NAME:
Deb Rowe
SCHOOL:
Double File Trail Elementary
SCHOOL PHONE:
428-7407
Deb Rowe has been a counselor and teacher for 19 years. She received her her
B.S.Ed from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and her M.S. in Educational
Counseling from National University in Sacramento, California. She also did
post graduate work at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California.
Most of her professional training and work experience has been in the San
Francisco Bay area. In 2000 she was a recipient of The Golden Bell Award.
She relocated to Austin in 2005. This is her fifth year at Double File
Trail.
Her professional passions include developing and sustaining peer mediation
programs and working with students to promote effective conflict resolution.
Her goal is that each student at DFT achieve academic success and emerge
from the school year with confidence and a strong sense of self-worth.
This summer Deb completed her level 1 training as a Certified Trauma
Specialist along with many of her counseling colleagues in the Round Rock
Independent School District.
Deb and her husband, Mark, enjoy spending time with their three daughters,
son-in-law, and their new grandson. Travel, camping, music, staying fit,
and reading are top leisure activities.
The mission of the Counseling and Guidance Program at Double File Trail
Elementary School is to be an integral part of the total educational
process. It is designed to prepare every student socially, academically,
and emotionally for present and future challenges. It supports the Texas
State Plan for the Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance Standards. These
standards are statements of what students should know and be able to do as
result of participating in a school counseling program. The purpose of the
program is to ensure that all students can achieve school success through
academic, career, and personal/social development experiences. In this
regard, the program involves a planned, purposeful, and sequential program
of activities that continue thoughout the child's elementary school career.
