Sunday, February 1, 2009

Interview with counselor

I look forward to the interview that I have set up with the school counselor this week. It is "counselors" week at the school. So, I plan on getting my interview for my class but plan also to do a story for the school news. I believe that the interview will enlighten me as to the vast responsibilities of our school counselors. I have a mindset about what I believe they do, but do I really know ? I am familiar with all three of my school counselors. I see them as busy, caring and directed. There has been some opportunity to see them intercede in a meeting or counsel with a student. However, I have never really taken the time to ask what their job description encompasses. I feel that the discussion with them will give me deeper insight into what a high school counselor does for its students. By understanding this better, I can better promote the counselors and their services to my own students. Better yet, as a broadcasting teacher, I can promote all of the counselors as an entirety to the student body.

3 comments:

  1. I like your comment that by knowing better what the counselors do, that you can better inform your students. What a great idea. That would be very helpful. I dealt with an issue last week and wasn't exactly sure who to contact. Finally I contacted the students counselor and she took care of the issue. It will be good to know exactly what issues they deal with.

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  2. Hi Lori,

    I can agree with you regarding the school counselors. They have an enormous amount of responsibilities that we could not even imagine. I have met briefly with the counselor for my Small Learning Community and she brings a total different perspective to her job than I previous thought. Just to think of all the data plus making sure the student are taking the right course and on track to graduate is a great undertaking within itself.

    Bernardo

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  3. Hi, Lori - good insight. I particularly like your take on what you can do for the counselors in your position as Broadcasting Instructor. They will greatly appreciate the communication avenue and your program will benefit from the close relationship that should result.

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