A school counseling program is a comprehensive program that includes an emphasis on academic success for every student. The purpose of this program is to teach specific skills that will allow each student to achieve school success through academic, career, and social/emotional development experiences. The school counselors design programs and services to meet the needs of all students.
Together we empower every student to realize their full potential.
All students will have equitable access to the West Clermont Middle School counseling program. This program will address academic, career, and social/emotional skills through developmentally appropriate activities in the form of individual student planning, small group and classroom instruction. As advocates who provide support to remove academic and/or social barriers to student success, school counselors will facilitate support systems to ensure that all students can acquire and be prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary to realize their full potential.
Counselors teach classroom lessons addressing basic life long skills identified as essential for academic and personal success. These skills include responsible behavior, conflict resolution, goal setting, and career planning, among others.
Counselors provide personalized counseling based on a student’s academic, personal/social or career needs. Counselors also provide structured small groups that focus on a specific topic to enhance student achievement.
Counselors assist students with an immediate personal concern, a crisis, or a problem that may be affecting their achievement in school. The counselor may provide short-term individual sessions or in a small group with other students that face similar challenges.
The school system includes many programs designed to support students. Counselors assist in the referral process of students to appropriate support programs and services provided both within the school setting and to outside agencies.