MICHIGAN SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR JOB POSTINGS
If you are a school guidance counselor (or prospective school counselor) seeking employment in Michigan, you may want to consider access to the Michigan School Counselor Job Posting Update that has been created here. Here is how it works:
Please e-mail the following to davetgc@yahoo.com to access the Michigan School Guidance Counselor Job Posting Update
2012 School Counselor Job Postings Update: January 31, 2012 (6+ postings in Michigan)
Caveats on Job Postings, Password Access and/or Problems
There have been many school counselors (nearly 200) who have found this job posting service to be very valuable, many have found job postings they wouldn't have been able to find otherwise and this has led to more job opportunities, interviews, etc. Several people have also been able to secure positions (20+) as a result of this service.
| Most Popular Michigan School Job Postings 2011 | Total 2011 Job Postings |
| Guidance Counselor | 188+ |
| Elementary Principal/Assistant Principal | 164+ |
| Social Worker | 128+ |
| Speech Therapist/Pathologist | 116+ |
| High School/Secondary/Alternative/Vocational Principal | 112+ |
| High School/Secondary/Vocational/Alternative Assistant Principal | 107+ |
| Superintendent | 85+ |
Business Manager School Psychologist Special Education Director/Supervisor/Principal/Administrator Curriculum Director |
80+ 73+ 64+ 62+ |
Historical Summary of Michigan School Guidance Counselor Job Postings 2003-2012
2012 Michigan School Counselor Job Posting Update (subscription required)
| Year | Total Michigan School Guidance Counselor Job Postings |
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 |
6+ 188+ 234+ 120+ 178+ 132+ 122+ |
| 2005 | 122+ |
| 2004 | 132+ |
| 2003 | 103+ |
Let the Michigan School Counselor community be aware that my services were offered to both the Michigan Counseling Association and the Michigan School Counseling Association for a nominal fee of $500 per year for all its members to utilize. Neither were interested in offering job postings to its hundreds of dues paying members, and one of the groups didn't even have the courtesy to respond to my e-mail offer. The officers of those organizations have to make sure that member dues are paying their expenses to conventions, meetings and other things they want to do; that comes before member services like job postings and employment opportunities for members.
The Michigan School Counselor Job Postings were also offered to every college and/or university placement office for its current students and alumni; similarly, none of those placement offices and professors chose to take advantage of these great employment and job opportunity services for prospective school counselors.
The new proposed legislation mandating school counselor ratios in Michigan to the ASCA recommendation of 250:1 is a joke! Who will enforce it even if it would passed? It isn't going to change the hiring practices or school district budget dilemmas that force smaller and smaller teaching staffs and less guidance counselors to accommodate the needs of a multitude of students. The current counseling associations in this state can't prevent school districts from privatizing counseling jobs nor will they attempt to intervene.
School Guidance Counselor Articles and Links of Interest
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Where Did All The Counselors Go?
School Counselors Need Better Training to Help Students Transition to College
4 Questions to ask your High School Guidance Counselor (10 More) (20 More)
Secondary School Counselors report misguided missions
High School Counselors Help Streamline College Process for Students
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Guidance Counselors use Expertise, Online Resources to Help Students
Half of Unemployed Adults Aged 25-54 Spent Half of Last Year Looking for Work
36% of Youth in Michigan reside in Jobless homes, 23% in Poverty
Michigan College and University A-Z List for 2011-2012
School Counselors Fear They Will Bear the Burden of Budget Cuts and New Exams
School Counselors Face Increased Caseloads
Where the Jobs Are: 2011 and Beyond
10 New Year's Resolutions for Your Career in 2011
Top Colleges, Largely for The Elite
College Admission Statistics 2011
Study Finds Family Connections are a Big Advantage in College Admissions
Re-Thinking Advanced Placement
What do you mean I can't take this course?
2010 Counseling to Student Ratios by State (Michigan 643:1)
New Ethics Code for College Admissions Counselors
School Counselors Help with Issues well beyond Academics
A Closer Look at the Principal-Counselor Relationship
Mackinaw Center's Michigan Public High School Context and Performance Index