Counseling & Guidance
School Counseling & Guidance Staff
Each of School District 197’s eight schools has a counselor on staff to promote a proactive approach to positive and safe school environments.
Elementary School Counseling
Elementary school counselors:
- Provide needs assessments to monitor the needs of their school's student population and make program adjustments to support those needs
- Teach classroom guidance lessons to directly support goals related to school climate, testing/achievement, and the acceleration of excellence
- Offer individual counseling to support achievement and excellence goals by addressing barriers to learning
- Facilitate support groups to foster cultural assimilation
- Coordinate activities to ease the transition to middle school
- Provide consultation and advocacy to make sure each student finds something in school that delights, inspires, excites, and motivates them to pursue excellence
- Advise student groups such as the Kindness Patrol, Peer Helpers, Kids’ Council, and other extracurricular groups promote kindness and enhance the school experience
- Recruit volunteers to support the school community
- Conduct accountability and climate surveys within each building
- Analyze student discipline and conflict management issues and counselor success