Section IV: Four Service Delivery Components

Section I

Section II

Section III

Section IV

Section V

Individual Planning: (The school counselor will meet with all 5th grade classes to go over middle school course selection).

Course Selection for 5th grade students
Behavior Academy Small Groups for social and behavioral goals
Individual Check-In's for students based on request
STAAR testing strategy groups

Guidance Curriculum: (Career, college, and military readiness goal 80% of students, grades Prek-5th will be able to name one possible potential career path).

Guidance Lessons
Baby Doll Circle Time
Red Ribbon Week
Career Day
Anti-Bullying Week Speakers
Kindness Week
Counselor and Teacher led Character Strong Lessons

Responsive Services: (The school counselor will provide behavior support by implementing regulation stations for each grade level).

Restorative Circles
Risk Assessments
Brief Solution Focused Counseling
Small Group Counseling
De-Escalation with Students
Classroom behavior support
Food and clothing support

System Support: (The counselor will collaborate with stakeholders by attending monthly MTSS meetings).

MTSS committee
Parent meetings
Team collaborations
District meetings and trainings
Attendance support

Counseling Calendar

Linked below is the outline for guidance lessons, as well as schoolwide events. Half of the guidance lesson time is spent deliverying the lesson, and the other half is spent guiding the students through stations. These stations that help faciliate social skills and communication that align with the essential 8 topic of the month. Lastly, the counseling calendar includes a local college and career path of the month that is discussed on the morning announcements.

Lesson plan copy for parents

Monthly guidance social centers provied in guidance class so students can practice pro-social behavior.

Social Centers

Character Strong Morning Meeting Campus Wide Pacing Guide

CS 2024-2025 Pacing Guide

Guidance Highlight

One of Denton's Essential 8 themes is relationship skills. Students learn how to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy friendships. Part of being able to have healthy relationships skills is being able to navigate peer conflict. One example of a guidance lesson that centered around relationships skills was the peace path lesson (see picture to the bottom left). Before sending students off to practice solving fictional peer conflict situations, the counselor first modelled how to walk the peace path. Prior to learning about the peace path 80% of 1st grade behavior support calls were the result of peer conflict. After our peace path lesson, and the instillation of classroom peace paths, only 50% of support calls were the result of peer conflict.

Kindergarten through second grade classrooms use peace paths to talk through peer conflicts.

Guidance lessons combine district curriculum with hands on centers to facilitate social-emotional learning.

Students learn essential 8 character traits best when lessons are fun. Puppet shows, paired with bibliotherpay books, happen once a month.

Pre-K and kindergarten students learn empathy through Baby Doll Circle Time.

Needs Assessment Data

Parent & Community Collaboration

Queso with the Counselor

Queso with the Counselor provided McNair families with an opportunity to view campus data, learn more about the program, and offer their suggestions.

Monthly newsletters were shared with parents to keep them informed of guidance lesson topics.

Mrs. Rushing partnered with the specials team and CIS to plan career day. Over 20 community members and parents signed up to educate students on possible career tracks.

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