DAIS COUNSELLING PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY
The School Counsellors at DAIS School adhere to the philosophy that all students can be successful in applying to a university and a school counselling program is an essential and integral part of the schools overall education process. The DAIS school counselling program, when fully implemented, will provide:
• Supportive networks for all students including parents and the school community.
• Opportunities for all students to receive counselling and guidance in the academic and career domains.
• Assistance for students to become responsible adults who can develop realistic and fulfilling life plans based on clear understanding of themselves and their needs, interests and skills.
• Continued attention in assisting students to develop competence in decision making, career development, working with others and taking responsibility for their own behavior.
All School Counsellors At DAIS Acknowledges That:
• All children are unique and should be treated with respect and dignity.
• Every student can succeed.
• Learning is a lifelong process.
• Fostering a positive self-image is the collaborative effort of the school, home and community which leads to responsible and productive citizenship.
• The diverse needs of all students must be addressed through the guidance and counselling program.
• A comprehensive developmental guidance and counselling program is not a support service but an integral part of the total education program.
• A developmentally appropriate career guidance and counselling program provides important benefits to individual students by addressing their intellectual needs.
DAIS COLLEGE COUNSELLING PHILOSOPHY
Our primary goal is to guide students in the university search, applicatio...
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...st hand information about a specific institution and to meet a member of the admission team. Students are welcome sign up for any session via Naviance Family Connection.
• College Decision
• Once a student has decided to accept an offer of admission, they are required to notify the remaining universities of their decision. Most regular decision or early action programmes do not require a student’s decisions until 1st May, leaving ample time for students to make an informed decision. When a student chooses a university, they are required to submit the necessary enrollment forms, along with a security deposit. Please note that students cannot deposit with more than one institution. When a student deposits at a university, an application withdrawal letters must be sent to their remaining universities. Form letters are available in the College Counselling Office.
Direct student services are in person interaction between the counselor and student. The services are described as, school counseling core curriculum, individual student planning, and responsive services. As a trainee, it has been well-educated that those three aspects of direct service is vital for the success of each student. The core curriculum are lessons that are designed to assist and attain desired competencies and to provide the knowledge, attitude, and skill needed for each student developmental level (ASCA, 2016). For instance, a
A flexible academic integrated instruction or behavioral support that it’s provided and adjusted to every student need to promote success for all.
And finally, colleges and universities have to be inclusive of varied student subpopulations. They need to determine and address the special needs of groups such as racial/ethnic minorities, women, athletes, Greeks, students of different ages, and gay and lesbian students.
The choices we make early in life have an enormous impact on our future. I have always known that I wanted to directly impact people’s lives and my personal experiences have set me on the school-counseling path. In the future, I would love to influence another generation of students to soar for their dreams.
School counselors are in elementary, middle and high school settings. “School counselors are frequently involved with assessment activities in their work with students, parents, and teachers”(Hays, 2013, p.16). School counselors use a number of test to assess their their students. It is important for school counselors to become familiar with these test so that they can use them successfully in their own
Counselling, coaching and mentoring are all ways to help people achieve success and as a result, they have many similarities; however, there are subtle difference distinguishing them from one another. Counselling does not have one singular definition, as it is prevalent in many different areas of psychology. Nonetheless, Feltham (2012) defines counselling as a way of focusing on a range of psychological and subconscious issues, to help people reach their potential. Counselling emphasises the enhancement of the clients’ psychological health through discussion of personal issues, helping clients understand the underlying cause of long-established problems. The counsellor uses constrained time to allow clients to examine their own challenges and
Individuals’ perceptions of their life/worth have the power to control the goals that they can carry out and meet. Every day we are learning new things and everyone has his/her own unique ways of learning. My strong desire to help students with their academic, personal, and social needs make me a strong candidate as a school counselor. While completing my undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Program Administration I learned a great deal about myself. I have a passion for learning and want to share and express that love for learning with students. I feel that the Master of School Counseling program provides a direct path to my career goals of helping students to comprehend subject matter while learning to love learning as I do. Not only will
In 2003 the ASCA National Model was published as a framework for school counseling programs it was revised in 2005 and 2012 (Erford, 2015). The collaborative model of school counseling is a cooperative process where the school counselor “helps others in the school community to think through problems and to develop skills that make them more effective in working with student” (Erford, 2015, p.35). Through this model the school counselor partners with parents, educators, and community resources and organizations to promote the career, academic, and personal/social development of all students.
offer a way to continue their education and strengthen their educational foundations"9. This is a
The employment goal must relate to the students interests, course of study, and transition assessments.
I cannot recall a more rewarding experience than helping facilitate a child’s education while enabling parent participation alike. These experiences have drawn me to my current position as an Educational Assistant where I am constantly interacting and establishing relationships with students, learning about their goals and aspirations. It is that same desire to empower our future students that has steered me towards a career as a school counselor. By enrolling in the Masters in counseling program, I aspire to develop methods and experience to become an effective, experienced, and adaptable school counselor that promotes self-awareness, allowing students to realize their full potential and impetus them towards a promising future. I want to learn skills that facilitate personal and career development, ensuring that our students grow accomplishing their goals and ambitions.
Kaffenberger, C. J., & O'Rorke-Trigiani, J. (2013). Addressing student mental health needs by providing direct and indirect services and building alliances in the community. Professional School Counseling, 16(5), 323-332.
The purpose of guidance counseling is to help students achieve happiness and success within their social and educational context. For young children this involves adaptation to the educational environment, and addressing any social or family problems that may interfere with the child's psychological health. For older children choice of career based on interest and ability takes precedence, although serious problems such as alcohol or drug abuse, sexual abuse or domestic violence situations, bullying and other situations that lead to severe stress are also addressed. The successful school counselor is one who takes the role of a loving parent, concerned and empathetic, able to listen and win the trust of students and with the time and self-confidence to make a difference in their lives.
At the beginning of the school year, the counselors had a scope and sequence they followed with the areas of; transitions, character and diversity, personal safety/wellness, and careers. The scope and sequence is modeled after the WCSCM’s Academic Standards for School Counseling covering the three domains of academic, personal/social, and career development. The standards help answer the question, “How are students different as a result of the school counseling program.” After each description of a lessons plans, was an explanation of each content standard which correlated with the lesson. While at my internships, I assisted with lesson planning and facilitating guidance lessons on careers, transitions or Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), as well as, groups on character development, new student groups, and diversity. The WCSCM is completely embedded in the counseling programs at both of the districts I worked
...ferent goals and priorities for himself or herself. Now that they already entered college, they are concerned about their major and starting a successful career.