Top 20 Reasons Why
My School Needs a Counselor:
1.
Many students need a positive adult mentor that
they can talk to when an issue arises.
2.
Students need college and career guidance that
they cannot get at home.
3.
Teachers need an objective voice when dealing
with students’ behavioral and emotional concerns.
4.
Administrators often refer students with
behavioral problems to counselors.
5.
Students need a non-judgmental adult they can
depend on.
6.
Counselors are resource managers that school
staff can go to for direction to help students.
7.
Students and teachers need cheerleaders when
situations seem impossible.
8.
To assist with life transitions that students
experience in school and at home.
9.
Counselors assist students with academic
planning and scheduling.
10. Students
need information on college prep assessments, such as the ACT.
11. Counselors
help students and parents insure that graduation requirements are met.
12. Counselors provide teachers with necessary
trainings, such as suicide prevention.
13. Counselors
help teachers and administrators interpret assessment data.
14. Counselors
help administrators create a master schedule that meets the needs of all
stakeholders.
15. Counselors
provide parents with one-stop access to information about their child’s
progress.
16. Counselors
are student advocates.
17. Counselors
teach students appropriate social skills.
18. Counselors
monitor student progress.
19. Counselors
research ways to improve student achievement.
20. Counselors are the calm in the storm that is
public education.
I like all twenty of your reasons, but I love number twenty, when everything is going to hell in a hand basket the counselors are the ones who are looking at their watches and saying" eehh I can have dinner at 11:30 after my family have all gone to bed, what can I help you with?"
ReplyDeleteI like number seven. When situations seem hopeless, the school counselor is the one guiding both students and staff to look at the possibilities. They help turn impossibilites into possibilites.
ReplyDeleteNumber 5 speaks to me, I think there is a population of kids that do not have a nonjudmental adult in their life, and a counselor can help fill that void. When I read that one I saw the faces of some students in my mind that truly need someone to be in their lives that are not judgmental on their every move and reasoning.
ReplyDeleteI think college and career guidance is very important. Especially so in very rural areas. In these areas, kids often do not know what their possibilities are due to lack of exposure.
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