Counselors. A. Newly ordered file cabinets for Counselors will have locks. No Counselors shall be held accountable, unless through their own negligence, for the loss of school records unless there is a secure place for storage.
B. Counselors, although generally working the same overall hours as teachers, shall be allowed to use flexible hours if it improves their service to pupils.
C. The duty of maintaining school attendance records and of coordinating school transportation services shall not be assigned to Counselors.
D. Counselors shall not be required, except in an emergency, to handle homeroom assignments, schedule or score large-scale tests, prepare school master schedules, complete entries and withdrawals and schedule conferences between classroom teachers and parents.
E. Every effort will be made, in accordance with the BCPSS Master Plan adopted and updated by the Board, to provide school counselors with access to computers, telephones, private consultation space and clerical services.
F. The Board will make every effort to reduce the case-load of Counselors. In furtherance of this objective, a committee shall be established consisting of three (3) members selected by the Union and three (3) members selected by the Board to review the current status of the effort.
G. The Board and the Union will form a committee with three (3) members appointed by each to review the utilization and effectiveness of school counseling services and make recommendations to improve services to students. One additional task of the committee shall be to develop a counselor evaluation instrument.
H. Substitutes shall be hired for counselors out for long-term illness.
I. Counselors shall have access to clerical services.
J. Formal observation of counselors shall only be done by the Office of guidance Services personnel, holding National Counselor Certification (NCC) credential and/or a Maryland Professional Counselor’s License.
Counselors. Appropriate class and step of the current Counselors, Librarians, and Learning Disability Specialists Salary Schedule, Appendix B-3.
Counselors. High School and Middle School Counselors will be compensated on a daily contract rate for services before or after the regular school year.
Counselors. The “academic work week” of each counselor shall consist of forty (40) hours.
Counselors. The counselors’ work year shall consist of 196 contracted service days covering a 12- month calendar year per Section 18.6.2 of this Agreement.
Counselors. Appointments for counselors shall conform to the College fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 and shall have a 262-day (or 261-day, depending on the year) or a 177-day contract, except as otherwise may be provided within the appointment.
Counselors. 7.1 The duties of counseling faculty shall include counseling in all areas essential to the student and academic community, consultation with members, administrators and parents; completion of the necessary reports and other supporting paperwork.
7.2 Where applicable, present counseling faculty shall continue to hold their instructional faculty rank and also tenured appointment if previously held.
7.2.1 Counselors shall be known and identified as Staff Counselor, Assistant Counselor, Associate Counselor and Counselor.
7.2.2 The standards of rank for Staff Counselor, Assistant Counselor, Associate Counselor and Counselor shall be exactly those for Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor respectively.
7.3 Both parties to this Agreement recognize and endorse the participation of counseling faculty in the governance of the academic community.
Counselors. Counselors must be available for conferences before and after school every day.
a. Minimum hours for all counselors shall be as follows: On the days when school is in session, middle and high school counselors shall be on duty each day for a period of not less than eight (8) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes, such time to extend over a nine (9) hour time span and allowing twenty-five (25) minutes for lunch and additional break time as scheduled by the principal. When school is not in session, counselors shall be paid a wage equal to a regular 8 hour day.
Counselors. Counselors who accept extra days assignments in counseling beyond their academic year assignment shall have their work load for such extra days determined in the same manner as for the academic year.
Counselors. Counselors’ calendars shall reflect the same number of days as the teaching faculty at the college. The dates of the administratively-assigned duty days may be different from those of the teaching faculty, but the number of such days shall be the same. The dates of the administratively-assigned duty days for counselors shall be determined in accordance with Section 1 of this Article.
