School Counseling
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Comprehensive School Counseling Brochure
VISION:
Every student will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve personal growth and postsecondary success.
MISSION:
Comprehensive counseling services in Naperville 203 provide students with preventative and responsive services that promote academic, social emotional, and college & career skill development in order to advance and empower students to achieve postsecondary success.
BELIEFS:
All students will…
- Develop self-advocacy skills and utilize resources within the school community in order to transition into adulthood.
- Have the ability to grow in the areas of academic, social-emotional, and career readiness.
- Have access to the tools they need to achieve balance in their definition of success.
COUNSELORS PROVIDE SUPPORT BY:
- Creating a safe school environment where children can learn.
- Listening to students concerns.
- Promoting positive attitudes.
- Designing interventions that lead to student success.
- Teaching students anger management, conflict resolution, mediation skills, and organizational strategies.
- Welcoming incoming 6th grade students from elementary school.
- Helping parents, teachers, and administrators to meet the needs of all students.
- Empowering students to become self-advocates.
- Developing and maintaining personal relationships beginning in sixth grade and continuing through eighth grade.
- Advocating for students.
- Working with students individually, in small groups and in the classroom.
- Coordinating referrals to outside agencies.
- Transitioning students to high school.
- Supporting new students and families who enroll in Lincoln Junior High School.
HOW DOES A STUDENT SEE THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR?
- CHAT Slips (Available in the counseling office and in all classrooms)
- Counselor Request
- Friend Referral
- Parent Referral
- Self-Referral
- Staff Referral
HOW AND WHY DO PARENTS CONTACT THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR?
- Concerns over student achievement
- Discussing needs of your student
- Early discussion of potential crisis
- Family difficulties or concerns
- Family health problems
*Parents can call or email the school counselor at any time for a phone conference or to set up a meeting.*
COLLEGE & CAREER COUNSELING CURRICULUM:
The Naperville 203 College & Career Counseling Curriculum promotes student academic, social emotional, and postsecondary preparation through utilization of tools, resources, and best practices. The ongoing curriculum spans 6-12th grade and includes goal setting, planning, and developing an individual learning plan for each student on SchooLinks.
Junior High College & Career Curriculum Outcomes
6th Grade Student Goal: Students will explore interests, talents, skills, and strategies to promote school and life success.
Priority Standards:
- Develop and practice a self-management system to promote academic success
- Investigate career and educational information resources to understand occupations and career clusters
- Identify a variety of life transitions
- Set a short-term goal; and with support, make a plan for achieving the short-term goal
Lessons:
- Trimester 1: Being the Best Student I Can Be
- Trimester 2: Exploring the Skills I Bring to A Team
- Trimester 3: Investigating My Future
7th Grade Student Goal: Students will investigate opportunities grounded in personal interests and strengths with understanding of career clusters.
Priority Standards:
- Engage in organizational, self-motivation and goal setting skills to work independently
- Analyze current interests, strengths, and areas of growth to guide career exploration and educational planning
- Identify how life transitions and changing situations can create stress
- With support, apply strategies to manage stress and motivate successful performance
Lessons:
- Trimester 1: Getting Ready
- Trimester 2: Investigating My Career Interests
- rimester 3: Postsecondary Pathways
8th Grade Student Goal: Students will develop academic and career plans that match interests and postsecondary goals and identify strategies for making a successful transition to high school.
Priority Standards:
- Set a long-term academic, career, and social-emotional goals and develop a plan for demonstrating perseverance to achieve each goal
- Compare personal interests with information about careers and education to develop individualized learning plan
- Identify and implement coping strategies that will contribute to one’s success in high school
Lessons:
- Trimester 1: Career Goals and Postsecondary Connections
- Trimester 2: Preparing for High School
- Trimester 3: Reaching My Goals
What is SchooLinks?
- SchooLinks is a college and career readiness platform that empowers students. The program helps to streamline all post-secondary planning activities from learning styles, career interest inventory, all the way to post-secondary outcome tracking. SchooLinks utilizes algorithms to personalize and simplify the otherwise intimidating experience for students and families, while providing a set of powerful tools.
- Parents will receive information to create their guardian account on SchooLinks before October 30.