Annual Calendar School: Benito Juarez Community Calendar
A minimum of 80% of time recommended for direct and indirect student services and 20% or less in program
planning and school support
Key: Awareness Month Curriculum/Class Lessons
Counseling Services Survey/Needs Assessment
Delivering
Direct Student Services
Activities
(Include dates of school
counseling initiatives or events,
classroom and group activities,
career or college nights,
schoolwide academic support
Month events, etc.)
Ongoing Transfer student transition
planning and academic advising
Services
Assist students with academic
planning
Tier 3 student interventions;
academic and attendance data
identified individual
interventions
One Goal Curriculum through
Junior Seminar (1 Junior
Cohort)
One Goal Curriculum through
Senior Seminar (1 Senior
Cohort)
Senior Seminar Support
Establishing small groups
based on needs
Academic Year: 2020-2021
Small Group Professional Meeting
Workshops
Program Planning and
School Support
(Defining, Managing, Assessing,
Fair-Share Responsibilities)
Indirect Student
Services Activities
(Significant collaborations,
leadership and advocacy
activities)
School Committee Meetings- Team Counseling Meeting
Instructional Support Team ( (Weekly on Tuesday)
Teachers and Admin; Weekly)
Site Supervisor Meeting
with Counseling Intern
Postsecondary Success Team
(Weekly)
(Senior Seminar Teachers,
Admin, Post-Secondary
Coaches and two counselors;
bi-weekly)
Behavioral Health Team
Meeting (Case Managers,
School Social Workers,
Counselors and Admin;
Biweekly)
Network for College Success
Collaborative; (Monthly)
Attendance Committee
Meetings; with attendance dean,
counselors and admin (once
monthly, individual meetings as
needed)
Discipline Concern Meetings;
with dean of discipline and
counselors (as needed)
Hall Street Journal (monthly
newsletter) emailed to students
and staff
Crisis Intervention Check-Ins
Restorative practices (peace
circles, conflict mediation,
re-engagement
post-suspension)
August MEET YOUR COUNSELOR! Annual Administrator Transcript Checks
Conference
Posse Foundation Scholarship Developing School Year Goals
with senior applicants (8/25)

Creating Calendar (8/26)

Professional Development Day

(CPS)

September Attendance Awareness Month OSCPA Summer Counseling Needs Assessment

- Freshman Academic Institute (Sept. 2nd-3rd) Implementation (9/21 to 10/5;
Classroom Lesson- give through English Class)
“Are You On Track?” Freshman Parent Night:
(9/9) September 17th at 6:30p
- Senior Meetings (9/14
to 10/5; scheduling of Advisory Council Meeting (Fall)
students slots via
google meets/calendy)
- Evening School
Registration

Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep

15- Oct 15)

October World Mental Health Day -
10/10
Anti-bullying Awareness Month
Meeting:
- Senior Meetings (9/14
to 10/5; scheduling of
students slots via
google meets/calendy)
- Freshman Meetings
(10/12 to 11/2;
scheduling of students
slots via google
meets/calendy)
Senior Parent Night:October 1st Needs Assessment
at 6:30p Implementation (9/21 to 10/5;
give through English Class)
Counseling Advisory
Council-October 15th After
School in the evening
Meeting to collaboration with
teachers for off-track students
Off-track meeting with parents

Small Groups:
- 1st Semester-
Off-Track Freshman
SMART Goal Action
Plan
(10/5)
- Off-Track Freshman
Time Management
Small Group (10/19)

FAFSA Workshop (10/22-10/24)

- DACA / DREAMer
resources

November National Career Development Post-secondary opportunity

Month seminar for Parents of students
- Junior College and
Career-
 Post-Secondary
Classroom Lesson
(11/5)
- Sophomore Career
Interest Profiler (11/17)

Freshman Meetings (10/12 to

11/2; scheduling of students
slots via google meets/calendy

Small Group:
- Off-Track Freshman
“GPA and Why it
Matters” (11/11)
- Off-Track Freshman
“Well-being and
Academic Success”
(11/25)

December Human Rights Day - 12/10

Sophomore Family Night

January Welcome BACK Students! 2021
FAFSA Workshop (1/14-1/16)
- DACA / DREAMer
resources
Check in with off-track freshman Needs Assessment
(review grades/needs) Implementation for Small
Groups (Grief and Loss / Anxiety
Group)

9th Grade Core Curriculum

(Growth Mindset,
1/19/21-1/22/21)

Freshman SEL “Social

Awareness” Classroom Lesson
(1/25-1/29)

February African American History Month

National School Counseling

Week (1st week of Feb)

Post-Secondary Search Core

Curriculum 11th Grade (2/1)
Resume/Brag Sheet 10th Grade

Senior SEL “Social Awareness”

Classroom Lesson (2/22-2/26)

Small Groups:
- 2nd Semester
Continue Off-Track
Freshman Group
(2/8) (If Needed)
- Grief and Loss Small
Group
- Anxiety Small Group
March International Women’s Day Advisory Council Meeting Transcript Checks
(Spring)
Net Price Calculator Core
Curriculum 11th Grade (3/1)

Sophomore SEL “Social

Awareness” Classroom Lesson
(3/8-3/12)

April Community Service Month
Junior SEL “Social Awareness”
Classroom Lesson (4/26-4/30)
Closing-the-Gap
Illinois School Counseling Assess Small Group Outcome
Association (ISCA) Conference Results/Data
(4/17)
Consult with the community
member to provide students
with service opportunities

May Personal Statement Core

Curriculum 11th Grade (5/3)

Pathway Interest Survey 10th

Grade

June/July Financial Literacy Lesson 10th American School Counseling Professional Development Day
Grade Association (ASCA) Conference (CPS)
(7/11-14)