Ohio Virtual Academy Middle School Counseling
As the Middle School Counselors at OHVA, we work collaboratively to provide support and help eliminate barriers to our 6th-8th grade middle school students’ academic success, personal/social well-being and college/career readiness. In addition to individual student counseling, we provide group counseling and classroom lessons through MS Counselor Corner sessions. The topics of these monthly sessions are student needs identified by students, parents, and teachers/admin in annual need assessments. We also provide support for MS students involved in: early high school credit, College Credit Plus (CCP), and other academic, personal/social and college/career student opportunities and involvement. We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with the students, teachers, staff, administration, and stakeholders at OHVA to ensure the continuing success of our MS students!
Ohio Virtual Academy School Counseling Vision Statement
The Ohio Virtual Academy School Counseling Department believes that all planning and programming is student centered and innovative. We believe every student has something unique to contribute to the school's learning environment. Our counselors are passionate and engaged, and believe every student will experience a safe and nurturing learning environment where they will be inspired to reach their full potential, both inside and outside of the classroom. Our School Counselors, in partnership with parents and learning coaches, will advocate for all students. Students will be empowered to achieve academic success and personal growth, and will develop comprehensive career plans to achieve their goals after leaving the Ohio Virtual Academy, becoming well educated and productive citizens in their local communities.
The School Counselors at Ohio Virtual Academy believe:
1. All students can achieve success.
2. Every student is valuable and should be treated with dignity and respect.
3. All students will have access to high quality school counseling services provided by a full-time licensed, professional school counselor.
4. Student diversity is respected and integral to the design and delivery of school counseling services.
5. All students can expect that the online school environment is safe, nurturing and responsive.
6. The student and parents/learning coaches are responsible for monitoring the student's educational progress with the assistance of a licensed school counselor to evaluate and monitor progress towards graduation requirements.
Click here to access our Comprehensive School Counseling Plan