Counselors Clerk

EAST CENTRAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Job Announcement
Counselor's Clerk

The position of a Counselor's Clerk will be available at East Central ISD for the 2026-2027 school year. All individuals (district employees included) who are interested in this position must apply online through Frontline via the district website. The deadline for submitting an application is until the position is filled. 

PRIMARY PURPOSE: Facilitate the efficient operation of the school counseling office and provide clerical services to professional staff. Maintain current and accurate confidential student records.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Prepare requisitions, correspondence, and transcripts using a personal computer.
2. Prepare documents and lists for honor roll, awards assemblies, and other student recognition programs.
3. Record student information, including test scores and final grades, on permanent records.
4. Create new student files and ensure completeness of records.
5. Assist with the registration of new students, including requesting and sending student records, setting up cumulative folders, and entering student data into appropriate databases or computer programs.
6. Assist with processing changes and adjustments to student schedules.
7. Serve as receptionist for the counseling office.
8. Assist students, parents, and teachers including distributing testing, scholarship, and other college materials.
9. Receive, distribute, and ensure security and confidentiality of testing materials.
10. Assist with maintaining the college information library.
11. Maintains confidentiality.
12. Perform other duties as assigned.

NOTE: Not all applicants will be interviewed. Each applicant's resume, application, and other available information will be considered in the screening process. Only those persons currently meeting all minimum requirements will be screened.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certification:
High school graduate or equivalent
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Knowledge of general office procedures
Proficient keyboarding and file maintenance skills
Ability to use software to develop spreadsheets and databases, and do word processing
Must possess above average skill in the areas of typing 
Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
Ability to perform a variety of tasks often changing assignment on short notice with some direction
Effective organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Must perform assigned duties with a minimum of supervision
Oral and written proficiency in Spanish preferred

EQUIPMENT USED: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals

WORKING CONDITIONS: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Maintain emotional control under stress; work with frequent interruptions. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling, carrying and running. Frequent walking and reaching. Frequent light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional heavy lifting (45 pounds or over) and positioning of students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting non-ambulatory students, and lifting and moving adaptive and other classroom equipment. Work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold and inclement and weather); exposure to noise; exposure to biological hazards.

PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT: 210 day-basis
SALARY: Paraprofessional Pay Grade 302
 
Roland Toscano
Superintendent of Schools

*An Equal Opportunity Employer*