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Get Access To All JobsReports to: Campus Principal and Director of Counseling
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Dept./School: Counseling Services/Assigned Campus
Pay Family: Professional/Administrators
PC Assignment: Counselor, PG/Career/SEC
Pay Grade: 03
PC Assignment Code: 31801
Minimum Salary: $69,265
Insight: Support
Duty Days: 206 days per school year
Primary Purpose:
Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program at the 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 on the skills necessary to address troublesome circumstances, support students in challenging situations, and assist students with the resources needed to navigate crisis situations.
Qualifications
Education and Certification
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in school counseling
- Valid Texas School Counselor certification
Experience
- Two (2) years of teaching experience (preferred)
- Teaching experience at the secondary level (preferred)
- Counseling experience in an educational setting (preferred)
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with students, staff, parents, and community partners to support student success
- 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
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish (preferred)
Key Responsibilities:
Guidance Curriculum
- 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.
- Teach the school guidance curriculum components using effective instructional strategies and planned structured groups, considering diverse student populations and needs for differentiated instruction.
- Work with students, staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Collaborates across curricular areas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum.
- 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
- Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in times of need.
- Use preventive activities to remove barriers to a student’s educational, career, personal, and social development.
- 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.
- Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. Collaborate with district staff, parents or guardians, and local officials to maintain a healthy and safe school environment.
- Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district.
- Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.
Individual Planning
- Create developmental and age-appropriate school counseling services and provide information or literature that highlights related topics to students, teachers, and administrators.
- Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic, career, personal, and social development as they progress in school.
- Act as a student advocate, leader, collaborator, and system 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.
- 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
- Collect, summarize, and interpret testing data to plan, create interventions, guide students, and address specific student needs.
- Conduct an annual program audit to inform accountability, action plans, time management, and systemic change.
- Participate in campus-based school improvement planning and goal setting.
- Provide parent or guardian and staff training and consultation to foster student educational, career, personal, and social development.
- Clearly communicate the counseling program’s management system and related program action plans to campus and district staff, parents or guardians, and the community.
- 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.
Records and Compliance
- Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.
- 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.
- Adhere to school counselors' legal, ethical, and professional standards, including current professional standards of competence and practice.
Additional Responsibilities
- Adhere to all district policies, procedures, and expectations as outlined in the employee handbook and administrative regulations.
- Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
- Participate in professional development, faculty/department meetings, and special events as assigned.
- Perform additional duties assigned to support the mission and goals of the district and department.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- None
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools and Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals
Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
Motion: Repetitive hand motions including frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional physical restraint of students to control behavior
Environment: Work inside, may work outside
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; may work prolonged or irregular hours
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.
Appointment:
The Superintendent of Schools will approve the appointment of this position based on the applicant’s training, experience, and expertise.
Reports to: Campus Principal and Director of Counseling
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Dept./School: Counseling Services/Assigned Campus
Pay Family: Professional/Administrators
PC Assignment: Counselor, PG/Career/SEC
Pay Grade: 03
PC Assignment Code: 31801
Minimum Salary: $69,265
Insight: Support
Duty Days: 206 days per school year
Primary Purpose:
Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program at the 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 on the skills necessary to address troublesome circumstances, support students in challenging situations, and assist students with the resources needed to navigate crisis situations.
Qualifications
Education and Certification
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in school counseling
- Valid Texas School Counselor certification
Experience
- Two (2) years of teaching experience (preferred)
- Teaching experience at the secondary level (preferred)
- Counseling experience in an educational setting (preferred)
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with students, staff, parents, and community partners to support student success
- 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
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish (preferred)
Key Responsibilities:
Guidance Curriculum
- 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.
- Teach the school guidance curriculum components using effective instructional strategies and planned structured groups, considering diverse student populations and needs for differentiated instruction.
- Work with students, staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Collaborates across curricular areas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum.
- 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
- Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in times of need.
- Use preventive activities to remove barriers to a student’s educational, career, personal, and social development.
- 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.
- Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. Collaborate with district staff, parents or guardians, and local officials to maintain a healthy and safe school environment.
- Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district.
- Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.
Individual Planning
- Create developmental and age-appropriate school counseling services and provide information or literature that highlights related topics to students, teachers, and administrators.
- Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic, career, personal, and social development as they progress in school.
- Act as a student advocate, leader, collaborator, and system 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.
- 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
- Collect, summarize, and interpret testing data to plan, create interventions, guide students, and address specific student needs.
- Conduct an annual program audit to inform accountability, action plans, time management, and systemic change.
- Participate in campus-based school improvement planning and goal setting.
- Provide parent or guardian and staff training and consultation to foster student educational, career, personal, and social development.
- Clearly communicate the counseling program’s management system and related program action plans to campus and district staff, parents or guardians, and the community.
- 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.
Records and Compliance
- Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.
- 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.
- Adhere to school counselors' legal, ethical, and professional standards, including current professional standards of competence and practice.
Additional Responsibilities
- Adhere to all district policies, procedures, and expectations as outlined in the employee handbook and administrative regulations.
- Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
- Participate in professional development, faculty/department meetings, and special events as assigned.
- Perform additional duties assigned to support the mission and goals of the district and department.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- None
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools and Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals
Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
Motion: Repetitive hand motions including frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional physical restraint of students to control behavior
Environment: Work inside, may work outside
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; may work prolonged or irregular hours
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.
Appointment:
The Superintendent of Schools will approve the appointment of this position based on the applicant’s training, experience, and expertise.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Career Counselor
Verify your degree field before applying
TN classification for Career Counselors requires a degree in counseling, psychology, sociology, or a related behavioral science. A business or education degree alone may not satisfy CBP's specialty occupation standard for this category.
Target employers with student services departments
Universities, community colleges, and K-12 school districts regularly hire Career Counselors and have HR teams familiar with TN sponsorship paperwork. These institutions are more likely to process your offer letter and support letter without delays.
Request a role-specific support letter from your employer
Your employer's TN support letter must describe how your Career Counselor duties connect directly to your degree field. A generic offer letter citing only job title and salary routinely triggers CBP questions at the port of entry.
Search TN-eligible Career Counselor roles on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters job listings by TN visa eligibility so you can find Career Counselor openings where employers are already prepared to sponsor. Start your search there before approaching employers cold.
Understand how Mexican TN applicants file differently
As a Mexican national, you apply for TN status at a U.S. consulate rather than at a port of entry. Consular processing adds two to four weeks, so factor that timeline into your start date negotiation with your employer.
Confirm licensure requirements before your CBP interview
Several U.S. states require counselors to hold a state license to practice. If your role requires licensure, CBP may ask for proof of eligibility or a supervision arrangement. Check the state board requirements before your entry appointment.
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Find Career Counselor JobsCareer Counselor TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Career Counselor role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes. Career Counselors qualify for TN status under the Social Worker occupational category listed in the USMCA treaty. You need a baccalaureate or licenciatura degree in counseling, psychology, sociology, or a closely related behavioral science field. A degree in an unrelated field, even with years of counseling experience, will not satisfy CBP's classification standard for this category.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Career Counselor positions?
TN is faster and more predictable than H-1B for this role. There's no annual lottery, no cap for Canadian nationals, and no months-long USCIS processing wait. Canadian professionals can obtain TN status at a port of entry the same day. H-1B selection is random and limited to 85,000 slots per fiscal year, making TN the more practical path for most Career Counselors from Canada or Mexico.
What documents does my employer need to provide for TN sponsorship?
Your employer must provide a signed support letter on company letterhead that states your job title, a description of your Career Counselor duties, your anticipated length of employment, and confirmation that you hold the required degree. The letter should explicitly connect your counseling duties to your degree field. Vague letters that don't establish this connection are one of the most common reasons CBP asks follow-up questions.
Where can I find Career Counselor jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for TN visa job seekers. You can search Career Counselor openings filtered by TN eligibility, so you're not spending time approaching employers who aren't set up to sponsor. This is especially useful if you're a Canadian or Mexican professional who needs sponsorship confirmed before starting the application process.
Can I change employers after receiving TN status as a Career Counselor?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to your current employer. If you accept a new position, you need a new TN authorization before you start working for the new organization. Canadian nationals can process this at a port of entry, while Mexican nationals must apply at a U.S. consulate. Don't resign from your current role until you have your new TN documentation in hand.
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