Saturday week-end 3

I really learned a great deal from the counselors. Things will help me understand their job. I found it very interesting that a requirement of the program is to prepare curriculum that is taught to the students. As, a administrator it is important to work with your counselors to establish the needs of the students. Then they can prepare curriculum that is productive for the student population. Also, as an adminstrator observing the students from the un-structured time can be eye opening in regards to behavior. I learned that counselors can see a student five times without paretnal consent. A good suggestion that was given is to have a setion in the handbook where the parents can sign taht their child can see the counselor anytime. This way they are covered throughout the school year as long as the parent signed the handbook. If anyone did not know this they can go to the ASCA web-site and get a lot of good information on conseling. As a principal you should make sure that you have a good realtionship with your conselors. Find out what their strenghts are and what things they would like to improve on as a conselor.