United Independent School District’s Guidance & Counseling program provides
competencies to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal and
social abilities in grades pre-K through 12th grade. Their main
goal is to help make the student’s school experience a positive one so that
their fullest potential can be reached, becoming happy, healthy, contributing
members of society.
Counselors will implement A
Comprehensive, Developmental Guidance
and Counseling Program.
This counseling program
provides a systematic approach for helping students acquire and apply basic
life skills by making desirable use of the special knowledge and skills of
school counselors. The four (4) components that comprise
this Model are:
Eighty eight (88) academic counselors, one (1) P.E.P. counselor, one (1) even start counselor, two (2) itinerant counselors and five (5) substance abuse (LCDC) counselors comprise our counseling staff. Counselors provide services in the areas of Character Education, Bullying Prevention, Anger Management, Self Esteem, Substance Abuse Awareness, Parenting sessions, Violence Prevention and abide by Senate Bill 158 which reads: “Requires each elementary, middle, junior high and high school counselor to advise students and their parents regarding the importance of higher education, coursework designed to prepare students for higher education, and financial aid availability and requirements. Requires extensive student/parent counseling regarding higher education during the student’s first year in high school and again during the student’s senior year.”
Who is the Counselor?
The Professional School Counselor:
Students see their counselor by referral from:
It
is the policy of the United Independent School District not to discriminate on
the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability in it's
Educational programs, services or activities, as required by Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments
of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Es norma de United I.S.D. el no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen
nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades, tal
como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según
enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación de 1972, y la Sección
504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según la enmienda.
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Provides guidance content in a proactive systematic manner; it describes sequential, skill-based, and developmentally appropriate lessons that are taught, typically in class settings, to help students develop essential life skills.
Addresses the immediate concerns of students; it describes counselor activities designed to intervene on behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems put the student’s continued educational, career, personal, or social development at risk. Counselor may provide individual and/or group counseling, family/staff consultation, and coordination of other services to assist students.
Assists students in monitoring and understanding their own development in the educational, career, and personal-social arenas; relevant activities may include transition activities between grade levels, pre-registration and registration, interpretation of standardized testing, assisting with the goal-setting process.
Includes program and staff support activities and services; this component assists the efforts of teachers, staff, parents and other members of the district and community in promoting the educational, career, personal, and social development of students. Sample activities in this category can include parent education, staff development, consultation with parents and staff and student referrals to other support programs.