Occupational Employment Statistics
21-1012 Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors
Counsel individuals and provide group educational and vocational guidance services.
Southeast Minnesota
| 320 | 47 | $26.10/hr | $19.68/hr | $21.56/hr | $24.52/hr | $30.50/hr | $36.54/hr |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | $28.45/hr |
Education and Health Services | 4,290 | $27.42/hr |
Other Services | N/A | $19.45/hr |
Public Administration | 230 | $28.76/hr |
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists
| 2,850 | $41.03/hr | 11.9% |
Rehabilitation Counselors
| 3,490 | $18.74/hr | -5.2% |
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
| 8,430 | $26.84/hr | 9.6% |
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
| 2,490 | $29.00/hr | 15.4% |
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
| 4,170 | $59,338.15/yr | 4.7% |
Healthcare Social Workers
| 4,390 | $28.31/hr | 12.4% |
Marriage and Family Therapists
| 1,380 | $27.59/hr | 19.9% |
Social and Human Service Assistants
| 12,970 | $17.60/hr | 8.2% |
Credit Counselors
| 510 | $23.71/hr | 7.2% |
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
| 1,580 | $33.11/hr | 7.4% |
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
- Establish and enforce administration policies and rules governing student behavior.
- Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to determine if their needs have been met.
- Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.
- Observe students during classroom and play activities to evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.