All Discussions Tagged 'guidance' - School Leadership 2.02024-03-28T15:21:25Zhttps://schoolleadership20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=guidance&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCertified School Counselor seeking employmenttag:schoolleadership20.com,2014-03-18:1990010:Topic:1909702014-03-18T19:00:31.183ZAmanda Dubinskyhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/AmandaDubinsky
<p align="left">Dear School Leadership 2.0 Community,</p>
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<p align="left">I am currently seeking a School Counselor position within a Long Island School District. As my attached resume cites, I am a New York State Certified School Counselor, having studied and trained at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, where I earned a Master of Science Degree in School Counseling in 2008.</p>
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<p align="left">As of June 2011, I was a School Counselor at…</p>
<p align="left">Dear School Leadership 2.0 Community,</p>
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<p align="left">I am currently seeking a School Counselor position within a Long Island School District. As my attached resume cites, I am a New York State Certified School Counselor, having studied and trained at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, where I earned a Master of Science Degree in School Counseling in 2008.</p>
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<p align="left">As of June 2011, I was a School Counselor at <span>Islip</span> Middle School. <span> </span> Unfortunately, due to budget restrictions, my position was eliminated for the upcoming school year.<span> </span> I have been eager to get back into a school system, since.</p>
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<p align="left">Currently, I am the Volunteer Coordinator at Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice of Suffolk, Inc. where I direct a program comprised of training and overseeing 150 hospice volunteers who help care for hospice patients and their families. My resume outlines my varied experience in education, counseling and human services. It also demonstrates flexibility in problem solving in several very different settings.</p>
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<p align="left">I look forward to discussing more fully my background and the contributions I believe I can offer to the students in our community.</p>
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<p align="left">Thank you for your consideration.</p>
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<p align="left">Sincerely,</p>
<p>Amanda Dubinsky</p> School Administrator's Guide to Supporting the Role of School Counselors by Dr. Kimberlee Ratlifftag:schoolleadership20.com,2013-11-21:1990010:Topic:1766882013-11-21T12:58:42.995ZMichael Keanyhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/MichaelKeany91
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<p>After the Sandy Hook tragedy, President Obama called for increased mental health support in school settings. Counselors are qualified to work with students in individual counseling, small group counseling and large group support. Besides being leaders, advocates, collaborators and systemic change agents, counselors have training in crisis intervention and are often called upon to assist in small- and large-scale crisis situations. However, if school counselors are engaged in too many non-counseling duties, then their effectiveness is reduced.</p>
<p>In some schools, for example, the school counselor serves as the test coordinator and may spend hours preparing the testing materials. Additionally, counseling services cease during the dates when tests are administered. This sometimes results in the counselor not performing his or her functions for a month or longer.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.schoolcounselor.org/" class="external-link" target="_blank">American School Counselor Association</a> (ASCA) recognizes appropriate and inappropriate duties, which can be a challenge for those in school systems that use their school counselors as data entry clerks, testing coordinators, substitutes for classroom teachers, record keepers, or in disciplinary roles.</p>
<p>The following table shows a checklist of appropriate and inappropriate counselor duties.</p>
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<tbody><tr><td width="50%"><strong>Appropriate Duties</strong></td>
<td width="50%"><strong>Inappropriate Duties</strong></td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Individual student academic program planning</td>
<td valign="top">Coordinating paperwork and data entry of all new students</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Interpreting cognitive, aptitude and achievement tests</td>
<td valign="top">Coordinating cognitive, aptitude and achievement testing programs</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Providing counseling to students who are tardy or absent</td>
<td valign="top">Signing excuses for students who are tardy or absent</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Providing counseling to students who have disciplinary problems</td>
<td valign="top">Performing disciplinary actions or assigning discipline consequences</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Providing counseling to students as to appropriate school dress</td>
<td valign="top">Sending home students who are not appropriately dressed</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Collaborating with teachers to present school counseling core curriculum lessons</td>
<td valign="top">Teaching classes when teachers are absent</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Analyzing grade-point averages in relationship to achievement</td>
<td valign="top">Computing grade-point averages</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Interpreting student records</td>
<td valign="top">Maintaining student records</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Providing teachers with suggestions for effective classroom management</td>
<td valign="top">Assisting with duties in the principal's office</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Ensuring student records are maintained as per state and federal regulations</td>
<td valign="top">Providing therapy or long-term counseling in schools to address psychological disorders</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Helping the school principal identify and resolve student issues, needs and problems</td>
<td valign="top">Coordinating school-wide individual education plans, student study teams and school attendance review boards</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Providing individual and small-group counseling services to students</td>
<td valign="top">Serving as a data entry clerk</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Advocating for students at individual education plan meetings, student study teams and school attendance review boards</td>
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<tr><td valign="top">Analyzing disaggregated data</td>
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<p>Reprinted from <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-ASCA-National-Model-Counseling/dp/1929289324" class="external-link" target="_blank">The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs, 3rd Edition</a></em> (2012)</p>
<h2>7 Ways to Support School Counselors</h2>
<p>So how can administrators support their school counselors to be most effective as outlined in the ASCA National Model?</p>
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<li>At the beginning of the school year, meet with your counselor and complete the annual agreement that outlines goals, use of time and other responsibilities. Identifying the counselors' responsibilities maximizes their effectiveness.</li>
<li>Review the list of inappropriate and appropriate duties in the ASCA National Model to rediscover any duties that are not in line with best practices, and then decide which duties can be reassigned to other personnel.</li>
<li>Allow time for direct services to students. Direct services include presenting the school counseling curriculum in classrooms and conducting small-group and individual counseling. If there is concern that students participating in counseling will miss academic time, there may be ways to build in small group counseling during student lunchtimes. This means allowing the counselor to provide services during lunch rather than monitoring the cafeteria for lunch duty.</li>
<li>Counseling is not what it was when you were in school. School counselors are Master's level professionals with specific training in counseling skills. They can be a valuable asset for helping students cope with everyday stressors that interfere with learning. They can also help students with academic and career concerns, as well as personal and social concerns.</li>
<li>School counselors are trained to evaluate if student learning is positively impacted by the school counseling program. Meet with these professionals to see what programs or activities have been evaluated, and what the outcomes are. For example, if a counselor is working with students on anger management, have behavior referrals decreased? Have student grades improved?</li>
<li>Support counselors' recommendations for changes and programs that will benefit students and the school as a whole.</li>
<li>Review the ASCA National Model's recommended roles of the school counselor. You may discover that the counselor at your school has skills that are underutilized. Counselors support the school's overall mission and can make an incredible difference if used appropriately.</li>
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<p>In the comment thread, tell us about what counselors have done for your school or child.</p>
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</ul> Fill 3 positions for the price of 1!! Guidance Counselor/Attendance Teacher/Dean of Disciplinetag:schoolleadership20.com,2013-05-22:1990010:Topic:1549602013-05-22T13:18:34.664ZTimothy Browerhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/TimothyBrower
<p>Good Morning Administrators,</p>
<p> I am an experienced Guidance Counselor, in a large and diverse school district, who has attendance certification and a strong track record of assisting administration in handling disciplinary issues. I have been in my current district for three years and unfortunately have now lost my position due to budget cuts.</p>
<p> I am looking for a position in a similar district where I can use my unique skill set to affect positive changes and help the school…</p>
<p>Good Morning Administrators,</p>
<p> I am an experienced Guidance Counselor, in a large and diverse school district, who has attendance certification and a strong track record of assisting administration in handling disciplinary issues. I have been in my current district for three years and unfortunately have now lost my position due to budget cuts.</p>
<p> I am looking for a position in a similar district where I can use my unique skill set to affect positive changes and help the school to achieve it's goals. I feel that I would be a strong asset to a school looking to fill any or all of these roles who may not have the finances to fund three separate positions. </p>
<p> Please see the attached resume and feel free to contact me any time. I look forward to further discussing my qualifications and how I can be the right fit for your district. </p>
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