Counselors
Who are your high school counselors?
Who are your middle school counselors?
Who are your elementary school counselors?
High School
- Provide assistance and information in helping students establish and complete plans for graduation
- Provide personal assistance for students in social skills, goal-setting, career planning and problem-solving
- Interpret standardized test results for students
- Assist students in developing positive attitudes toward themselves and others
- Provide assistance with violence and drug abuse issues
- Provide parent information and assistance regarding academic issues
Students may want to see the counselor for many reasons, including assistance with:
- Establishing personal and academic goals
- Registration process and orientation
- Post-secondary plans (college, technical schools, financial aid, etc.)
- Standardized test interpretation
- Crisis situations
- Family transitions (divorce, death, re-marriage, new sibling, etc.)
- Relationship issues
Students see their counselor by referral from:
- themselves
- teachers
- parents
- administrators
- friends
High School Counselors address their continuing professional growth through:
- In-service training
- Workshop
- Local, state conferences
- Continuing Education
- Campus level meetings
- Current professional literature and media information
- Presentations to professional groups
Middle School
- Visit the classroom and conduct lessons on various topics, such as goal-setting, decision making, peer relations, responsible behavior, planning for high school, etc.
- Provide counseling services to individuals and group of students as a result of student, teacher, parent and/ or administrator concerns, or for crisis response
- Provide assistance with educational planning and career exploration to all students
- Consult with teachers, parents, and administrators regarding student concerns and needs
- Interpret standardized test results to students, parents, and staff
- Present workshops related to student success, developmental needs and educational and career planning
- Provide prevention strategies in various areas
Students may want to see the counselor for many reasons, including assistance with:
- Registration process and orientation
- Transition to a new school
- Developing positive attitudes towards self and others
- Establishing personal and academic goals
- Developing educational plans and in selecting the related courses based on individual interest and talents
- Interpretation of results of standardized tests
- Crisis situation
- Family transitions (divorce, death, re-marriage, new sibling, etc.)
- Relationship issues
Students may see their counselor by referral from:
- themselves
- teachers
- parents
- administrators
- friends
Middle school counselors address their continuing professional growth through:
- In-service training
- Continuing education
- Local, state conferences
- Campus level meetings
- Current professional literature and media information
- Presentations to professional groups
- Parent education presentation
Elementary School
- Counsel individuals and small groups to help meet identified needs
- Teach the guidance classes at regularly scheduled times using guidance curriculum
- Consult with parents regarding any concerns about their children
- Consult with teachers and administrators regarding students’ needs
- Present workshops for parents, teachers, and community members to promote students’ educational progress
- Interpret test results of standardized testing to facilitate student achievement
- Coordinate with school and community personnel to bring together resources for students
Students may see the counselor for:
- Friendship problems
- Help with their feelings
- A school phobia
- Motivation to achieve
- A fear or loss
- Family changes (divorce, death, re-marriage, new sibling, etc.)
- Transition to a new school
- A physical concern
- Learning disabilities
- Goal setting
- Conflict management
A student may:
- talk about things that are important to them
- use play and art media to learn about themselves and others
- use puppets to help them talk
- be in a discussion group
- just sit and think
Students may see their counselor by referral from:
- themselves
- teachers
- parents
- administrators
- friends
A counselor learns about new ideas through:
- District-wide In-service training
- Workshops
- Continuing Education
- Campus level meeting
- Current literature
