Must hold a certificate issued by Arizona State Department of Education.
The certificate must be in School Counselor Certificate; PreK-12.
The certificate position area must be in Counselor/Guidance.
The certificate must be in one of the following grades: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th.
The certificate status must be active.
Description
Kingman Unified School District #20 invites you to apply for the position of Elementary & Middle School Counselor for the 2025-26 school year.
Summary/Objective To counsel, provide a comprehensive guidance program for students, and offer crisis intervention services to individuals and groups.
Essential Functions (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions):
* Respond to all internal and external customers, as it relates to job, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner. * Counsel groups or individual students in the development of educational and career plans. * Counsel small groups and individual students with problems; refer severe problems to appropriate community resources. * Consult with teachers, staff and parents regarding meeting the developmental needs of students. * Conduct counseling activities in the classroom, in conjunction with administration and teachers. * Respond to crisis situations, as needed. * Proctor standardized exams, as needed. * Maintain the confidentiality of protected student and staff member information even after no longer employed. * Maintain knowledge of and adhere to all policies, regulations and rules. * Perform related duties as assigned in a safe and prudent manner. Other Duties This job description is not a comprehensive listing of duties, responsibilities, or activities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Competencies * Ability to communicate with others to convey information effectively. * Ability to actively listen, taking time to understand the points being made and asking questions as appropriate. * Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time. * Ability to effectively communicate in writing, as appropriate. * Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions. * Ability to adjust actions in relation to others’ actions. Supervisory Responsibility This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment This job primarily operates within the school environment.
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.
* Regularly required to communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, and exchange information with staff, students, community partners and visitors. * Regularly required to detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, estimate, and assess details as needed to complete job functions. * Regularly required to remain stationary. * Regularly required to move around office and locations as needed. * Occasionally move, transport, position, put, install, and remove items up to 50 pounds as needed. Position Type/Expected Hours of Work This is an exempt, full-time position, contracted for 162 days between July and June. Employee will work ten hours per day Monday through Thursday. Employee may need to work extended hours.