The Role of the School Counselor:

School Counselors:
Elementary school years set the tone for
developing the knowledge, attitudes, and
skills necessary for children to become
healthy, competent, and confident Bridget Baker:
Welcome to the
learners. Through a comprehensive
developmental school counseling
b.a.baker41@vikes.csuohio.edu School
program, counselors work as a team with Emily Demetriades:
the school staff, parents, and the e.demetriades@vikes.csuohio.edu Counselor’s
community to create a caring climate and Taylor Shultz:
atmosphere. By providing education,
t.a.shultz@vikes.csuohio.edu Corner
prevention, early identification and
intervention, school counselors can help Maria West:
all children achieve academic success. m.west14@vikes.csuohio.edu North Olmsted
The professional elementary school
counselor holds a masters degree and Elementary
required state certification in school
counseling. Maintaining certification
includes on-going professional
development to stay current with
education reform and challenges facing
today’s students. Professional association
membership enhances the school
counselors knowledge and effectiveness.

- From the American School

Counselors Association
North Olmsted School Counseling Program After School Programs: Overall Annual Guidance Curriculum:
promotes student success, provides
preventative services, and responds to Classroom Guidance lessons are taught
identified student needs through a variety of Jo’s Girls using the Second Step Curriculum, a
services: Jo’s Girls is a peer mentoring program research-based curriculum that covers four
where girls in the high school meet with main skill areas:
● Individual Student Planning helps
1. Skills for learning
students to prepare and cope with life girls at the middle school to talk about
changes, define goals, understand 2. Empathy
issues they are facing. 3. Emotion Management
themselves and others, and resolve
conflicts. The school counselors see 4. Problem Solving
students individually, anywhere from
The Freshman/Senior Buddy Approach
one time, to several weeks, depending Month Grade Teaching Topic
on the topic and the student’s needs. This peer mentoring program involves Level
● Responsive Services are provided to pairing up incoming freshmen and
Oct. KG Skills for Learning /
students with specific, immediate needs.
responsible outgoing seniors to show Empathy
Responsive services are provided
through individual and small group them around the school and have Nov. 1st Skills for Learning /
counseling, as well as consultation and Empathy
discussions with them about what to
referrals to outside community Dec. 2nd/ Skills for Learning /
professionals trained in mental health expect in high school. 3rd Empathy
services and other specialties.
Jan. 4th/ 5th Skills for Learning /
● System Support promotes a positive and Empathy
productive learning environment for
Peer Tutoring
Feb. Kg/1st Emotion Management /
students. This is accomplished through This peer mentoring program allows
Problem Solving
the coordination of parent outreach and
students to work with another student
community support services, as well as Mar. 2nd / Emotion Management/
consultation and collaboration among who is proficient in an academic area 3rd Problem Solving
parents/guardians, teachers, like foreign language, English, math, Apr./ 4th/5th Emotion Management/
administrators, and members of the May Problem Solving
community. social studies, or sciences.