Education Counselor in India

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Education counselors perform various functions in helping students make better career choices and becoming successful adults.

Here below is an example of education counselor job description, comprising of the various tasks, duties, and responsibilities that typically form their work activities:

Organize counselling programs that inculcates the student(s) in question

Mediate in the case of misunderstandings between students and teachers

Listen to students’ problems at all times, especially when it has to do with their academic, social, or emotional lives, and suggest solutions where necessary

Refer students to social welfare homes or to a psychiatric/mental counselor, especially in extreme cases

Review both current and past reports about the student(s), in a bid to check their progress levels and also make further recommendations if need be

Make sure that students’ parents or guardians are actively involved in the development and administration of intervention procedures when the need arises

Serve as a guide for students when applying for scholarship and other forms of academic funding

Attend staff meetings so as to be kept in the know on issues that have to do with students’ academic performance and life.

Requirements – Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge – for Education Counselor Role

Excellent communication skill (especially listening skills) is highly required for an education counselor to have to be good on the job

Patience should be a virtue worn at all times by individuals who work as education counselors

Ability to discern body language of students is also important

Ability to be proactive and not reactive at all times is of great importance

Interpersonal (mediation) skills is needed for education counselor to be able to solve problems that may arise between parents and teachers, or even between teachers and students as the case may be

He/she must be easily approachable by teachers, students, and parents.

• Experience

  1 - 3 Years

• No. of Openings

  5

• Education

  M.B.A/PGDM, Any Bachelor Degree

• Role

  Career Advisor

• Industry Type

  Education / Teaching / Training / Colleges /Institutes / Universities

• Gender

  Female

• Job Country

  India

• Type of Job

  Full Time

• Work Location Type

  Work from Office