Module Post 2

Guidance counselors probably feel the greatest reward when they put strategies in place that helps a student achieved their projected goals and gone on to become successful in a challenging academic environment. Also changing a student mind who was contemplating dropping out of school and due to the strategic counseling strategies he/she was convinced to stay in school and later become a high school graduate and later possibly go on to college or technical school. Imagine a student returning later and informing the guidance counselor that because of you and your advice I became successful in the profession you help me choose.
The think the most challenging for a guidance counselor, could be when they see a promising student that they were working with eventually decides to drop out of school due to some social or personal issues. In the alternative setting as I stated earlier we have a lot of students with BIPs and IEPs, and it definitely can be challenging setting a curriculum that will help these students become successful in the academic environment. Guidance counselors also have to ensure that students are properly instructed and prepared for all state mandated testing so that their assigned schools has to meet all AYP standards. That is definitely challenging because you do not want to be reported as a failing academic school.