What is the Role of the Whitman Counselors?
School Counselors support the developmental and academic needs of students. Counselors
collaborate with school staff, administration and the parent community to ensure
the integration and alignment of the school counseling program with the mission
of the school. School counselors deliver prevention and intervention services
that support the academic, career, personal, interpersonal and healthy development
of all students. Prevention and intervention services include academic advocacy,
classroom/group guidance lessons, individual student planning, staff and parent
consultation, school program support and crisis response.
What do Whitman Counselors do?
Counselors meet with students in large groups, small groups and individually
to implement the counseling program by providing: Academic planning Organizational,
study and test-taking skills
- Academic support interventions
- Transition planning
- Post-secondary planning and the college application process
- Career planning
- Education in understanding self and others
- Coping strategies
- Peer relationships and effective social skills
- Communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution
- Substance abuse education
- Multicultural/diversity awareness
- Crisis Intervention
- Counselors collaborate and consult with parents to address:
- Academic planning and support
- Post-secondary planning
- School-to-parent communications/concerns
- Referral process
Last modified
December 22, 2007
