The Counselor's Role
Basic Services:
Individual Counseling, Virtual Group Counseling, Virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences, Virtual 504 Meetings
Student Orientation and Placement
Who is the professional school counselor?
- Master's Degree in School Counseling
- Certified Teacher
- Minimum 2 years teaching experience
- Passed a state counseling certification exam
What would I need a counselor for?
- Decision Making / Problem Solving
- Goal Setting / Motivation
- Self-esteem / Self-confidence
- Dealing with Bullies
- Character Education
- Peer Mediation
- Career Education
- Responsive Services
- School Counselors help to keep students in the classroom and engaged in learning by teaching social-emotional coping skills and strategies to address challenges to academic success.
Individual Planning:
School Counselors guide students to plan and manage their educational and career plans by providing information on:
- Course Selection
- Career Pathways
- Skills needed for Junior High and High School
- System Support
School counselors coordinate support of additional campus and community resources for student success including:
- Parent Consultation
- Teacher/Administrator Consultation
- Staff Development for Educators
- Teacher to Teacher Consultation
- Parent to Teacher Consultation
- Special Education Referrals
Really...what does a counselor do all day?
On any given day...
- Meet with a student individually
- Conduct virtual group counseling sessions
- Give our teachers emotional and informational support
- Provide parents information on issues affecting their students
- Coordinate social services with community partners
- Provide career and academic counseling per student/parent request
- Conduct 504 meetings
- Act as a liaison between student and teacher; teacher and parent; and student and parent
- Research current methods of counseling and academic interventions
- Intervenes and guide students in resolving their student to student conflicts
- Consult with teachers, administrators, parents and other counselors
- Collaborate with students to develop plans for academic, social, and emotional success
- Lend an ear to a parent, a teacher, or a student
- Assist with and/or administer standardized testing