Posted: May 30, 2025

Certified All Level K-12 Counselor

Full-time
Salary: $40,000.00 - $68,264.00 Annually
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
Education

An Equal Opportunity Employer*


Position Title: Certified All Level K-12 Counselor Exemption Status: Exempt/Executive 
(Full time Preference)


Location: Fort Davis Independent School District - Fort Davis Texas


Salary Range: To Commensurate Experience


Length of Work Year: 220-226 Days

Position Summary
Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program at assigned campus. 
Counsel students to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal, and social abilities and 
address the needs of special population students. Deliver guidance curriculum in various group sizes. 
Educate students of skills necessary to address troublesome circumstances, support students in 
challenging situations, and assist students with needed resources to navigate crisis situations. Currently 
one class per grade level per classroom serving approximately 150 students and their families. An ideal 
candidate values strong ties and collaboration with the community. Additional support for campus 
activities and events from staff and administrators.


Position Requirements
Education/Certification:
Master’s degree in counseling from an accredited college or university
Valid Texas school counselor certificate


Special Knowledge/Skills:
Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to 
students, parents or guardians, and district staff

Experience:
Two years’ experience as a classroom teacher
2 years’ experience in counselor roles or equivalent


Duties/Responsibilities:

INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT

Major Responsibilities and Duties

GUIDANCE CURRICULUM
1. Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons according to the district’s 
guidance curriculum to improve students’ interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal 
health and safety, post-secondary planning and readiness, and other developmental needs. 


2. Teach the school guidance curriculum components through the use of effective instructional 
strategies and planned structured groups considering diverse student populations and needs for 
differentiated instruction. 


3. Work with students, staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where 
students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Collaborate across curricular 
areas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum. 


4. Create a balanced curriculum by using well-planned and intentional activities and materials, 
incorporating guest speakers, and offering engaging delivery techniques, including technology 
tools.


RESPONSIVE SERVICES
5. Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to 
problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in time of need. 


6. Use preventive activities to remove barriers that interfere with a student’s educational, career, 
personal, and social development.


7. Implement remediation practices to assist students in coping with problem situations or unwise 
choices. Identify precipitating and antecedent factors, effective and ineffective approaches to 
dealing with the circumstances, and provide feedback to guide future decisions.


8. Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. 
Maintain a healthy and safe school environment by collaborating with district staff, parents or 
guardians, and local officials. 


9. Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group 
counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district. 


10. Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving 
two or more students, including accusations of bullying.


INDIVIDUAL PLANNING
11. Create school counseling services that are developmental and age appropriate and provide 
information or literature that highlights related topics to students, teachers, and administrators. 


12. Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic, career, 
personal, and social development as they progress in school.


13. Act as a student advocate, leader, collaborator, and systems change agent. Advocate for a school 
environment that acknowledges and respects diversity and ensures equitable access and placement in courses and programs for minority, disenfranchised, homeless, and other special 
populations. 

14. Interpret standardized test results, offer career development activities, provide strategies for 
grade level transitions, and guide students in individual goal setting and planning including 
creating and reviewing personal graduation plans and providing information about post-secondary 
opportunities.


SYSTEM SUPPORT
15. Collect, summarize, and interpret testing data to plan, create interventions, guide students, and 
address specific student needs.


16. Conduct an annual program audit to inform accountability, action plans, time management, and 
systemic change. 


17. Participate in campus-based school improvement planning and goal setting. 


18. Provide parent or guardian and staff training and consultation to foster student educational, 
career, personal, and social development. 


19. Clearly articulate and communicate the counseling program’s management system and related 
program action plans to campus and district staff, parents or guardians, and the community. 


20. Participate in staff development and continuing education opportunities to improve job-related 
skills and research to identify best practices in implementing a comprehensive school counseling 
program. 


Other Related Duties
21. Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.


22. Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and 
board policy. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.


23. Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current 
professional standards of competence and practice.


24. Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.


This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not 
an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be 
required. 


Physical Demands Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and 
peripherals.

Posture: Frequent sitting and standing; occasional bending/stooping, pushing, /pulling, and twisting


Motion: Repetitive hand motions; frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching


Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional physical restraint of 
students to control behavior


Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours; work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, 
cold, and inclement weather), exposure to noise; occasional districtwide and statewide travel


Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress


Application Procedures

District Employees: Submit a letter of interest or an email for the position you seek within the 
district to the superintendent secretary [email protected]
Fort Davis I.S.D., and P.O. Box 1339, Fort Davis, Texas 79734.


Outside Applicants: Submit application, letter of interest (optional, but recommended), the 
criminal history forms, and resume to, Superintendent, Fort Davis I.S.D., and P.O. Box 1339, Fort 
Davis, Texas 79734 or email completed materials to [email protected]


Application Deadline: Until Filled

 

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