Informal occupations

A Student, a Knife, and the Repercussions Should a school be able to expel a student with a disability, such as in the case of Drake? Drake is a young teenager with a disability who made a detrimental decision one morning. As he left his house, he grabbed his knife and headed off to school. The school is recommending him for expulsion due to the misconduct. Professionals, such as school psychologists, working and advocating for children with disabilities must stay current on regulations and…

The ASCA National Model themes are divided into four different categories: leadership, collaboration, advocacy and systemic change. The leadership component describes the counselor as being an advocate for change. School counselors provide equitable services and programs for all students. Whether at the elementary, middle or high school level, all school counselors have the ability to lead. Effective school counselor leadership requires: • visionary thinking • challenging inequities • shared…

enjoyed doing, something you loved, and turn it into a career you should do it.” (Eckler). The advice influenced her to choose digital design by virtue of her love for it,however, the advice she received did not take into consideration that the occupation outlook for graphic design and digital media was narrow and over crowded with recent graduates. By reason of failing to be informed when deciding on a final major, acquiring a job or career that makes use of her notably expensive private…

Introduction I had the pleasure to interview Mr. Daryl Hills. Mr. Daryl Hills was a long-term substitute counselor at Cone Elementary, during my first four months working there. I worked at Cone Elementary as a Tutor for AmeriCorps through Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro. He was one of the first employees I met Cone Elementary, when he discovered I was a graduate student at North Carolina A&T State University our interactions became more frequent. He was excited to know…

Budget Justification Personnel Vijaya M. Lella (also known as L. Vijaya Mohan Rao), Ph.D. Principal Investigator, 3.6 calendar months effort and salary. The P.I. will devote 30% of his effort on the proposed grant. He will assume overall responsibility for the proposed project, which includes supervision of all personnel involved in the project, planning, the design of experimental approaches, the close review of the data, data analysis & interpretation, preparation of manuscripts, and decisions…

Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal discuss four frames through which organizations can be viewed: structural, human resources, political, and symbolic. Each of these frames have very different characteristics, but can be present at the same time within an organization. The structural frame focuses on how an organization is structured, including the various rules and procedures organization members must follow in their daily operations. The human resources frame focuses on the interrelationships…

Why you want to be a school psychologists At first, I was interested in being a school counselor like my mom. I really admired how students would come to her with all kinds of problems and she would listen and offer help. I would often think “How lucky to have someone to talk to, when things appeared hopeless. Many times, friends of mine would come to me and talked about their problems. Like my mom, I felt I have a special gift of listening to people talk about their problems. I would sit…

Research indicates that eating disorders tend to emerge in adolescence to young adulthood. Considering this age of onset, many affected individuals who become affected by this disorder are spending most of their time in school with their peers and school faculty. This places school counselors in a very important position to detect student eating issues in the early phase and take steps to meet the students’ needs. School counselor plays a critical role in assessment, support, referral, and…

I grew up in a small church, where my mom was a Sunday school teacher and my dad was the Assistant Pastor. They also were involved in the youth a lot. Growing up, I can remember driving down the road on our way to church and seeing kids that knew or my mom knew and we would ask them if they wanted to go to church with us. Next thing you knew, we have like 5-6 local kids going to church with us. I can remember when we use to ask them where they lived so we could make sure that it was alright with…

The school leaving age in England had been set at age 16 since 1972. The Education & Skills Act (2008) increased the `age of participation` to age 17 from 2013 and then to age 18 from 2015. This has meant that any young person born on or after 1st September 1997 has to participate in some form of education or training until the age of 18. Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has been an increasing social problem for the Government. Barry Sheerman, who is a Labour MP,…