Changed Impressions

My view of what a guidance counselor is didn't necessarily changed. I just didn't realize there was more to one side to it. It's ironic that what I thought a guidance counselor was, actually matched up with what a secondary counselor was. I wasn't aware that the primary counselor went about counseling the students in a different way. In elementary schools, counselors spend their time with children individually, in small groups, or in classrooms. According to stateuniversity.com, additional duties might include developing classroom management plans or behavior plans for individual students, such as conducting Student Study Teams(SST)and Individual Education Plans(IEPs). It's interesting to know how guidance counseling are preceived in other countries. In Thailand, school counseling is advice given by teachers. In Israel, guidance counselors split up how they devote their time. Part of it is to school counseling and the other half is to teaching. I find that to be an intersting concept on how they have to play several roles. I wonder if they are compensated in the same manner or even at all as the US.