Franklin High School Counseling Program
THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR
The school counselor is a positive change agent in the school and plays the role of an advocate for the success of all students. NJAC 6A:9-‐13.8
(NJDOE, 2004) recognizes that school counselors counsel and collaborate with students and other significant adults in students’ lives to help
close the achievement gap and open opportunities for all students (teachers, administrators, parents, business, and community
representatives).
School counselors who work in the Franklin Township Public Schools and who have worked on the development of a comprehensive
program are totally school counseling focused. They are master’s level certificated professionals trained in counseling programs aligned
with the standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
In a comprehensive school counseling program designed to respond to local student needs, school counselors are on the cutting edge of
positive change. They are change agents, skilled in group dynamics problem-‐solving, goal setting and decision making, advocacy, family
systems and systemic change. As active change agents in the school, they collaborate with others to facilitate and promote change each day
in all school arenas—in classrooms, student centers, parent conferences, staff development, team meetings, I&RS committees, building
leadership committees, community groups, and in their counseling center.
Franklin High School counselors:
● design, lead, and evaluate their comprehensive school counseling program
● follow a clearly defined counselor role description based on counseling goals for all students
● utilize their professional training in individual and group counseling, group facilitation, consultation, coordination, collaboration,
and systemic change
● collaborate with other specialists on multilevel school teams to promote student improvement and success
● work to remove school, cultural, community, and systemic barriers to student achievement
● assure access to opportunities and rigorous educational experiences for all students
● solicit broad participation from parents, teachers, students, community members, support staff, board members, and administrators
BELIEFS AND PHILOSOPHY
The philosophy and beliefs of the programs presented by the school counselors of Franklin High School are:
We Believe:
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● Students are our highest priority.
● Students are unique and have the right to develop their individual career and personal/social potential.
● Students have the right to be treated with dignity and respect and learn in a safe and supportive environment.
● School counselors are advocates for and support each student by fostering student connectedness with peers, staff, and family.
And that our School Counseling Program:
● Reaches all students
● Comprehensive in scope
● Developmental in nature
● Proactive in design
● Part of the whole educational program
● Monitors student progress
● Facilitates services for students
● Advocates for students’ individual needs
● Collaborates with students, staff, and families
● Collects and uses data to drive program decisions
● Encourages the exploration of careers and future educational goals
● Celebrates student success
And that all School Counselors will:
● Plan and manage the comprehensive school counseling program.
● Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.
● Participate in professional development activities essential to maintaining a quality school counseling program.
MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of the Franklin High School Counseling Department is to engage all students in an academic, personal/social and career
program, which provides the tools for students to function effectively in an ever-‐changing global community.
PROGRAM GOALS
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The counselor will fulfill the goals and objectives of the Developmental Counseling Program through individual counseling, small group
counseling, classroom group guidance, coordination of services, and consultation with parents/guardians and teachers. The curriculum is
based on the philosophy that the affective development of the student, while the responsibility of the entire school staff, is a primary
concern of the counselor. The counselor helps students identify strengths, areas in need of improvement, beliefs, and feelings. Students
will use this heightened self-‐awareness in the decision-‐making process.
The three main themes of the Developmental Guidance and Counseling Programwill be reinforced throughout the curriculum by classroom
teachers and specialists as the themes occur in their content area. The counselor will act as a consultant to offer guidance materials and
activities to supplement their curriculum.
The success of this program is dependent on the school community working as one unit to help each child reach his/her full potential.
Teachers and parents will be an integral part of the program to identify and refer students for counseling services. Students will be able to
self refer when problems arise.
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMThe goals of the high school counseling program have been divided into three categories:
Academic Development
Career Development
Personal/Social Development
The focus of this comprehensive developmental program addresses the following for all students:
I. Academic Development
The program standards for the academic development guide the school counseling program to implement strategies and to support and
maximize student learning. Academic development includes acquiring skills, attitudes, and knowledge which contribute to effective
learning in school across the lifespan; employing strategies to achieve success in school; understanding the relationship of academics to the
world of work, and to life at home and in the community. Academic development standards and competencies support the premise that all
students meet or exceed the local, state, national academic standards.
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II. Career Development
The program standards for career development guide that counseling program to provide the foundation for students to make a successful
transition from school to the world of work, and from job to job across their lifespan. Career development includes strategies to achieve
future career success and job satisfaction as well as fostering an understanding of the relationship between personal qualities, education
and training, and the world of work. Career development standards and competencies ensure that students develop career goals as a result
of their participation in a comprehensive plan of career awareness and experiential activities.
III. Personal/Social Development
The program standards for personal/social development guide the school counseling program to provide the foundation for personal and
social growth, as student’s progress through school and into adulthood. Personal/social development includes the acquisition of skills,
attitudes, and knowledge which help students understand and respect self and others acquire effective interpersonal skills, understand
safety and survival skills, and develop into contributing members of our society. Personal/social development standards and competencies
ensure that students have learning to successfully negotiate their way in the increasingly complex world of the 21st century.
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Domain ASCA
Standards
Competencies 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
Academic
Standard AA:
Students will
acquire the
attitudes,
knowledge
and skills that
contribute to
effective
learning in
school and
across the
lifespan.
Competency
AA1: Improve
academic
self-‐concept.
Competency
AA2:
Acquire skills
for improving
learning.
Competency
AA3:
Achieve school
success.
AA1: Interpretation of NJ ASK
and other standardized test
results
AA1: Interpretation and correct
placement of ESL students
AA3: Intervention & referral
services (I&RS) for eligible
students
AA1, AA2, AA3: Individual
academic counseling for
students throughout the
learning spectrum
AA1, AA2, AA3: Peer support
groups & topical groups
AA3: 9th grade transition
activities. , via Freshman
Advisory and individually
AA3: 9th grade
orientation/counselor
introductions
AA1,AA2, AA3: Academic
program planning meetings
AA2, AA3: Assist in
coordination of home
instruction when needed
AA2: Individual developmental
conferences
AA1, AA2, AA3: Coordinate
academic programming for
classified students with CST
AA3: Articulation with middle
school counselors and staff
A1, A2, A3: 9th grade small
group orientation
A1, A2, A3: Group counseling
for identified struggling
students
AA1: Interpretation of
PSAT and other
standardized test
results
AA1: Interpretation
and correct placement
of ESL students
AA1: Review
preparatory college
admission testing with
counselor
AA3: Intervention &
referral services (I&RS)
for eligible students
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Individual academic
counseling for
students throughout
the learning spectrum
AA1, AA2, AA3: Peer
groups and topical
groups
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Coordinate academic
programming with
child study team
members
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Academic program
planning meetings
AA2, AA3: Assist in
coordination of home
instruction when
needed
AA2: Individual
developmental
session ss with
students and/or
AA1: Interpretation of
PSAT, HSPA and other
standardized test
results.
AA1: Interpretation
and correct
placement of ESL
students
AA1: College
admission
testing/review with
counselor
AA3: Intervention &
referral services
(I&RS) for eligible
students
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Individual academic
counseling for
students throughout
the learning
spectrum.
AA1, AA2, AA3: Peer
groups and topical
groups
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Coordinate academic
programming with
child study team
members
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Academic program
planning meetings
AA2, AA3: Assist in
coordination of home
instruction when
needed
AA2: Individual
AA1: Interpretation
of HSPA, PSAT, SAT,
ACT, AHSA and other
standardized test
results
AA1: Interpretation
and correct
placement of ESL
students
AA1: College
admission
testing/review with
counselor
AA3: Intervention &
referral services
(I&RS) for eligible
students
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Individual academic
counseling for
students throughout
the learning
spectrum. (Check for
graduation
requirements during
summer before
school begins and
throughout the year)
AA1, AA2, AA3: Peer
groups and topical
groups
AA1, AA2, AA3:
Coordinate
academic
programming with
child study team
members
AA1, AA2, AA3:
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families developmental
conferences
Academic
programming for the
transition beyond
high school
AA2, AA3: Assist in
coordination of
home instruction
when needed
AA2: Individual
developmental
conferences
Academic
Standard AB:
Students will
complete
school with
the academic
preparation
essential to
choose from a
wide range of
substantial
post-‐secondar
y options,
including
college.
Competency
AB1: Improve
Learning.
Competency
AB2: Plan to
achieve goals.
AB1, AB2: Individual counseling
regarding goals and interests
AB1: Connection of Learning
Style Inventory to academic
planning
AB1: Peer collaboration and
support
AB2: Counselor introductions
via class meeting and
individual counselor meetings
AB2: Academic Program
Planning meetings
AB2: 9th grade parent Program
Planning Orientation
AB2: Classroom presentations
regarding program planning for
rising 9th graders
AB2: Interpretation of NJASK
scores, if necessary
AB2: Academic counseling for
students who are experiencing
difficulty achieving satisfactory
grades
AB1, AB2: Collaborate with CST
at the middle school regarding
academic programming
AB2: Help students understand
what is on the transcript and
how credits are earned;
Students can see progress on
AB1, AB2: Individual
counseling regarding
goals and interests
AB1: Peer mentorship
AB2: Academic
Program Planning
meetings
AB2: Classroom
presentation regarding
course selection
AB2: Interpretation of
PSAT scores
AB2: Organize and
facilitate evening
program to explain
PSAT scores to
students and their
families
AB2: Academic
counseling for
students who are
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
grades on their report
cards
AB1, AB2: Coordinate
academic
programming with CST
AB2: Promote student
use of Genesis to
AB1, AB2: Individual
counseling regarding
goals and interests
AB1: Peer
collaboration and
support
AB2: Academic
Program Planning
meetings
AB2: Individual
Meetings with juniors
re: post-‐secondary
plans (college, career,
etc.)
AB2: Classroom
presentations re:
course selection
AB2: Review of PSAT,
SAT and ACT scores
AB2: Evening program
to explain PSAT scores
to parents and
students
AB2: Junior College
Planning Night for
parents
AB2: Academic
counseling for
students who are
experiencing difficulty
AB1, AB2: Individual
counseling regarding
goals and interests
AB1: Peer
mentorship
AB1, AB2: Use Family
Connection to help
students finalize
college list, and
compare self to
previous FHS
applicants to
colleges
AB2: Use
assessment data to
aid in educational
planning.
AB2: College
Application process
with individual
students during fall
semester (spring, as
necessary)
AB2: Discuss
academic
performance with
seniors in danger of
failure and not
graduating
AB2: Facilitate
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Genesis.
AB2: Make students aware of
school and community
resources for interest
exploration
AB2: Familiarize and register
students with Family
Connection for college and
career searches
review academic
performance and
progress
AB2: Familiarize
students with Family
Connection for college
and career exploration
AB2: Introduction of
vocational school and
career academies
options
achieving satisfactory
grades
AB1, AB2: Coordinate
academic
programming with CST
AB2: Students able to
review academic
performance on
Genesis
AB2: Familiarize
students with Family
Connection for college
and career searches
AB2: Vocational
school and academy
introduction
opportunities for
course/unit recovery
for students in
danger of not
meeting graduation
requirements
AB2: Discuss
transition to the
college campus with
counselor and with
current college
students.
Academic
Standard AC:
Students will
understand
the
relationship of
academics to
the world of
work and to
life at home
and the
community.
Competency
AC1: Relate
school to life
experiences.
AC1: Counseling of families
and/or students
AC1: Peer groups and topical
groups
AC1: Academic programming
with each student; work in
conjunction with CST
AC1: Crisis counseling and use
of Student Assistance
Counselor to work with all
involved parties
AC1: Discuss internship,
externship, part-‐time job ,
volunteer opportunities or
summer opportunities
AC1: Provide students with
information about
extra-‐curricular activities
AC1: Counseling of
students and families
AC1: Facilitate peer
groups and topical
groups
AC1: Academic
programming with
each student
AC1: Crisis counseling
as needed in
collaboration with
Student Assistance
Counselor
AC1: Provide
information on
internship, externship,
part-‐time job,
volunteer and summer
opportunities
AC1: Introduce the
cooperative education
and structured
learning programs
AC1: Introduce the
vocational program
AC1: Counseling of
families and/or
students
AC1: Peer Groups and
topical groups
AC1: Academic
programming with
each student; work in
conjunction with CST
AC1: Crisis counseling
and use of Student
Assistance Counselor
to work with all
involved parties
AC1: Discuss
internship,
externship, part-‐time
job, volunteer
opportunities or
summer
opportunities
AC1: Introduce the
cooperative
education program
and structured
AC1: Counseling of
families and/or
students
AC1: Peer Groups
and topical groups
AC1: Academic
programming with
each student; work
in conjunction with
CST
AC1: Crisis
counseling and use
of Student
Assistance
Counselor to work
with all involved
parties
AC1: Discuss
internship,
externship, part-‐time
job, volunteer
opportunities or
summer
opportunities
(Option II) in
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AC1: Provide students
with information about
extra-‐curricular
activities
learning program
AC1: Introduce
vocational school and
career prep options at
Raritan Valley
Community College
AC1: Provide students
with information
about extra-‐curricular
activities
preparation for next
steps after high
school
AC1: Use of
cooperative
education program
and structured
learning program as
viable options for
students
AC1: Provide
students with
information about
extra-‐curricular
activities
Career
Development
Standard CA:
Students will
acquire the
skills to
investigate the
world of work
in relation to
knowledge of
self and to
make
informed
career
decisions.
Competency
CA:
Develop career
awareness.
Competency
CA2: Develop
employment
readiness.
CA1: Individual developmental
conferences
CA1: Individual
program/schedule planning
conferences
CA1,CA2: 8th to 9th grade-‐
Freshman Orientations
CA1: Information about
extra-‐curricular
CA1: Freshman Focus
CA1: Volunteer information
sessions
CA1: Completion of Naviance
personality and interest
surveys, and familiarization
with career exploration tab on
Naviance.
CA2: Resume writing.
CA2: Development and
implementation of attendance
improvement plan
CA1: Individual
developmental
conferences
CA1: Academic
planning conferences
CA1,CA2: Coordinate
academic
programming with CST
CA1: Activities Fair and
the dissemination of
information regarding
extra-‐curricular
opportunities
CA1: Career Day
CA1: Volunteer
information session
CA1: Completion of
Naviance personality
and interest surveys
CA2: Resume
development and
maintenance through
use of current
technologies
CA1: Individual
developmental
conferences
CA1:
Schedule/Planning
meetings
CA1, CA2: Junior
College Planning Night
CA1, CA2: Campus
visits (in building, and
out of building)
CA1, CA2: College
planning meetings
CA1: Activities
Fair/information
about extra-‐curricular
CA2: Resume
maintenance utilizing
Naviance
CA2: Development
and implementation
of attendance
improvement plan
CA1: Individual
developmental
conferences
CA1:
Schedule/Planning
meetings
CA1, CA2: Senior
College Planning
Night
CA1, CA2: Campus
visits (in building,
and out of building)
CA1, CA2: College
planning meetings
CA1: Activities
Fair/information
about
extra-‐curricular
CA2: Resume
maintenance
CA2: Development
and implementation
of attendance
improvement plan
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CA2: Development and
implementation of
attendance
improvement plans as
needed
Career
Development
Standard CB:
Students will
employ
strategies to
achieve
further career
success and
satisfaction.
Competency
CB1:
Acquire career
information.
Competency
CB2: Identify
career goals.
CB1: Family Connection
registration -‐ orientation/game
plan/checklist
CB2: Peer support groups
CB1, CB2: Career awareness
through use Family Connection
career module
CB1, CB2: Individual program
planning meetings
CB1: Individual developmental
conferences
CB1: Exploration of
Family Connection
features
CB2: Individual
program planning
meetings
CB1, CB2: Sophomore
Career Workshop
including "Do What
You Are" on Family
Connection (Career
Interest Profile,
Personality Trait
Assessment)
CB1: Individual
developmental
conferences
CB2: PSAT and
dissemination of
results
CB1, CB2: Coordinate
academic
programming with CST
CB1, CB2: Provide
vocational-‐technical
school options
CB1: Family
Connections
CB2: Individual
program planning
meetings
CB1, CB2: Junior
post-‐secondary
planning meetings
CB1, CB2: Junior
College and Career
Nights
CB1, CB2: Planning
and scheduling
meetings
CB1: Individual
developmental
conferences
CB2: College visits
(on-‐campus and off
campus)
CB2: PSAT and
Dissemination of
results
CB1, CB2: Coordinate
academic
programming with CST
CB1, CB2: Vocational
Technical School
options-‐post high
school
CB1: Financial Aid
Night
CB2: Senior College
Planning meetings
CB2: Senior
transition/exit
meetings
CB1: Individual
developmental
conferences
CB1: Research and
apply for
scholarships.
CB2: Senior College
Planning Night
CB2: College visits
(on-‐campus and off
campus)
CB1, CB2: Discuss
transition goals
during Annual
Review with CST
Career
Development
Standard CC:
Students will
understand
the
Competency
CC1:
Acquire
knowledge to
CC1: Family Connection
registration -‐ orientation/game
plan/checklist
CC1, CC2: Career awareness
through use Family Connection
career module
CC1, CC2: Career
Workshop -‐ Family
Connection
inventories/interest
profiler
CC1: PSAT result
CC1: PSAT result
dissemination
CC2: Individual
program planning
meeting
CC1: Junior college
CC1: Senior
college/Career
planning meetings
CC2: Completion of
college application
process
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relationship
between
personal
qualities,
education and
training and
the world of
work.
achieve career
goals.
Competency
CC2: Apply skills
to achieve
career goals.
CC1, CC2: Planning and
scheduling meetings
CC1: 9th grade-‐ Freshman
Orientation
CC2: Peer Groups, Transition
Groups, Study Skills Group
dissemination and
interpretation
CC2: Individual
program planning
meetings
CC1, CC2: Career Day
CC1, CC2: Provide
vocational-‐technical
school options-‐ post
high school
CC1: Offer ASVAB
testing
planning classroom
presentations
CC1: Junior Parent
College and Career
Nights
CC2: Take SAT or ACT
CC1, CC2: Discuss
transition goals
during Annual Review
with CST
CC1, CC2: Vocational
Technical School
options-‐post high
school
CC1, CC2: Attendance
at Job Fair
CC1: Offer ASVAB
testing
CC2: Take SAT or ACT
CC1, CC2: Discuss
transition goals
during Annual
Review with CST
CC1, CC2: Senior
College Planning
Meeting Night
CC1, CC2: Financial
Aid Night
CC1, CC2:
Attendance at Job
Fair
CC2: Meet regarding
graduation
requirements
Personal/
Social
Standard PA:
Students will
acquire the
attitudes,
knowledge
and
interpersonal
skills to help
them
understand
and respect
self and
others.
Competency
PA1:
Acquire
self-‐knowledge.
Competency
PA2:
Acquire
interpersonal
skills.
PA1, PA2 -‐ Individual
developmental meetings.
PA1, PA2 -‐ Peer support and
topical groups
PA1, PA2 -‐ Articulation with
middle school counselors.
PA1, PA2 -‐ I&RS.
PA1, PA2 -‐ Provide crisis,
family, & developmental
counseling.
PA1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling and referral to SAC
PA1-‐-‐Referral to and
collaboration with TAG
services
PA1 -‐ Family Connection's
Personality Inventory.
PA 1-‐ Character Education
initiatives including Week of
Respect activities and
activities that promote
positive behavior
PA1-‐ Community Service
PA1, PA2 – Facilitate
peer support and
topical groups
PA1, PA2 – Provide
support to at risk
students through
participation in I&RS
PA1, PA2 -‐ Provide
crisis, family ,and
developmental
counseling
PA1-‐-‐Referral to and
collaboration with TAG
services
PA1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling and referral
to SAC
PA1 – Completion of
Family Connection's
Personality Inventory
PA 1-‐ Character
education initiatives
including Week of
PA1, PA2 -‐ Peer
support and topical
groups
PA1, PA2 -‐ I&RS.
PA1, PA2 -‐ Provide
crisis, family and
developmental
counseling.
PA1 -‐ Substance
abuse counseling and
referral to SAC
PA1-‐-‐Referral to and
collaboration with
TAG services
PA1 -‐ Family
Connection's
Personality Inventory.
PA 1-‐ Character
Education initiatives
including Week of
Respect activities and
activities that
promote positive
PA1, PA2 -‐ Peer
support and topical
groups
PA1, PA2 -‐ I&RS.
PA1, PA2 -‐ Provide
crisis, family and
developmental
counseling.
PA1 -‐ Substance
abuse counseling
and referral to SAC
PA1-‐-‐Referral to and
collaboration with
TAG services
PA1 -‐ Family
Connection's
Personality
Inventory.
PA 1-‐ Character
Education initiatives
including Week of
Respect activities
and activities that
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PA 1, PA2-‐ Anti-‐Bullying
Initiatives
PA1, PA2-‐ Substance abuse
prevention
Respect activities and
activities that promote
positive behavior
PA1-‐ Provide
opportunities for
community service
PA 1, PA2-‐ HIB
education and
school-‐wide
anti-‐bullying initiatives
PA1, PA2-‐ Substance
abuse prevention
behavior
PA1-‐ Community
Service
PA 1, PA2-‐
Anti-‐Bullying
Initiatives
PA1, PA2-‐ Substance
abuse prevention
promote positive
behavior
PA1-‐ Community
Service
PA 1, PA2-‐
Anti-‐Bullying
Initiatives
PA1, PA2-‐ Substance
abuse prevention
Personal/
Social
Standard PB:
Students will
make
decisions, set
goals and take
necessary
action to
achieve goals.
Competency
PB1:
Self-‐knowledge
application.
PB1 -‐ Peer support groups.
PB1 -‐ I&RS committee.
PB1 -‐ 504 committee.
PB1 -‐ Provide developmental,
family, and crisis counseling.
PB1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling and referral to SAC.
PB1 -‐ Program planning
conferences.
PB1 -‐ Program of
Studies/scheduling meetings.
PB1 -‐ Family Connection
registration/orientation/Game
Plan
PB1 -‐ Articulation with middle
school counselor
PB1 -‐ Meetings with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
PB1 -‐ Complete applications
and recommendations for
summer and enrichment
programs
PB1 -‐ Participate in IEP
meetings.
PB1 -‐ Recommend tutors upon
request for struggling students.
PB1-‐ Anti-‐bullying initiatives
PB1 – Facilitate
student participation
in the I&RS and 504
processes
PB1 -‐ Provide
developmental, family,
and crisis counseling
PB1 -‐ Provide
substance abuse
counseling and
connect students to
related resources
PB1 – Academic
program planning
conferences
PB1 – Exploration of
Family Connection
features
PB1 – Goal setting
meetings for students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
grades
PB1 -‐ Participation in
IEP meetings
PB1 – Provide tutoring
options for
academically
struggling students
PB1 -‐ I&RS committee.
PB1 -‐ 504 committee.
PB1 -‐ Provide
developmental,
family, and crisis
counseling.
PB1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling and
referral to SAC
PB1 -‐ Program
planning conferences.
PB1 – Course of
Studies/scheduling
meetings.
PB1 -‐ Family
Connection.
PB1 -‐ Meetings with
students experiencing
difficulty achieving
satisfactory grades
PB1 -‐ Participate in IEP
meetings
PB1 -‐ Recommend
tutors upon request
for struggling
students.
PB1 -‐ Administer the
PSAT and review PSAT
results.
PB1 -‐ I&RS
committee.
PB1 -‐ 504 committee.
PB1 -‐ Provide
developmental,
family, and crisis
counseling
PB1 -‐ Substance
abuse counseling
and referral to SAC
PB1 -‐ Program
planning
conferences.
PB1 -‐ Family
Connection
PB1 -‐ Meetings with
students
experiencing
difficulty achieving
satisfactory grades
PB1 -‐ Participate in
IEP meetings.
PB1 -‐ Recommend
tutors upon request
for struggling
students.
PB1 -‐ Financial Aid
Night
PB1 -‐ Family
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PB1 -‐ Administer the
PSAT and review and
disseminate results
PB1 – Completion of
Family Connection
Career Interest
Inventory
PS1-‐ Anti-‐bullying
initiatives
PB1 -‐ Family
Connection's college
application process
PB1 -‐ Junior parent
college planning
night.
PB1 -‐ Junior college
meeting (s)
PB1 -‐ Coordinate &
administer
standardized tests.
PB1 -‐ Assist students
with post-‐secondary
plans.
PB1 -‐ Provide
opportunities for
students to meet with
representatives of
colleges, vocational
schools, and the
military.
PB1 -‐ Assist student
athletes
PB1-‐ Anti-‐bullying
initiatives
Connection's college
applications.
PB1 -‐ Coordinate &
administer
standardized tests.
PB1 -‐ Assist students
with post-‐secondary
plans
PB1 -‐ Provide
opportunities for
students to meet
with representatives
of colleges,
vocational schools,
and the military
PB1 -‐ Assist
student-‐athletes.
Personal/
Social
Standard PC:
Students will
understand
safety and
survival skills.
Competency
PC1:
Acquire
personal safety
skills.
PC1 -‐ Peer support groups.
PC1 -‐ I&RS committee.
PC1 -‐ 504 committee.
PC1 -‐ Provide developmental,
family, and crisis counseling.
PC1 -‐ Student/parent
orientations for new students.
PC1 -‐ Consult with therapists,
outside agencies, and doctors.
C1-‐ Assist new students in the
adjustment process to the
school culture
PC1 -‐ Crisis response team
PC1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling
PC1-‐Referral to and
PC1 -‐ Peer support
groups
PC1 – Student
education of the
interventions and
accommodations
resulting from the I&RS
and 504 committee
processes
PC1 -‐ Provide
developmental, family,
and crisis counseling
PC1 – Provide
information to new
student and parents
through new student
PC1 -‐ Peer support
groups.
PC1 -‐ I&RS committee.
PC1 -‐ 504 committee.
PC1 -‐ Provide
developmental,
family, and crisis
counseling. PC1
-‐ Student/parent
orientations for new
students.
PC1 -‐ Consult with
therapists, outside
agencies, and
doctors.
C1-‐ Assist new
PC1 -‐ Peer support
groups.
PC1 -‐ I&RS
committee.
PC1 -‐ 504 committee.
PC1 -‐ Provide
developmental,
family, and crisis
counseling.
PC1 -‐ Student/parent
orientations for new
students.
PC1 -‐ Consult with
therapists, outside
agencies, and
doctors.
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collaboration with TAG
services
PC1 -‐ Collaborate with school
nurse and administration
orientation meetings
PC1-‐ Assist new
students in the
adjustment process to
the school culture
PC1 -‐ Consultation with
therapists, outside
agencies, and doctors
PC1 -‐ Crisis response
team participation
PC1-‐Referral to and
collaboration with TAG
services
PC1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling
PC1 -‐ Collaboration
with school nurse and
administration
students in the
adjustment process
to the school culture
PC1 -‐ Crisis response
team.
PC1 -‐ Substance abuse
counseling.
PC1-‐Referral to and
collaboration with
TAG services
PC1 -‐ Collaborate with
school nurse and
administration
C1-‐ Assist new
students in the
adjustment process
to the school culture
PC1 -‐ Crisis response
team.
PC1-‐Referral to and
collaboration with
TAG services
PC1 -‐ Substance
abuse counseling
and referral to SAC
PC1 -‐ Collaborate
with school nurse
and administration
ANNUAL TIMELINE:
This is a general guide for counseling activities throughout the year. Individual circumstances and needs may vary.
9Th Grade 10Th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
September ● Attend Freshmen Orientation Event
● Meet individually with the
counselor
● Register for Naviance –
questionnaire/checklist
● Address scheduling and academic
concerns
●PSAT – notification will be
sent home and presented in
classrooms in late September
●Address scheduling and
academic concerns
●PSAT – notification will be
sent home and presented in
classrooms in late September
●Address scheduling and
academic concerns
●College representative
meetings
●Address scheduling and
academic concerns
●College rep. meetings
●Review transcripts for
accuracy
●College applications and
letters of recommendation
●College planning events (in
school and evening parent
event)
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October ● Meet individually with the
counselor
● Register for Naviance –
questionnaire/checklist
● Meet with students receiving
warning on progress reports
● PSAT administration
● Address scheduling and
academic concerns
● Meet with students receiving
warning on progress reports
● Complete Naviance Career
Exploration
● PSAT administration
● Address scheduling and
academic concerns
● Meet with students receiving
warning on progress reports
● College representative
meetings
●Address scheduling and
academic concerns
●College representative
meetings
●College applications and
recommendation letters
●HSPA Make-‐ups
November ● Meet individually with the
counselor
● Register for Naviance –
questionnaire/checklist
● Meet with students experiencing
difficulty achieving satisfactory
grades for 1st MP
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 1st MP
● Career Day
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 1st MP
● College representative
meetings
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
grades for 1st MP
● College representative
meetings
● College applications and
recommendation letters
December ● Meet individually with the
counselor
● Register for Naviance –
questionnaire/checklist
● Meet with students experiencing
difficulty achieving satisfactory
grades for 1st MP
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
performance for 1st MP
● Review of PSAT results
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 1st MP
● Review of PSAT results
● Administer personality
inventories
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
grades for 1st MP
● College applications and
recommendation letters
● Financial Aid event
● Early decision meetings
January ● Course Selection assembly
● Complete Naviance resume
● Course Selection assembly ● Course Selection assembly
● College option research with
counselees
● FAFSA completion
● College applications and
recommendation letters
● AHSA administration
● Financial Aid Event
February ● See counselees for individual
course selection appointment
● Meet with students experiencing
difficulty achieving satisfactory
● See counselees for individual
course selection appointment
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
● See counselees for individual
course selection appointment
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
gradess for 2nd MP
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grades for 2nd MP achieving satisfactory grades
for 2nd MP
achieving satisfactory grades
for 2nd MP
March ● See counselees for individual
course selection appointment
● See counselees for individual
course selection appointment
● SAT administration
● See counselees for individual
course selection appointment
● HSPA administration
● HSPA administration, if
necessary
● AHSA administration
April ● Adjust course selection based on
current performance and resolve
schedule conflicts
● Meet with students experiencing
difficulty achieving satisfactory
grades for 3rd MP
● Adjust course selection based
on current performance and
resolve schedule conflicts
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 3rd MP
● Adjust course selection based
on current performance and
resolve schedule conflicts
● College planning
appointments
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 3rd MP
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
grades for 3rd MP
● Evaluation of college
acceptances and financial
aid packages
May ● Adjust course selection based on
current performance and resolve
schedule conflicts
● Meet with students experiencing
difficulty achieving satisfactory
grades for 3rd MP
● Register for summer school and
summer programs, as needed
● Adjust course selection
based on current
performance and resolve
schedule conflicts
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 3rd MP
● Register for summer school
and summer programs, as
needed
● Adjust course selection based
on current performance and
resolve schedule conflicts
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory grades
for 3rd MP
● Register for summer school
and summer programs, as
needed
● AP testing
● Biology Competency Test
● Completion of senior student
and parent “brag sheets”
● Meet with students
experiencing difficulty
achieving satisfactory
grades for 3rd MP
● Local scholarship selection
● AP testing
● Update college information
in Naviance
June ● Adjust course selection based on
current performance and resolve
schedule conflicts
● Adjust course selection
based on current
performance and resolve
● Adjust course selection based
on current performance and
resolve schedule conflicts
● Summer school and
summer program
registration, as needed
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● Assist students in applying for
PSAT/SAT accommodations, if
appropriate
● Summer school and summer
program registration, as needed
schedule conflicts
● Summer school and summer
program registration, as
needed
● Summer school and summer
program registration, as
needed
● NCAA Clearinghouse for
student-‐athletes
● Final transcript review for
graduation and
post-‐secondary planning
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