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Friday, January 31, 2014
Changed Impressions
My impressions of the roles and responsibilities of guidance counselors have changed little after the readings. I feel my assessment of their daily activities was pretty close to exact. The one aspect of their roles and responsibilities I have a better understanding of would be their role as communication piece between various people within the school. With their involvement in so much of students’ lives and planning I overlooked the most important feature; communication between all parties. Guidance counselors must constantly transfer information to the administration of the school, the parents of the students, the teachers and the students themselves. Whenever counseling takes place there are potentially involved parties that may not be present at the meeting but need to know the outcome of those discussions. This is where the guidance counselor’s roles and responsibility takes on an even more important aspect as communication is the most important piece of any group or team trying to accomplish stated goals.
I agree Terry. I also didn't realize that guidance counselors had to involve administration of any outcomes. Guidance counselors are similiar to teaching except they don't create lesson plans and grade. However, parental contact, accountability to administrators, students conferences and all are responsibilities that could be overlooked as a guidance counselor. I also agree that most of your perceptions of a guidance counselor has a lot to do with communication. They have to constantly communicate with stake holders to ensure the education benefit of students are carried out. Maybe in a few years they will change the title to a Communication Counselor. In this case, a doctorate degree maybe necessary.
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