Holmes Junior High (School Counseling) Internship
General Overview: This week, I was able to meet with several different professionals within the Cedar Falls Community School District. I witnessed their responses to working with parents, students, and their colleagues. I have expanded on these experiences and more below.
Tuesday:
• Sat in on a collaborative meeting regarding a student with a 504 plan. My supervisor and I traveled to Hansen Elementary School to talk to a sixth-grade teacher and the school’s principle. The three of them discussed accommodations that could be met for a student transitioning to seventh-grade the following year. This student has severe vision problems and requires specific materials and instructions in order to …show more content…
This is a student who I typically meet with once or twice a day. He often struggles to hold conversations with peers and adults. I have worked hard to build up his self-worth and get to know him outside of the school work he has to do. This student is generally always behind in classes. Therefore, I have to encourage him to get his homework done frequently. To my surprise, he was very social and humorous today. I felt so happy to see him laughing and engaging in conversation with ease. I definitely think his progress is partially due to my efforts to show him that he matters as a person first and a student second. I hope to continue to see his confidence …show more content…
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with one of the professionals at the high school about their experiences and advice for me getting into the School Counseling field. One thing the counselor talked about was how he feels that he does not have a lot of close relationships with his students. He said that he spends most of his day focused on college and career counseling rather than building relationships. In addition, he mentioned that he almost is never in the classrooms teaching. After talking to this counselor, I realized that I would most likely rather work in an elementary or middle school in order to establish relationships and create lesson plans. Although I enjoy working with high school students, I am not sure if I would be as interested in the content of this
General Overview: This week, I was able to meet with several different professionals within the Cedar Falls Community School District. I witnessed their responses to working with parents, students, and their colleagues. I have expanded on these experiences and more below.
Tuesday:
• Sat in on a collaborative meeting regarding a student with a 504 plan. My supervisor and I traveled to Hansen Elementary School to talk to a sixth-grade teacher and the school’s principle. The three of them discussed accommodations that could be met for a student transitioning to seventh-grade the following year. This student has severe vision problems and requires specific materials and instructions in order to …show more content…
This is a student who I typically meet with once or twice a day. He often struggles to hold conversations with peers and adults. I have worked hard to build up his self-worth and get to know him outside of the school work he has to do. This student is generally always behind in classes. Therefore, I have to encourage him to get his homework done frequently. To my surprise, he was very social and humorous today. I felt so happy to see him laughing and engaging in conversation with ease. I definitely think his progress is partially due to my efforts to show him that he matters as a person first and a student second. I hope to continue to see his confidence …show more content…
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with one of the professionals at the high school about their experiences and advice for me getting into the School Counseling field. One thing the counselor talked about was how he feels that he does not have a lot of close relationships with his students. He said that he spends most of his day focused on college and career counseling rather than building relationships. In addition, he mentioned that he almost is never in the classrooms teaching. After talking to this counselor, I realized that I would most likely rather work in an elementary or middle school in order to establish relationships and create lesson plans. Although I enjoy working with high school students, I am not sure if I would be as interested in the content of this