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2025-26 School Counselor (Anderson Elementary)

Bondurant-Farrar CSD
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Bondurant-Farrar Community School District | www.bfschools.org

Bondurant-Farrar CSD is seeking a Professional School Counselor at Anderson Elementary (serving grades 2-5) for the 2025-26 school year.

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TITLE: Professional School Counselor K-6

QUALIFICATIONS:

  1. Master’s Degree in School Counseling
  2. Current licensure for school counseling in the State of Iowa
  3. Valid Iowa School Counseling Certificate

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

ROLE OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR:

The mission of the Bondurant-Farrar Community School District School Counseling Program is to provide a comprehensive, K-12 school counseling program that is preventative in nature addressing the academic, career, and social/emotional development of all students. In partnership with teachers, administrators, parents, students, and the community, the school counselors will help all students strive to be successful lifelong learners, problem-solvers, and productive citizens.

MAJOR FUNCTIONS:

  • Direct Student Services
  • Instruction
    • Implement and teach the school counseling curriculum to students focused on selected student standards from the ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success
    • Collaboratively deliver additional developmentally appropriate and prevention oriented curriculum as needed based on school/site specific goals and needs
  • Appraisal and Advisement
    • Explore student abilities, interests, and achievement to help them make academic, career, and personal/social decisions and goals about their future
  • Counseling
    • Provide developmental and problem-centered individual counseling
    • Provide small group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs (examples: SAIG Groups, Conflict Resolution Groups, Friendship Groups, etc.)
    • Utilizes ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors to provide focus to the counseling process
  • Indirect Student Services
  • Consultation
    • Consult with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, staff, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs
    • Participate in and/or provide professional development opportunities for teachers
  • Collaboration
    • Collaborate with parents/guardians and other educators to assist students with educational and career planning
    • Collaborates with parents/guardians and other educators to assist students with social-emotional development
    • Works with the EWS team to monitor student academic performance, behavior, and attendance and assists with appropriate interventions
    • Provides appropriate information to staff related to the comprehensive school counseling program
    • Has an understanding of the key processes in a Professional Learning Community and acts as a contributing as a member of their PLC teams
    • Provide support and assistance to students, families, and the school community as they navigate crisis and emergency situations
  • Referrals
    • Implement an effective referral and follow-up process for connecting students with school-based services (EX: student request, teacher request, administrator request, or parent request)
    • Refer students with specific needs and their parents to special programs, specialists, mental health resources, and outside agencies when necessary
  • Program Defining, Managing and Assessing
  • Defining, Managing, Assessing Activities
    • Utilize student information database systems (Infinite Campus) to adjust and monitor schedules
    • Use data to guide program direction, emphasis, and goals
    • Develop and maintain a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program (examples: classroom guidance lesson plans, curriculum map)
    • Communicate the goals of the comprehensive and preventative school counseling program to stakeholders (examples: Newsletters, Annual Counselor Agreement, Monthly/Quarterly Counseling Reports, EOY Counseling Data Reports, SeeSaw Posts, Board of Education Presentations)
    • Measure and share results of the school counseling program activities (examples: Second Step Summative Assessment, Monthly/Quarterly Counseling Reports, EOY Counseling Data Report, Contact Logs, ASCA Use of Time Calculator)
  • Fair-Share Responsibility Activities
    • Member of building committees (examples: PBIS, EWS, BLT, Tier I, II and III teams)
    • 504 Building Coordinator
    • Fair-share student supervision duties
  • Professional Responsibilities
    • Participate in professional development activities to promote professional growth while improving knowledge and skills
    • Uphold the ethical and professional standards of the American School Counselor Association and the Iowa School Counselor Association

Please contact Human Resources in the District Office with questions: hr@bfschools.org | 515.967.7819

The Bondurant-Farrar Community School District is an EEO/AA employer.