An Elementary School Counselor:

Provides and carries out comprehensive developmental guidance lessons, focusing on 3 standards adopted by the American School Counselors Association (ASCA). 

Academic Standards:

• developing an interest in learning
• understanding personal responsibilities
• developing study skills

Career Standards:

• developing a positive attitude toward work and learning
• gaining an awareness of different careers

Personal - Social Standards:

• identifying different types of feelings
• building self-concept
• respecting individual differences
• making and keeping friends
• cooperating in a group
• resolving conflicts
• peer pressure
• learning about personal safety

I am in the kindergarten through second grade rooms the first half of the year and the third through fifth grade rooms the second half.

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