School counselors have earned a Master degree and are certified as a School Counselor. School counselors use the same basic helping processes – counseling, consulting, coordinating, and appraising to work with all students. The roles and functions of counselors at different academic levels demand that counselors develop a program to meet the specific needs of the students they serve.
Counseling - The ongoing, confidential process of assisting people focus on concerns and develop and implement solutions. Counseling, primarily for students, is offered as either group or individual form.
Group Guidance / Instruction – Group guidance is a planned program of guidance activities designed to foster students’ academic, career, and personal/social development. Counselors and teachers work collaboratively to provide this.
Consultation – Collaborating with parents, teachers, and administrators to identify problems, needs, and solutions to assist in academic success.
Coordination - Counselors deliver many different services and have responsibility for coordinating a number of activities that benefit students and schools. Some activities include data collection and sharing, test administration, test results, and managing student records.
Counseling - The ongoing, confidential process of assisting people focus on concerns and develop and implement solutions. Counseling, primarily for students, is offered as either group or individual form.
Group Guidance / Instruction – Group guidance is a planned program of guidance activities designed to foster students’ academic, career, and personal/social development. Counselors and teachers work collaboratively to provide this.
Consultation – Collaborating with parents, teachers, and administrators to identify problems, needs, and solutions to assist in academic success.
Coordination - Counselors deliver many different services and have responsibility for coordinating a number of activities that benefit students and schools. Some activities include data collection and sharing, test administration, test results, and managing student records.