Position: 12-month Administrative Assistant - Counseling
Locations: Lionville Middle School
Pay Rate: $19.63 per hour
Schedule: 7 hours per day, 5 days per week, 260 days per year (12-months)
Benefit Eligible: Yes
Effective Date: June 9, 2025
Job Summary: Assists counselors in the Counseling Department by providing guidance to students in selecting courses appropriate to their aspirations, resolving problems, and realizing scholastic achievement in school for eventual acceptance into college, the winning of a scholarship, or obtaining employment.
Qualifications: To successfully perform this position, a person must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
High school diploma.
Knowledge of language arts and mathematics.
Proficiency in the use of technology for individual and system management, communication, and research.
Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to diplomatically interface with students, parents, teachers, staff, college representatives, and employers required.
Good typing skills required.
Experience operating office equipment, performing clerical tasks, and maintaining files and records required.
Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal record check requirements.
Candidate must adhere to all local, state, federal, and school code requirements for employment.
Duties & Responsibilities:(Abbreviated - Please review the attached Job Description for more details on this specific opportunity)
Provides secretarial support, issues guidance passes, locates students, and assists with phone coverage for counselors, Crisis Intervention Specialist, Academic Support Counselor, and School Psychologist.
Assists students and parents in utilizing services within the Counseling Department (phone calls, inquiries, schedules, enrollments, transfers, and withdrawals).
Prepares correspondence and forms.
Maintains Special Education files and log. Processes Permission to Evaluate (PTE) forms to parents. Maintains Individualized Education Plan (IEP) calendar.
Maintains student records (release/obtain records, file standardized testing reports, and adhere grade/credit labels to cumulative files).
Enters grade changes after the window for teachers closes.
Updates, prints, and distributes report cards.
Organizes and files Progress Reports and Failure Notices for all grades.
Maintains honor roll record keeping and if necessary, reprints report cards after each grade change.
Folds, stuffs, and posts various mailings.
Prepares, collects, and counts test materials for distribution for Center for Arts and Technology (CAT) testing and Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) testing.
Maintains course selection materials.
Coordinates homework requests for sick students.
Schedules appointments for students, guidance groups, and counselors. Maintains appointment calendars.
Maintains current records maintenance utilizing current software program.
Creates and maintains position procedure outline to describe day to day duties of the position/department as needed.
DASD Benefits Information:
Select Health Benefits a la carte - Only pay for what you need
Medical Coverage through IBX - PPO plans only
No Primary Care Physician necessary
No referrals required
IBC has extensive local and national networks
Prescription Coverage through CVS/Caremark
Dental Coverage - Delta Dental Active PPO
Allows use of in-network and out-of-network providers
Vision Coverage - Vision Benefits of America (VBA)
Eligibility - No Waiting Period
All employees may enroll in the district's health benefit plans effective with their date of hire into the benefit eligible position.
Eligible Dependents
A legally married spouse as defined by PA law and children up to age 26 may enroll in the District's health benefit plans.
New Hires or Newly Eligible
You have 31 days from the date that you are benefit eligible to make your elections. If you do not make elections during this time, you will only be enrolled into any benefit that is provided by the District at no cost to you.
Flexible Spending Accounts
Benefit eligible employees have the opportunity to elect to participate in a Flexible Spending Account. DASD offers both a Healthcare Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account. This benefit allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for out of pocket eligible healthcare and dependent care expenses.
Support for the Whole You
Fitness Program
Receive $150 back when you complete 120 workouts at an approved fitness facility within 365 days. www.ibx.com/reimbursements
Nutritional Counseling
Up to 6 free visits per calendar year with a registered dietitian.
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate is a free, confidential program that offers EAP+ Work/Life benefits to help you address difficulties in your life by providing short term assistance with personal, family, and work issues. In addition, it simplifies the navigation of the health care system by helping you find the right doctors, resolving billing and insurance claim issues, explaining benefit coverages, helping your parents or in-laws with the complexities of Medicare, and much more!
Telemedicine
The telemedicine benefit through SwiftMD is offered to ALL DASD employees at no cost to you. The telemedicine benefit allows for consultations with US board-certified doctors over the phone or online, from your home, office, or on the road. These physicians can diagnose, recommend treatment, and submit prescriptions to your pharmacy of choice.
Retirement - Member of State Pension System (PSERS)
As a PSERS member, you'll join with over a half million fellow public school employees who are also members. You'll contribute to your own personal PSERS retirement account and have a safe and secure benefit payment(s) from one of the largest public retirement plans in the nation.
Student Loan Forgiveness
All DASD employees are eligible to apply for loan forgiveness through the federal government's Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Find out more here: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
Life Benefit
Pays 1 x your basic annual salary up to maximum of $60,000
Income Protection Benefit
Pays 60% of your basic monthly pay, up to $1,500 per month
Paid Time Off
10 sick days annually
3 personal days annually for full-time employees
9 paid holidays per year
