My Top 20 List for why my school needs a school counselor
Classroom guidance lessons to enhance the school environment.
Emotional support for the students, teachers, and other staff members.
Individual counseling sessions.
Group counseling sessions with students who are dealing with the same issue.
Manage the IEPs (Individual Education Plans) and the Special Needs program.
Mediating among the conversations between everyone else in the school in order to keep the peace. Manage and redoing class schedules.
Someone to lend a listening ear to anyone in the school who needs to talk about their issues. Substance abuse counseling.
Assessments and managing the students’ records.
Enhancing the students’ self-esteem and promoting a positive attitude.
Meeting with the trouble makers in the school to diffuse the chaos.
Helping students with developing their decision-making, communication, and life skills. Collaborating by working with teachers and other staff members about the students’ issues.
Meetings with the parents and other staff administrators, which can be time consuming and very stressful.
Administrative duties.
Promoting cultural awareness and diversity within the school.
Career counseling.
Creating a strong line of communication between the school staff and the parents.
To take the necessary steps in reporting and counseling the students who suffer from: abuse, neglect, and any other immediate dangers.
Classroom guidance lessons to enhance the school environment.
Emotional support for the students, teachers, and other staff members.
Individual counseling sessions.
Group counseling sessions with students who are dealing with the same issue.
Manage the IEPs (Individual Education Plans) and the Special Needs program.
Mediating among the conversations between everyone else in the school in order to keep the peace. Manage and redoing class schedules.
Someone to lend a listening ear to anyone in the school who needs to talk about their issues. Substance abuse counseling.
Assessments and managing the students’ records.
Enhancing the students’ self-esteem and promoting a positive attitude.
Meeting with the trouble makers in the school to diffuse the chaos.
Helping students with developing their decision-making, communication, and life skills. Collaborating by working with teachers and other staff members about the students’ issues.
Meetings with the parents and other staff administrators, which can be time consuming and very stressful.
Administrative duties.
Promoting cultural awareness and diversity within the school.
Career counseling.
Creating a strong line of communication between the school staff and the parents.
To take the necessary steps in reporting and counseling the students who suffer from: abuse, neglect, and any other immediate dangers.
After reading your list, I realized that I had left one of the most essential duties of a counselor off my list -- reporting and couseling students suffering from abuse, neglect, and other immediate dangers. In our district, counselors are sometimes called to court to testify on behalf of students. It is sad to look at statistics of reported abuse. Sadly, it seems that abuse cases tend to rise during poor economic times.
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