2025-2026 Counselor - High School Level - 1 Semester Assignment
Torrance Unified School District
Date: 3 hours ago
City: Torrance, CA
Contract type: Full time
COUNSELOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
- Has direct responsibility to the school principal or designee for performance of delegated functions.
- Works through building administrator with appropriate District Office administrator to implement professional activities and inservice training. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Educational Counseling
- Program planning and adjustment
- Confer with students regarding credit and graduation requirements
- Assist students in making the transition from one school level to another and from one program to another.
- Counsel students and/or parents regarding special programs
- Monitor students’ progress
- Career Counseling
- Assist students to become more aware of their aptitudes, abilities, and interests
- Counsel with individuals and groups on jobs and career objectives
- Assist students to correlate programs with career objectives
- Provide information concerning occupations, careers, and training possibilities
- Personal Counseling
- Assist students in resolving individual problems
- Assist students in developing personal decision-making competencies
- Provide information about community resources to students with special problems
- Evaluate and Interpret Test Data
- Counsel and Consult with Parents and Staff Members
- Assist parents in coping with student-related crises and developmental problems
- Assist parents in achieving a realistic perception of their child’s development
- Consult with members of the administrative and teaching staffs by sharing appropriate individual student data
- Assist in the identification of students with special needs and problems
- Assist with the educational, personal, and social problems of students
- Facilitate articulation between schools and grade levels
- Participate in curriculum development with reference to the emerging needs of students
- Assist in the upgrading of guidance and special programs Torrance Unified School District Counselor (continued) MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (continued)
- Maintains Professional Competency
- Seek ways to evaluate and to upgrade guidance program
- Read current literature and laws related to guidance and special programs MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Academic
- Recent training and/or experience in pupil personnel work
- Valid California credential in Pupil Personnel Services
- Master’s degree
- Related Experience
- Demonstrated leadership capacity in school, community, and/or youth organizations
- Has been active in professional organizations
- Has ability to relate to students, teachers, and parents
- Has had successful elementary and/or secondary teaching experience
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