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The Counselor’s Role. The school counselor's role is to provide assistance, help educate, and discuss the multitude of options available to students after graduation. At the high school level a counselor should devote most of their time and effort to making sure that each student has secondary options available to them. The counselor helps with the college application process, applying for financial aid, and scholarship information. If a student is leaning towards the military or attending a trade school, the counselor must be knowledgeable of these different avenues as well. It’s so important to note the many hats the counselor wears. In my rural school district the counselor has small numbers of students, but her role involves much more than guidance curriculum and implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. These components are seriously lacking and our school would benefit from more career services and college planning preparation. A counselors optimum ratio of students they serve should be no more than 250 per one counselor. Many counselors are having to function at much higher student rates. One could see how direct services and individual planning is lacking when there are too many students and not enough time to meet with them because of other counselor obligations. The delivery system is one of four main components of the ASCA model. As stated 80 % of a counselor time should be spent in delivery services. The delivery framework is constituted as direct or indirect services, where individual planning would be categorized as direct student services. School counselors coordinate ongoing systemic activities designed to assist students in establishing personal goals and developing their future plans. In the Can... ... middle of paper ... ...y through high school. If I was at a high school campus I would make a point to meet with all freshman during the fall of their first year of high school. I would show students resources that they could analyze at home with their parents or with myself. Two such resources are http://www.texasrealitycheck.com/ and kuder.com. I want the parents involved and any resources I provide will be assessable from their home or school. The more familiar students are with their career they wish to pursue, the college (if) they plan to attend, and their educational background they will need will help prepare the student. I would be able to meet with all students and discuss career options and plans. We could do aptitude test and interest inventories. I would be able to walk them through submitting college applications. We would talk about FASA and look into college expenses.

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