Overview & Salary
Overview
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
On the job, you would:
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
Education
- bachelor's degree
- master's degree
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $43,580
Annual median $65,140
Annual 90th percentile $105,870
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Health
- therapy and counseling
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Social
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
- Social Orientation
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Self Control
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen