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Purl Elementary School Counseling Program Goals
Purl Elementary School Counseling Program Goals
Individual Student Planning Goal
Individual Student Planning Goal
Continue the Purl student Leadership team by meeting on the second Wednesday of each month with students. Also with Individual Planning the counselor sits in on student meetings where we discuss the best way to support a student. The counselor is part of the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) to identify ways they can support students who are struggling in the school setting.
Guidance Goal
Guidance Goal
Present engaging lessons to each classroom at least 4 times per semester addressing interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness. The focus of the guidance lessons is based on the district learner profile topics of the month. The guidance lesson expands on the topics the students are learning during their daily morning meetings. This helps expand the topic for the students as well as get more in-depth with the monthly concept.
Responsive Service Goal
Responsive Service Goal
Present engaging lessons to each classroom at least 4 times per semester addressing interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness. The focus of the guidance lessons is based on the district learner profile topics of the month. The guidance lesson expands on the topics the students are learning during their daily morning meetings. This helps expand the topic for the students as well as get more in-depth with the monthly concept.
System Support Goal
System Support Goal
Established a teacher, student, and parent are able to refer for support through an online Google form. Each has its own form that is tailored to the needs of the individual filing it out. Through systems support the counselor is also a part of the Leadership Team, leader of the Restorative Practice Team, a part of the Multi-Tiered System of Support committee member, a Student Leadership committee member, and a member of the Purl Parent Teacher Association (PTA).
Highlighted Activity for Each Service Component
Highlighted Activity for Each Service Component
Guidance
Guidance
The counselor visits each of the grade-level classrooms on a monthly rotation addressing content based on the SES survey and input from the Purl SEL and Design Teams.
SEL Weekly Lessons for classroom teachers to address the highest need areas based on surveys- Interpersonal and Intrapersonal awareness.
Body Safety Lessons presented to Kindergarten-5th grade by the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center to address SB 9 requirements to provide students with the opportunity to receive instruction on the topic of Child Abuse and Family Violence.
Individual Planning
Individual Planning
Meet with 5th-grade students who are transitioning to middle school to help them determine elective choices, and needs for middle school.
Planning with MTSS committees to set academic and behavioral goals.
Purl Student Leaders was created to assist 4th and 5th graders with service and leadership skills, including the forward-thinking application of these skills in future academic and work situations.
Responsive Services
Responsive Services
Small group counseling based on teacher, parent, and student referrals on topics related to Survey responses and student needs.
Individual check-ins with students to assist with social-emotional regulation.
Crisis intervention when appropriate to address the immediate emotional/social support needs, including grief, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, for example.
System Support
System Support
Participating and collaborating in MTSS Committee discussions and decision-making.
Regular parent communication through phone calls, email, and campus weekly principal newsletters to families.
Coordinating Mentors, PALS and Watch DOG Dads for campus community connections and collaborations
Monthly counselor newsletter for parents to inform them of what we will be discussing in guidance the following month, along with ways to engage their child in the topics.
Purl Elementary School Comprehensive School Counseling Program Plan
Purl Elementary School Comprehensive School Counseling Program Plan
Guidance Lesson for CKH Trait for Integrity
Guidance Lesson for CKH Trait for Integrity
Guidance Lesson Integrity
Guidance Lesson Integrity
Every year, our guidance lessons have been centered around the monthly themes from Capturing Kids’ Hearts. Each month, students participated in lessons designed to build on these character-focused topics and strengthen our positive school community.
In November, we explored the theme of Integrity. Students learned that integrity means doing the right thing—even when no one is watching. Through conversations and activities, we discussed the importance of showing respect, making honest choices, and treating ourselves and others with honor.
Parent Collaboration
Parent Collaboration
The counselor collaborates with parents through regular phone calls, conferences, and emails to support the needs of their individual child and family, as well as being a member of the Purl Parent Teacher Association (PTA) . In addition, the counselor maintains a campus counselor website with forms and information readily available to parents and highlighted information in weekly parent principal blasts, as well as a monthly counseling newsletter that goes out to parents on what we will be discussing that month in guidance.
In partnership with the Purl PTA, the counseling department held their Third Annual Career Day 2024-2025, where we brought in over 30 different careers for the students to be able to experience and interact with those careers. This upcoming year we are planning to expand this Career Day with new careers for the students to experience as well as seeing some returning careers from the previous year.
Through meeting with parents based on their student's specific needs, we were able to determine the best way to support their child on campus, looking at their overall social, emotional, and behavioral well-being.
Counseling Newsletter (1).pdfCounseling Newsletter (2).pdfDecember 2025.pdfSchool Counselor Annual Use of Time
School Counselor Annual Use of Time
School counselors in the State of Texas are legislatively required (SB 179) to track their use of time to assure that at least 80% of their time is dedicated to the components of their program. The Texas Model provides recommended percentages of time use across the different delivery components to assure for a balanced program.
Purl Counseling Program Use of Time 2024-2025
Purl Counseling Program Use of Time 2024-2025
Guidance/ Advising: 20.84%
Individual Student Planning: 9.16%
Responsive Services: 36.96%
System Support: 33.04%
My goal is to increase guidance and advising while decreasing responsive services and system support. I can accomplish this by having more buy in from vested stakeholders.
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