School counselor

School counselors are advocates, leaders, collaborators and consultants who create systemic change by providing equitable educational access and success by connecting their school counseling programs to the district’s mission and improvement plans (The ASCA Ethnical Standards for School Counselors, 2016). A vital component of a counselor job is communicating with parents and engaging them in their child’s academic career. Counselors ought to inform parents of the mission of the school counseling…

7 in The Transformed School Counselor written by Carolyn B. Stone and Carol A. Dahir solely focus on Coordinators, Collaborators, and Manager of Resources in School Counseling field. There are three main roles for the school counselor that would greatly benefit the school, teachers/faculty, community, and more importantly, the students. These roles are Coordinators, Collaborators, and Managers of Resources. Coordinator is to organize and manage your time as a school counselor and setting up the…

Throughout my seven years as a School Counselor in the district I have developed several programs and maintained others. One program that I have taken on more of a leadership role in is the SRBI / PBIS team at Westside Middle School Academy. The SRBI / PBIS team and I meet weekly to discuss where we are and where we need to be. We utilize data to keep us informed of our current practices and reflect on what needs to be changed. We are constantly coming up with different ways to educate teachers…

management school counselors incorporate organizational tools to help reach the needs of the school (ASCA). According to ASCA National Model counselors are recommended to use 80 percent of their time directly and indirectly providing services to students (ASCA). The counselors at Wilson High School have gone through 3 different principals within a 10-year time frame. With each principal, there have come different obstacles and challenges, which have sometimes favored the role a school counselor…

Ms. Jones, I appreciate your commitment to further understanding my role as a professional school counselor. School counselors play an important role as both an educator and a counselor. As the school counselor I design and implement a comprehensive school counseling program based on standards that supports the academic, social-emotional, and career development of all students (ASCA, 2015). Through this program I provide education, prevention, intervention, and referral services for all…

In the state of Delaware, a school psychologist is not a school counselor. In order to become a psychologist a person must have a master 's degree and state licensure. Delaware requires the person to be credentialed by the National School Psychology Certification Board. A psychologist program requires the person to complete 1200 hours of internship (a full school year) where a counselor can be completed in half that time. School psychologists have coursework in assessing cognitive, social, and…

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 that I was pursuing my Masters in School Counseling, he spoke very highly…

The role of a Professional School Counselor Brittany Best Walden University The role of a Professional School Counselor Like any career, it is mandatory to understand the responsibilities of the position beforehand so you have an idea of what to expect while on the job. School counseling as a profession can seem like such an easy job to others, but what I’m learning the most is this career is very rewarding but you have to put forth a great deal of effort in order to have a…

future of our diverse world. Professional school counselors are educators who share in this great task by designing and implementing comprehensive, developmental school counseling programs that champion the success of all students; however, the school counselor must first take the time to have clarity about their school counseling philosophy and mission statement for the school counseling program. In this paper, it is my hope to clearly articulate my school counseling philosophy, as well as my…

As the school counselor, it would be necessary to support all students within the school. The counselor would first meet with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students in order understand their perspective and hardships that they face in the school community. I would continue to work with them in group sessions and individual sessions as needed to support an open dialogue and increase individual coping skills. In addition, I would support them by advocating for them and…