School Counselor Philosophy

My philosophy of the role of the school counselor is that school counselors play a tremendous role in the life of their student and is very important for us, school counselors to be aware of our role in the students’ life. We play a big role in their development of different areas such as personal development, career/academic development, and social development. As stated by Erford (2010), The range of concerns and problems that professional school counselors are expected to address continues to grow as the dynamics of the larger society which affect the readiness and behavior of students in school (Erford, 2010). I believe this information is important because clearly our role as a school counselor is complex and comprehensive and therefore, …show more content…
When I was in undergrad, I used to work in a grocery store near my house as a cashier, and there was a time when the “main cashier/manager” decided to leave on vacation because she was going to have a baby and I was immediately promoted into the role of a main cashier/manager without been asked. I was put into this role because I was the one who had the longest working there (one year), and the owner though I was the one who can perform this role better than the others cashier. At first I was very excited because I was going to get pay a little bit more, but I was also very scare because there was a lot of work that needed to be done and a lot of supervision that needed to be done not only with others cashier, but I also had to supervise that all products that came into the store were the correct products we ordered, and I was also in charge of creating a weekly schedule of work for all cashier and also for all the produce and grocery department. I also needed to supervise that people were doing what they were supposed to be doing and every day as soon as the cashier finished their shift I needed to count their money at the end of every shift, to make sure that it was the same …show more content…
Second, it is quite important to have a framework for conducting supervision, a schema for organizing one’s knowledge and skills and deciding when and how to use them. Third, there are some interventions, learning process and ethical and legal consideration unique to supervision and these need to be learned during supervision training (Borders and Brown, year). This information provided from the book is important because it shows that we all have dome some types of supervisor work and therefore, we all have different knowledge and skill that can be applied into this counseling/supervisor role and it also shows how at the same time both counseling and supervisor are identical but also very different skills are needed for each