What School Counselors Do

Dropout Prevention with Responsive Services and Supports

• Dropout prevention

• Crisis counseling

• Community resource connection

• Small group counseling

• Hope Squad

• Lifelines curriculum trainings

• Classroom presentations

• Local Case Management and student interventions

• Bullying prevention

• Parent/Teacher/Student mediation

• Systemic Needs Assessment (every 3 years)

• Data projects for program improvement (annually)

• Homeless prevention and assistance

• On-call availability for student emergencies

• IEP and 504 referrals

• Home hospital coordination

• District crisis team membership

• Attendance and truancy tracking

Plan for College and Career Readiness

• College day

• Student scheduling

• Graduation tracking and monitoring

• Individual Plans for Career and College Readiness

• Group Plans for Career and College Readiness

• Job application practice 

• College application assistance

• Letters of recommendation

• Scholarship assistance – bulletins

Collaborative Classroom Instruction

• Classroom and instruction and presentations

• Key to Success Presentations

• 9th Grade Counts Presentations

• CCA Strand Lessons

Systemic Program Management

• AP student placement

• ACT student preparation

• Professional development (USCA, ASCA)

• College and university coordination

• Teacher departmental meetings

• Coordination with Weber State University access programs (Early College)

• Coordination with feeder schools

• Community council representation and presentations

• PTSO representation and presentations