peer facilitation and peer mediation
Provide assessment by helping students identify
their skills, abilities, achievements and interests through counseling
and guidance activities and interpretation of standardized tests.
Work with specialized populations and needs
that require special attention, such as culturally diverse populations
and students of varying abilities.
Develop students' career awareness as a
lifelong process of forming basic values, attitudes and interests
regarding their future world of work.
Coordinate school, community and business
resources schoolwide guidance-related activities and extracurricular
programs promoting students' personal growth and skill development.
Provide consultation with teachers,
administrators, school psychologists, school social workers, and outside
agencies and social services concerning the welfare of the students.
Make appropriate referrals for special services
for students and families within the school and community. Communicate
and exchange information with parents/guardians by way of conferences,
parent education workshops and newsletters.
Participate as members of the school
improvement and interdisciplinary teams and work as liaisons with PTA.
Elementary school years set the tone for
developing the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for children to
become healthy, productive adults. With a comprehensive developmental
counseling program, counselors work as a team with school. parents and
community to create a caring atmosphere whereby children's needs are met
through prevention, early identification and intervention.
