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Meet the School Counselors

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Amanda Wolf

(5th & 8th Grade)

Lauren Markovitz

(6th & 7th Grade)

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Introducing the New School Counselor!

Ms. Sjonell

Email: jsjonell@spfk12.org

Phone: ext. 31562

Grade 5 (Jo-Z)

Click here: All About Me

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Contact Information:

Who’s Who…

Ms. Markovitz

Email: lmarkovitz@spfk12.org

Phone: ext. 22601

Grades 7 &8

Click here: All About Me

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Ms. Wolf

Email: awolf@spfk12.org

Phone: ext. 22602

Grades 5 (A-Ja) & 6

Click here: All About Me

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Confidential Counseling & Attendance Secretaries:

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Ms. Linda Galli

Email: lgalli@spfk12.org

Phone: ext. 22006

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Ms. Korri Toll

Email: ktoll@spfk12.org

Phone: ext. 22005

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  • Emotional Support
    • Personal, social, academic and family changes/concerns
  • Relationship building/ Social Skills
  • Collaboration for behavioral support
  • Anti-bullying Specialist
    • Conflict vs. bullying
  • Supports Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

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What does the school counselor do?

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FAQ Link

Topics include:

  • Attendance Inquiries
  • Scheduling concerns
  • Team meetings
  • Contacting a teacher/Sharing academic concerns
  • Requesting support

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Click on the link below to see our Frequently Asked Questions form for helpful information

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  • Self-referral
  • Parent referral
  • Teacher/Administration referral

How to Access the School Counselor:

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We will…

• Provide a supportive environment

• Teach strategies and skills to support success

• Develop a relationship of support, care and help

• Be organized and assist with organization

• Maintain open lines of communication

• Be positive!

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As the counselors:

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I ask that we…

• Support each other

• Trust that each other has the student’s best

interest in mind

• Communicate openly

• Have patience

• Work together

• Help with establishing routines at the start of the year (homework, Google Classroom, organization)

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As the parents:

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What services can the school counselor provide?

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  • Solution focused short-term counseling for academic, social, and emotional support,
  • Referrals for local mental health resources for long-term support; we do not provide long-term counseling support at school.
  • Individual student academic planning and goal setting
  • School counseling classroom lessons based on student success standards
  • Collaboration with families/teachers/administrators/community for student success
  • Advocacy for students at I&RS and team meetings
  • Coordinating schoolwide kindness initiatives

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What is the Role of the School Counselor at Terrill?

  • Maximize STUDENT SUCCESS by promoting equity and inclusion for all students.
  • Identify BARRIERS to education, whether it be individual, familial, school or community based.
  • COLLABORATE with parents, staff members, and other involved invested parties to best support the needs for student success.
  • Utilize KNOWLEDGE to recommend appropriate plans for students with physical, social, educational, or emotional needs, or some combination of the above.
  • Students can be referred to the school counselor if there are CONCERNS that are IMPACTING their learning such as: social/emotional challenges, conflicts with peers, school avoidance and/or other obstacles to academic success.

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Role as an Anti-Bullying Specialist

Consultation

Investigation

Collaboration

Prevention

Consult with ABS and principal if concerned about student behavior

ABS conducts investigations within 10 school days and has a 2 day review period.

ABS participates on the School Safety Team

Responsible in promoting a positive school climate and bully prevention

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Understanding HIB

Hostile Environment

Creates a hostile educational environment for the student by interfering with a student’s education or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the student. This includes cyber use if impacting school environment.

Distinguishing Characteristic

Reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic.

Substantial Disruption

Substantially disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of the other students.

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Reasonable Person

A reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect of physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging the student’s property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to his person or damage to his property.

Location

Takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, or off school grounds.

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Difference Between Conflict and H.I.B.

Conflict:

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  • Not seeking power or attention.

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  • Mutually competitive of opposing actions or engagement, indicative of a back and forth

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  • Includes disagreements and arguments.

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  • Developmentally appropriate typical interactions, part of growing up.

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H.I.B.:

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  • Motivated by a distinguishing characteristic.

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  • One or more students are recipients of one or more person’s physical or verbal actions causing physical or emotional harm

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  • HIB is one sided, exhibiting/seeking power & control

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  • One or more students are victims of one or more person’s aggression, as it applies to the HIB definition under the ABR.

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Contact Flow-Chart For Staff

Day One

Classroom Teacher/Other School Staff Member

verbally reports any instances of HIB to school principal

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Day One and Two

Classroom Teacher/Other School Staff Member completes the written

338 incident report found on our district website and gets submitted to their principal

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Ten Days

Anti-Bullying Specialist completes the investigation

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Two Days

Principal completes the report and submits it to the superintendent

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We look forward to working with you!