Guidance Program

The Counseling Program

The role of a school counselor can be simplified as a supporter for students, families, and staff. My mission at Mooneyham Elementary is to maximizing student achievement by producing future ready students through the model of Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

Click here to read, The Essential Role of Elementary School Counselor.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions (CASEL, 2018).

The 4 Components Of Our Counseling Program

1. School Guidance Curriculum

2. Individual Student Planning

3. Responsive Services

4. Indirect Student Services


School Guidance Curriculum:

  • Taught in the classroom or virtually through developmental learning activities

  • Comprehensible services for all students

  • 30 minute lessons, 1-2 times per month

  • Collaboration with teachers, parents, and administrators

  • Topics may include IB Profiles, bullying, personal safety, career readiness, character traits, etc.

Individual Student Planning:

  • Designed to guide students toward their short or long term goals

  • One-on-one counseling services, 20 - 30 minutes, up to 6 total meetings

  • Collaboration with teachers, parents, and administrators

  • Topics may include educational, personal, social, anger, test anxiety, friendships, self esteem, and more

  • "Pep Talks" can occur as needed to address a temporary concern

Responsive Services:

  • Respond and intervene on behalf of students to support immediate concerns

  • Can be individual counseling, small group, consultation, or a referral to outside services

  • Provided as needed

  • Services can be preventative, remedial, or crisis related

  • Topics may include grief, stress, transitioning events, divorce, traumatic event, suicide and self harm threats

Indirect Student Services (System Support):

  • Identify and coordinate resources, activities on campus, and in the community that indirectly benefit students

  • Utilizes ongoing assessment of student, campus, and district data

  • Collaborate with teachers, parents, administrators, support specialists, PTA, community members, and more

  • Present professional development to teachers and staff, provide parent education programs

  • Attend conferences, trainings, and/or community outreach

Other Programs & Resources

In addition to the 4 Components of our Counseling Program, I care about the basic needs of all of our students.

Other resources and programs provided include:

  • Operation School Bell - new clothes (throughout the school year)

  • School Supplies - backpack and supplies to students in need

  • Fastpacs - meals for students over the weekend

  • Lovepacs - meals for students over the holidays

If you have questions about any of the services listed, please contact Ms. Cannon (469) 633-2704, or cannonra@friscoisd.org