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Lead School Counselor
EducationYou've been doing this long enough that they put 'Lead' in your title, which mostly means you do your own caseload plus supervise everyone else's. You train new counselors, handle the district's most complicated student situations, and serve as the go-to person when administration needs someone who actually understands what's happening on the ground floor.
Salary Range
Low
$62k
Median
$78k
High
$95k
10-Year Growth
5%
US Workers
60K
Education
Master's in School Counseling + state license + 5+ years experience
Environment
indoor
Tools & Technical Skills
- ▸Counselor supervision & evaluation
- ▸Schoolwide SEL program coordination
- ▸Crisis intervention planning
- ▸Data analysis & outcome reporting
- ▸Multi-tiered support systems (MTSS)
- ▸College & career readiness programs
People & Mindset Skills
- ▸Leadership
- ▸Mentoring
- ▸Crisis management
- ▸Communication
- ▸Advocacy
- ▸Organization
- ▸Strategic thinking
Learn the skills
Courses and certifications to get you job-ready
Counselor supervision & evaluation
Data analysis & outcome reporting
What you'll actually do
- 01Supervise and mentor the counseling team
- 02Handle the most complex student cases that get escalated to you
- 03Coordinate schoolwide social-emotional learning programs
- 04Represent the counseling department in administrative meetings
- 05Review and approve crisis intervention plans
- 06Train new counselors who are idealistic and about to be humbled
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