Patrick Wood's initial thoughts on the counselor's role

This is my second year teaching and I must admit that I know little about the actual duties and responsibilities of a counselor. Off the cuff, I would say that a counselor is tasked with ironing out student schedules, keeping tabs on foundering students, and the monitoring of students with troublesome home circumstances that would affect school performance. Additionally, counselors who deal primarily with seniors may be concerned with keeping the students on track to graduate and not fall prey to “senioritis”.