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A school counselor's job can be summed up in three words: helping students succeed. A school counseling program is a structured plan to help achieve that goal, centered on three main areas:
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
Career Preparation
Career Preparation
Social/Emotional Development
Social/Emotional Development
Alongside their education in math and literacy, students need to learn skills to help them become better students. Learning strategies such as study skills, identifying goals, staying organized, and setting high personal standards will benefit them in school and at home, and they will carry this success with them into their future jobs.
Career preparation begins in elementary school! Our students take the first steps into career exploration by examining different career clusters and identifying personal interests. Students become familiar with diverse types of careers and link their current academic efforts with long-term career success.
Elementary school is the training ground for learning how to build positive relationships with peers and supervisors. Our growth and character education curriculum teaches social and self-management skills needed for lifelong success, such as self-control, perseverance, coping, and empathy.
School counselors:
School counselors:
- Teach classroom lessons
- Lead small groups of students who support each other in specific areas
- Meet individually with students who need one-on-one support
- Serve on collaborative teams to develop personalized plans for struggling students
- Identify students who need extra services so that they do not slip through the cracks.
All of these services are available to all of our students. I desire for all our students to believe that the high expectations we set for them are possible, and to grow in personal agency to achieve even the most difficult goal.
All of these services are available to all of our students. I desire for all our students to believe that the high expectations we set for them are possible, and to grow in personal agency to achieve even the most difficult goal.
The school counseling program at A.J. Whittenberg is based on the American School Counselor Association National Model.
The school counseling program at A.J. Whittenberg is based on the American School Counselor Association National Model.
Click below to explore some features of our School Counseling Program.
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