School Counselor's Role


School Counselors do more than help you plan your schedule!

The professional school counselor is a state certified/licensed educator who holds a master's degree and is trained in school counseling with unique qualifications and skills to address all students' academic, personal/social, and career development needs.  Their work is differentiated by attention to developmental stages of student growth, including the needs, tasks and student interests related to those stages.

What is School Counseling?

School Counseling is a planned, sequential program of services tha tis proactive in scope, adn developmental in nature.  The purpose of the program is to assist students in exploring possible pathways that will provide positive academic, career, and personal/social education.

Why Middle School Counselors?

Middle school is an exciting, yet challenging time for students, their parents and teachers.  During this passage from childhood to adolescence, middle school students are characterized by a need to explore a variety of interests, connecting their learning in the classroom to its practical application in life and work; high levels of activity coupled with frequent fatigue due to rapid growth; a search for their own unique identity as they begin turning more frequently to peers rather than parents for ideas and affirmation; extreme sensitivity to the comments from others; and heavy reliance on friends to provide comfort, understanding and approval.

Middle school counselors enhance the learning process and promote academic achievement.

What is the role of the Middle School Counselor?

          •  Serves as an advocate for all students
          •  Promotes student academic success
          •  Collaborates with parents, teachers, administrators, and school and community
              resources
          •  Assists students with transitional tasks and issues
          •  Provides information and support for transfer students
          •  Assists in curriculum planning relative to students' educational pursuits and
              career goals

What counseling services does Middle School Counselors provide?

Academic edge                            Encouragement                      Personal concerns
Academic planning                       Family concerns                      Problem solving 
Blended families                          Goal setting                            Self-esteem
Career exploration                       Individual and small                Study skills                
Classroom guidance lessons            group counseling                  Support during crisis
Communication skills                   Moving to another school         Test-taking                    
Death and loss                            New student support                  Skills  
Decision making                          Organization                           Testing
Divorce and separation                 Peer relations                         Transition Activities


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