Guidance Counselor- Elementary (26-27)

Leon County Schools

📍Tallahassee, FL
Posted May 18, 2026
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Job Overview

Position

Guidance Counselor- Elementary (26-27)

Company

Leon County Schools

Location

Tallahassee, FL

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4416447168

Job Description

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you align your elementary school counseling program with the ASCA National Model to ensure it meets the academic, career, and social-emotional needs of young students?
  • 2.What is your approach to developing and delivering classroom guidance lessons for K-5 students, and how do you keep them engaging?
  • 3.How do you utilize data to identify student needs and measure the effectiveness of your counseling interventions at the elementary level?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time when you had to collaborate with a teacher and a parent to support an elementary student who was struggling both academically and behaviorally.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to manage a crisis or a student experiencing severe emotional distress. How did you handle it?
  • 3.Give an example of a time when you had to advocate for a student's needs within the school system, perhaps during an MTSS or IEP meeting.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.A second-grade teacher refers a student to you for frequent disruptive behavior, but the teacher is resistant to implementing your suggested classroom strategies. How do you handle this?
  • 2.A fifth-grade student confides in you that they are being bullied online by classmates, but they beg you not to tell anyone because they fear it will get worse. What do you do?

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ASCA National ModelElementary CounselingCrisis InterventionMTSSIEP/504Social-Emotional LearningClassroom GuidanceData-DrivenParent-Teacher CollaborationConflict ResolutionIndividual and Group CounselingStudent Advocacy

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