School Counseling Personal Statement

My passion for school counseling began almost two years ago. While attending Widener University for my undergraduate career, I was place in a field placement at Widener Partnership Charter School during my fall semester of junior year. While there I was one of six who were implementing the EarthForce Curriculum to sixth grade students. Since there were six undergraduate students designated to this class of about twenty, our professor decided to split the class up and we would each have our own individual groups to work with. I was so thrilled and excited to have my own miniature class, however my professor had something else in mind for me. My mentor came to me asking if I minded working one-on-one with a student who had multiple behavioral issues and could not participate in

My student inspired me to be a better, stronger teacher, while I inspired him to be a more cooperative and productive student, with fewer outbursts. From that moment on, I had a new understanding of the quote “so often you find that the students you’re trying to inspire are the ones that end up inspiring you” (Junkins). I was able to break down the walls of the students and not only become an educator, but a confidant. He could tell me if he had any outbursts that day and why or what he wanted to do after school or in the future for that matter. He started the class not speaking a word to me and by the time my field experience was completed, the student was holding conversations with not only the other undergraduate students, and his classmates, but also myself. He had made a complete turn around. This still brings a smile to my face and tears to my eyes, because at that very moment in time, during my last day with my student I realized how much I wanted to become a school counselor so that I could help thousands of other students just like