Counselor Interview

I am looking forward to my interview with our guidance counselor and learn more about her tasks. I believe this assignment will have a threefold effect on my program and students. Counselors provide invaluable resources of support for students in academic, social and career settings. Academically, counselors assist my students in deciding technical pathways to pursue. They help them to plan curriculums and map out courses they need to complete in order to finish the pathway. Counselors help students seek opportunities to experience various career opportunities through course placement, career testing, presentations and counseling. Ultimately, counselors help students balance their academic loads with the social and personal aspects of their lives. Often times, students are at the crossroads in their lives. They are trying to balance school with social acceptance, family challenges and the mere physical aspects of growing up. Although I am knowledgeable of the subject matter I teach, my insight related to the tasks of the counselor are very limited. My ultimate goal is to ensure the success of my students. Having counselors to help my students develop a academic maps, guide them through the curriculums and see to it that social and personal challenges are minimized that impede their opportunity to succeed.