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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Item #3b Most challenging for guidance counselors
Challenging careers ! Yes guidance counselors face challenges daily. As stated in the reading material guidance counselors definitely have a mental health perspective. They meet with challenging situation that include dealing with adolescents ,their mental and social growth to their social norms and even economic situations . They are poised with many challenges with the youth of today ,mainly due to the issues of today's society . They are responsible for freshman scheduling to the antsy graduating senior , and the school administrators to the complaining parents and even the teachers with all their issues and the delicate handling student with IEP's. They are face with facilitating and administering testing for students and to provide a open door policy for students and ALL their needs daily, weekly and Yearly.
I never considered the toll it must take on these counselors to have so many students "under his/her wing". I agonize over the actions, decisions, and missteps of my 130 kids. How must it feel to be responsible for the welfare, at least on some levels, of an entire school full of kids. I hear teachers complain daily about having to take their work home at night. They are referring to grading papers and creating assessments, etc. Counselors, on the other hand, carry around the the weight of the many hearts and souls that are the student body. What a truly challenging profession this is!
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