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The School Counseling Program

Counselor Names
Grade Level Assignments
Phone Numbers
Emails

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How Can School Counselors �Support You?

Counselors can help you understand the whole student.
Counselors can consult with you about professional issues.
Counselors can help to tackle problems before they become insurmountable.
Counselors can mediate between you and the student (or between students) to make peace.

Brodie, I. (2012, June 12). The Top 10 ways school counselors can support teachers [Web log post].

Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/blog/

SYSTEM SUPPORT

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TEA Counseling Program Components

Texas Education Agency. (2004a). A model comprehensive, developmental guidance and counseling program for Texas public schools: A guide for program development pre-k-12th grade. Austin , TX : Author.

30-40%

15-25%

35-40%

10-15%

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RESPONSIVE SERVICES 30-40% Weekly/Monthly individual session ISS session Ind. Counseling Referral Ind Crisis Counseling CPS Report/Followup Counselor Corner DAEP/CAEP Transition Conference SYSTEM SUPPORT 10-15% SST/Team Meeting/504/ARD Staff/Parent/Community/Crisis Consult Program Devel/Research Professional Development Data Analysis or Testing School Improvement Schedule Change- Data Entry Spring Registration- Data Entry Session Documentation/Followup	INDIVIDUAL PLANNING 15-25% New Student Records Review/Consult New Student Sched/Orient Schedule Consult Spr. Registration- Conf/Consult Office Aide Grades/Instruct Student Records Review/Consult GUIDANCE CURRICULUM 35-40% Guidance Lesson Parent Ed/Community Outreach Group Counseling

School Counseling Duties

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Counselors meet with every student through their technology classes every 2 weeks. In these guidance lessons, we remind students how to get help from the counseling office and what to do in emergency situations, �we give them social-emotional learning techniques, and we share updates or tips on any new info regarding PGPs/academic planning/college and career readiness.

Guidance Lessons

GUIDANCE CURRICULUM

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“Available Upon Request: The Importance of Making Appointments”

by Dr. Russell Sabella, former president of American School Counselor Association:

School counselors should take appointments, except in the cases of emergencies, so we are able to perform daily preventative counseling (groups, lessons, etc).

DVMS: “Request to See the Counselor”

forms for students, scheduled

appointments with parents/staff

School Counselors should schedule

“drop-in” times where they are

available without a scheduled

appointment

DVMS: Counselor Café Corner

RESPONSIVE SERVICES

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•Determine if situation is emergency:

use “3 Hurts” – student is physically hurting him/herself, student is physically hurting someone else, student is physically being hurt by someone else

•If situation is an emergency, keep student with you and notify the counselors immediately by calling- leave a vmail, if necessary. If Counselors are not available, contact Admin.

•If situation is not an emergency, give student a pass to come fill out a “Request to See the Counselor Form” in the counseling office (or they can do this on their own time)- we will see them as soon as we can.

RESPONSIVE SERVICES

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�Scheduling- �Who Does What? �

Counselors

Administration

Creates master schedule
Determines teacher assignments
Sets up teacher classes
Monitors class counts
Authorizes schedules changes
Mass scheduling of students (summer)

Enroll NEW students in classes
Assist with schedule data entry
Advise students on classes to take
Receive Schedule Change Request

* We try to place students in smallest classes but are restricted by master schedule & district guidelines

INDIVIDUAL PLANNING

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Key Points �to Remember…

If a student is threatening to hurt themselves, call us immediately. If unavailable, leave a voice mail and contact admin.

If the situation is not an emergency, have students fill out a “Request to See the Counselor Form” (they can do this in the counseling office during class with a pass from you or on their own time).

Keep us in the loop – refer students for non-emergencies by calling or e-mailing (keep it confidential).

For all schedule change requests, give counselors completed “Staff Schedule Change Request Form” or talk to Admin.

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Game: �Can We Help You?

For this game, we will read a possible counselor task from a notecard. Raise your hand if you know the task is or is not a way that counselors are able to support you. You can look back at slide 4 for hints and work with a partner, if you’d like. If we calls on you and you answer correctly, you win a prize!

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