that are highly complicated or of a specialized nature to appropriate community resources, when such issues should not be handled at school level.
• Work with students to identify long-term educational objectives, career goals, and the projected employment market selected are realistic and relative to their interests and ability.
• Plan and implement DoDEA's system-wide assessment program at the school as directed.