School Counselors: How We Can Help You

Jacob Garza

Goals of Our District

The school counselor works with school faculty and staff, students, parents and the community to provide developmental assistance to all students. Services are delivered through the following program components:

A GUIDANCE CURRICULUM taught to classroom size groups of students in the areas including, but not limited to the following: motivation to achieve, decision-making, interpersonal skills, cross-cultural effectiveness, and responsible behavior. RESPONSIVE SERVICES provided through individual and group counseling for students whose personal concerns or problems put their personal, social, career and/or educational development at risk. An INDIVIDUAL PLANNING system implemented to assist students in planning, monitoring, and understanding their own educational and personal development. Activities are conducted in classroom or individual sessions. Examples are: career exploration, educational/college planning, and transition from one level to the next and academic options. SYSTEM SUPPORT provided through services and management activities that indirectly benefit students. Examples of the program support activities include consultation with teachers and administrators, parent education, community relations efforts, and program development and evaluation.

Parent involvement is essential to student successful development and implementation of educational and career plans.

Goals of Our School

The goal on our campus is to provide a comprehensive counseling program for all students to meet personal needs, academic needs, and college and career preparation needs.

Goals of Our School

Academic
We will provide resources to student to help increase tests scores along with being prepared for advanced classes on our campus.

Career
We will provide resources to help them be competitive for entrance into college along with being successful once they leave our campus.

Personal/Social
We plan to be a positive environment for students to prepare them to become productive citizens once they leave our campus.

Role of the School Counselor

American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Texas School Counseling Model

focus on academic, career, and personal/social development of ALL students with the primary objective of promoting and enhancing student learning

My goal, as school counselor, is to help ALL of our students be academically successful!

What is my training?

Masters in School Counseling 36 hour program (or revise as necessary for your program)
Theories in Counseling Counseling Skills Human Growth & Development Group Counseling Social & Cultural Foundations in Counseling Psychological Testing & Interpretation Research in Counseling Career Counseling School Counseling Courses MS and ASCA Model Counseling Children/Behavioral Interventions 160 hour practicum & internship

So how can I (or we) can help you?

Promoting Academics
Individual Counseling (at-risk students) Group Counseling (at-risk students) Classroom Guidance (prevention) Parent/Teacher Workshops

Study skills Test taking skills Organizational skills Creating a positive learning environment

Resources
http://www.wikihow.com/Study http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/ https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/taki ngtheexam/preparing-for-exams http://www.wikihow.com/OrganizeYour-Life

Promoting Career Awareness

Individual Counseling Group Counseling Classroom Guidance Parent Workshops School-Wide Events

Awareness Interest inventories College admissions Career fair

Resources
http://www.iseek.org/careers/clusterSu rvey http://checkoutacollege.com/exploreca reers/interestsurvey.aspx http://collegeapps.about.com/

Addressing Personal/Social Needs

Individual Counseling Group Counseling Classroom Guidance Parent/Teacher Workshops School-Wide Events

Anxiety, depression Bullying, violence Divorce, grief

(Insert Resources)
http://www.stopbullying.gov/ http://www.tolerance.org/ http://www.helpguide.org/index.htm http://teenshealth.org/parent/index.jsp ?tracking=P_Home

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs

Prevention Services
Classroom Guidance School-Wide Events

Intervention Services
Individual Counseling Group Counseling

Support Services

Parent Workshops Teacher Workshops

Importance of CSCP for Students Numerous research studies have demonstrated that students in
schools with a comprehensive school counseling program benefit in the following ways:

Academically
Higher grades Better prepared for future Higher test scores Reduction of classroom disturbances due to behavior

Career
Increased college attendance Understanding the relevance of education

Personal/Social
Prevention of suicide Decreased disciplinary concerns Reduction of bullying and aggressive behaviors Improvement of student/teacher and student/ parent relationships

Lets Work Together

http://www.ascanationalmodel.org/ http://www.counseling.org/ http://www.tea.state.tx.us/couseling_jo b_desc.html

Lets Work Together

By refocusing our efforts on helping our school and district meet our goals, the school counseling program looks forward to developing and implementing prevention, intervention, and support services designed for our schools needs!

Action Plan

My goal is to help each student plan and reach their goals for life after high school.

Individual & Group Counseling

Study skills, socialization

Classroom Guidance
Being successful in the classroom

Action Plan

Teacher Workshop
Providing resources to help all students

Parent Workshops
Helping your child adjust to high school, Planning for the future

School-Wide Events
Creating a positive learning environment

Working together, we can all help our students be successful!

Developed with the help of

Dr. Kimberly R. Hall, MCA Advocacy Co-Chair & Associate Professor

MSU Students
Holly Morgan Sarah OBrien Rachel Owens Kelly Roberts Brittany Rowe Chelsey Rushing Maria Schoen Brittany Steer Megan Stone Chris Turner Paul Young

Jeri Lynn Rushing, MCA Advocacy Co-Chair & School Counselor

MSU Students in School Counseling:
Whitney Alford Courtney Allen Rachael Ammons Beth Benson Emily Cayson Joe Evans Reginald Gandy Chaiqua Harris Chris Johnston Michael Keeton

Jessica Hubbard, School Counselor & 2013 MSCA President Cherie Maynard, Administrator Dr. Cheryl Justice, Assistant Professor