The Guidance Counselor will provide a comprehensive support system for students assisting with academic planning, course selection, and personal development. They collaborate with teachers, staff, and parents to enhance student success, monitor attendance, and address academic or behavioral concerns through individual and group counseling. Additionally, they guide students in exploring post-secondary opportunities, connect them with appropriate resources, and maintain essential student data to track progress and ensure academic achievement.
Please see attached job description for a detail list of the essential functions for this position.
Salary & Benefits:
Teacher Salary Schedule + $10,000 Commitment Bonus*
183 days per year
*The commitment bonus shall be distributed to eligible teachers based on available and sustainable funds and payable in accordance with District policy and guidelines.
Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. Employees shall be subject to the co-payment of health care costs equal to the difference between the premium cost and the annual cost limitation imposed on public employers.
Qualifications:
Education:
Must hold any of the following qualifications
• Temporary School Counselor License (TSCL)
• Preliminary School Counselor License (PSCL)
• Michigan Teaching Certificate with the School Counselor (NT) endorsement
• School Counselor License (SCL)
Experience:
Previous school counseling experience preferred.
An online application is required for all positions. In addition, all applicants must submit the following:
These documents must be scanned and uploaded through the online application process.
** Early application is encouraged as positions may close when filled. **
Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) provides educational leadership that impacts instruction, learning, student achievement, productivity, and efficiency. Strong relationships and partnerships are the foundation of GISD's services. It is through those relationships and partnerships that GISD is able to provide high quality, innovative educational programs and support services to students, parents, and educators.
GISD's departments and programs provide expansive, relevant, and state-of-the art learning opportunities in general education, career technical education, and special education. Further, its focus on early childhood education, specialized schools, robust professional development programming, along with its many shared and collaborative programs, enables our organization to encompass the educational community with programs and services that reach far beyond the classroom to benefit the broader community.
At GISD, we are collaborators, leaders, educators, and service providers. It is through the knowledge, unique skills, and talents of GISD staff, and the collaborative support of stakeholders, that delivery of our programs and services are achieved, and our most important role - service to students - is accomplished.
GISD is an NCA-AdvancED accredited intermediate school district. Our mission describes a commitment to providing high quality programs and services, and includes standards that guide GISD's continuous improvement efforts.
GISD serves a region with nearly 66,000 students and 8,500 educators. Its primary service area consists of the 21 public school districts and 15 public school academies (charter schools) in Genesee County, Michigan. Other services extend to Lapeer, Shiawassee, and surrounding counties.
