Bolton High School Guidance:Evolving to Meet Increasing Needs

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Overview: School Counselor Responsibilities

Counseling

Grade- Specific

Testing Services

Support Services

Parent / Student

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Counseling

Routine counseling / scheduled & ad hoc

Crisis control / immediate counseling

Master schedule

Course selection process

Scheduling process

15-minute individual conferences

re: student schedule requests

Schedule change meetings

Report cards / Progress reports

Class rankings

Facilitate student/teacher conferences

and parent conferences

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Grade-specific Counseling

9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade

Teach weekly freshman guidance

30-minute parent / student / counselor meetings

Graduation requirements

Teach Sophomore Career Unit

Graduation requirements

1-hour Post-secondary planning conference

Graduation requirements records for career portfolios

Career portfolios Job shadowing Work / Study

programs Internships Graduation

requirements

Continuous college counseling

1st semester career counseling

Graduation requirements

College App Recommendation letters

College application packets

Support students in post secondary planning

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Parent / Student Programs

Organize / present “Return of the Alumni” Program for 11th & 12th grade students

Organize / present Financial Aid Programs

Organize / present Juniors / Parents College Admissions Evening

Organize / host Post-Secondary Options Fair

Organize/host Teen Awareness Day

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Testing Support

Advise juniors and seniors on ACT or SAT tests

Pre- and post-PSAT lessons

Organize and monitor PSAT Testing

Manage CAPT testing process

Organize and maintain student CAPT records

Schedule ASVAB Exams

Schedule Perkins Vocational Testing

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Other Responsibilities Include:

Register new students

Case manager for “504” students

Remediation for students needing assistance in specific subjects

Special Ed student support / PPTs

State-required reports (PSIS, ED 540, ED 525)

Year-end statistical reports for seniors

Mentoring Program

Scholarship listing

Summer Jobs listing

Liaison between school / hospital / out-placement facilities

Maintain graduate student records