My Focus
Academic Development:
- importance of academics
- students understand that they should take pride in their work
- goal setting process and how to achieve goals
- tutoring for students that want and need extra help
Career Development:
- assess interests, skills, and abilities
- understand interests and how that can relate to a career
- show students many job and career options
- encourage to explore on their own & take interest inventories
- understand what is needed for certain careers
- how to write a resume
- the importance of being responsible
- what skills are needed for jobs
- career goal setting
- process of career-planning and training necessary
- relationship between educational achievement and career success
- discuss the feelings of success and satisfaction in the workplace and how to achieve these
Personal & Social Development:
- importance of self-knowledge
- help students identify their values, attitudes, and beliefs
- ability to identify one’s strengths
- develop interpersonal skills
- students recognize, respect, accept, and appreciate individual differences as well as ethnic and cultural diversity
- learn effective communication skills
- decision-making and problem solving models
- conflict resolution skills
- ensure students are aware of personal safety skills
Safe Space:
As the school counselor my number one priority is the safety and well-being of all students. My office is always a safe space.
- LGBTQ friendly
- open dialogue
- celebrate diversity
- relationships built on trust