Guidance
The Professional School Counseling Program Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide every student access to a certified professional school counselor and to provide opportunities to all students to acquire academic, career, personal, and social competencies within a comprehensive and developmental counseling program in order to promote quality learning and lifelong success.
Belief Statements
1. All students have dignity, worth, and the right to a safe and nurturing environment, which supports and enhances student achievement and life long success.
2. All students will be provided with a School Guidance and Counseling Program that will be consistent with expected developmental stages and differences in learning styles.
3. All students' ethnic, cultural, racial differences and special needs are considered in planning and implementing the school-wide Guidance and Counseling Program.
The Woodville Elementary School Professional School Counseling and Guidance Program is based on the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) National Standards.
Highlighted Standards by Month and General Topics
Guidance Program
August
Standards: A:A2.3 - Use communication skills to know when and how to ask for help when needed.
C: C2.2 – Learn how to use conflict management skills with peers and adults.
PS:B1.4 – Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems.
Topics and Activities
You Are Special
Respect
Tattling versus Reporting
* Bullying
September
Standards PS:C1.3 – Learn about the differences between appropriate and inappropriate physical contact.
PS:C1.8 – Learn about the emotional and physical dangers of substance use and abuse.
PS:A1.4 - Understand change is a part of growth.
Topics and Activities
* Good Touch, Bad Touch
5th grade Growth and Development – coordinated with School Nurse Program
October
Standards PS:B1.8 – Know when peer pressure in influencing a decision.
Topics and Activities
Internet Safety – coordinated with School Resource Officer Program
Personal Safety
Fire Safety
Drug/Substance Abuse
Need to Talk
* Red Ribbon Week Activities
November/December
Topics and Activities
Focus on Generosity, Compassion, and Holiday Assistance
January
Standards A:C1.3 – Understand the relationship between learning and work.
C:A2.7 - Develop a positive attitude toward work and learning.
C:A2.8 – Understand the importance of responsibility, dependability, punctuality, integrity, and effort in the work place.
C:B1.2 – Identify personal skills, interests & abilities, and relate them to current career choice.
C:C1.4 - Understand that the changing workplace requires lifelong learning and acquiring new skills.
Topics and Activities
Careers
True Colors
Who am I?
Personality Inventories
February
Standards A:A2.3 - Use communication skills to know when and how to ask for help when needed.
PS:A2.3 - Recognize, accept, respect, and appreciate individual difference.
PS:B1.4 – Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems.
Topics and Activities
Personal/Social Skills
Interpersonal Social Skills
Anger Management
Hands are for Helping – coordinated with Circle of Hope
March
Standards A:A1.5 Identify attitudes and behaviors that lead to successful learning.
A:B1.7 – Become a self directed and independent learner.
A:B1.2 – Apply the study skills necessary for academic success at each level.
Topics and Activities
Academic Preparation
Test-Taking Skills
April/May
Standards A:C1.4 – Demonstrate an understanding of the value of lifelong learning as essential to seeking, obtaining, and maintaining life goals.
PS:A1.4 - Understand change is a part of growth.
Topics and Activities
Career Fair— if able to schedule
Transitional Activities – 5th to 6th grade
Transitional Activities – between grade levels – K – 4