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director of counseling
A professional who directs personnel engaged in providing educational and vocational guidance for students and graduates. Responsibilities include:
- Assigns and evaluates work of personnel.
- Conducts in-service training program for professional staff.
- Coordinates counseling bureau with school and community services.
- Analyzes counseling and guidance procedures and techniques to improve quality of service.
- Counsels individuals and groups relative to personal and social problems, and educational and vocational objectives.
- Addresses community groups and faculty members to interpret counseling service.
- Supervises maintenance of occupational library for use by counseling personnel.
- Directs activities of testing and occupational service center.
- May supervise auxiliary services, such as student learning center.
- May supervise in-service training programs in counseling, testing, or occupational information for graduate students.
- May teach graduate courses in psychology, guidance, and related subjects.
- May participate in appraising qualifications of candidates for faculty positions and eligibility of students for admission to medical, nursing, and engineering schools.
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- Industry/Domain: Professional careers
- Category: Occupational titles
- Company: U.S. DOL
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