Welcome to the AMS Counseling Corner!
What does a school counselor do?
Professional school counselors provide services to students, parents, school staff, and the community in the following areas:
• School Guidance Curriculum
– This curriculum consists of structured lessons designed to help
students achieve the desired competencies and to provide all students
with the knowledge and skills appropriate for their developmental level.
The school guidance curriculum is delivered throughout the school's
overall curriculum and is systematically presented by school counselors
in collaboration with other professional educators in K-12 classroom and
group activities.
• Responsive Services
– Responsive services are preventative and/or intervention activities
meeting students’ immediate and future needs. These needs can be
necessitated by events and conditions in students’ lives and may require
any of the following: individual or group counseling, consultation with
parents, teachers and other educators, referrals to other school
support services or community resources, peer helping.
• Individual Student Planning
- School counselors coordinate ongoing systemic activities designed to
help all students plan, monitor and manage their own academic
achievement, as well as establish personal goals and future career
plans.
• System Support –
System support consists of management activities, establishing,
maintaining, and enhancing the total school counseling program. These
activities include professional development, consultation,
collaboration, program management and operations. Professional school
counselors are committed to continual personal and professional
development and are proactively involved in professional organizations
promoting school counseling at the local, state and national levels.