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Summary or Purpose:
To provide comprehensive counseling program for all children. Consult with teachers, parents,
staff, and community to enhance their effectiveness in helping students. To provide support for
other educational programs.
Qualification Requirements:
► Master' Degree in Counseling and Human Services
► Type C Certificate
► Two Years Experience in School Counseling
► Excellent Written, Oral, and Interpersonal Communication Skills
► Understanding and Appreciation for Cross-Cultural Counseling and Ethnic Diversity
► Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
Performance Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Guides individuals and groups of students through the development of educational and career plans.
2. Implements the guidance curriculum through delivery of classroom lessons and infusion in content
areas.
3. Supports and reinforces the key role of the classroom teacher.
4. Serves as a consultant to staff and parents.
5. Counsels individuals and small groups toward social and emotional resiliency.
6. Counsels parents and other family members on individual student needs.
7. Provides counseling and support to students and their families during a crisis situation.
8. Participates in research, evaluation, and data analysis to develop, enhance, and improve various
programs.
9. Maintains thorough and accurate client records.
10. Acts as a liaison among school staff, parents, and public or private agencies.
11. Conducts parent group meetings, workshops, and in-service training.
12. Devises and implements appropriate counseling techniques to accommodate a variety of functioning
levels.
13. Is accessible to all students for career, educational, and Personal counseling.
14. Acts as a student advocate.
15. Organizes, administers, assists, and refers to testing programs.
16. Participates in counseling and guidance program development, maintenance and enhancement.
17. Uses an effective referral process for assisting students and others to use special programs and
services.
18. Responsible for completing Safe and Drug-Free Schools grant application.
19. Assumes a leadership role in promoting a positive school climate.
20. Pursues continuous professional growth.
21. Perform other duties as assigned.
Accepting International Visa Applicants?
Yes
Start Date
Jul 01, 2026
About
Galena City School District strives to provide an engaging, inspirational, and impactful learning environment for every student, in every content area, every day, through recruiting and retaining exceptional staff, actively partnering with our learning community, and serving the whole child. We do this through our four programs described below:
- IDEA (Interior Distance Education of Alaska) is a statewide homeschool program that serves families across Alaska with offices in Fairbanks, North Pole, Wasilla, Palmer, Eagle River, Anchorage, Soldotna, Anchor Point, and Juneau.
- GILA (Galena Interior Learning Academy) is a comprehensive residential high school with vast CTE options for students from across the state, and is located in Galena on a former military base.
- SHS (Sidney Huntington School) is the local Galena school that serves kindergarten through 12th grade students in the community.
- iGrad (iGrad Alaska) is a statewide alternative program that offers an optimal blend of teacher support and accelerated, quality, online education for high school students.