High School Guidance Plan

National School Counseling Standards

According to the American School Counseling Association, a quality school counseling program must address the following standards:

Academic Development

Standard A:    Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across their life span.

Standard B:     Students will employ strategies to achieve success in school.

Standard C:     Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.

Career Development

Standard A:    Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make appropriate career decisions.

Standard B:     Students will employ strategies to ensure future career success and satisfaction.

Standard C:     Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education and training, and the world of work.

Personal/Social Development

Standard A:    Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

Standard B:     Students will make decisions, set goals, and take appropriate action to achieve goals.

Standard C:     Students will understand safety and survival skills.

North Rose Wolcott High School Standards

1. ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Participation in Pupil Services Team
• Senior Year Graduation Review Meetings
• FLCC Gemini Coordination
• PSAT Administration
• ACT Administration
• Individual Student Planning Course Selection Grades 9-11
• Eighth Grade High School Elective Visit
• Incoming Freshman Parent Night
• Parent Conferences
• Alternative Learning Center Advisor Committee
• Review interim reports and report cards
• Develop individual student academic intervention plans in collaboration with parents, teachers and students
• Consult with staff, parents and community resources
• Parent-Teacher staffings
• Weekly Administration/Counselor meetings
• Attend CSE & 504 meetings
• Transcript & Graduation Requirment Audits

2.  CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• College Application Support/ Post Secondary Advisement
• Coordinate and host Rochester Area College Fair
• Finger Lakes Works Field Trip-Career Exploration
• Finger Lakes Medical Career Expo-Field trip
• Resume Writing Workshop
• Job Search/Temp Agency Workshop
• College Application Support/ Post Secondary Advisement
• ASVAB Administration-Career Exploration
• Financial Aid Night
• Referrals to College Bound Program
• Coordination of Wayne Technical Career Center Visits-Career Exploration
• Provide career and academic advisement
• Host college/military representatives
• College and Career Seminars

3. PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Freshman Interviews
• Freshman Orientation
• Cougar Pride Committee
• Individual Counseling
• Parent Consultation
• Crisis counseling/interventions
• Student Mediations
• Group Counseling
• Referrals to outside agencies

Counseling Master Timeline 

September
Senior Year Graduation Review Meetings
Senior Seminar (Common App/SUNY App/FAFSA)
Share 504/Declass plans with teachers
College Application Support / Post-Secondary Advisement
FLCC Gemini Registration
Coordinate and host Rochester Area College Fair
Reconnecting Youth Referrals
Senior Seminar - College Applications

October
Finger Lakes Works Field Trip - Career Exploration
Senior Year Graduation Review Meetings
Individual Freshmen Check-ins
College Application Support / Post-Secondary Advisement
Advertise and PSAT
Proposals for new courses
DAR Scholarship

November
Individual Freshmen Check-ins
ASVAB Parent Letter in report card / connectEd
ASVAB Prep in classroom
ASVAB Administration - Career Exploration
Schedule ASVAB Career Workshop
College Application Support / Post-Secondary Advisement
Identify 1st Quarter Failures and coordination of Potential Interventions
Plan 10th Grade BOCES visit
Review January Regents and RCTs
Advertise financial aid night through connectEd

December
Financial Aid Night
College Application Support / Post-Secondary Advisement
Freshman Seminar-organization and goal setting
Referrals to College Bound Program
Coordination of updating curriculum guide and course selections with administrator and faculty
Departments submit course offerings to Principal
Curriculum Guide updates
Course Selection Sheet Finalized
BOCES Visit 10th Grade
Study Hall Assignment Spring Semester
Plan 8th Grade Visit

January
PSAT Results
Coordination of Wayne Technical Career Center Visits-Career Exploration
Identify 2nd Quarter Failures and coordination of Potential Interventions
Individual Student Planning regarding Career Exploration & Course Selection Grades 9-11
Department Scheduling Meetings
Preliminary Special Ed. Projections
ASVAB Career  Exploration Workshop
Set up girls state interviews
Teacher recommendations for following year courses
Scholarship search Workshop

February
Individual Student Planning regarding Career Exploration & Course Selection Grades 9-11
Sign up for Medical Career Expo / College Fair
Update Regents AIS List
Eighth Grade High School Visit
Eighth Grade Parent Night
FLCC Gemini Registration
Set up boys state interviews
Vocational Assessments
Junior Seminar-Post High School Plans/College Search (1st Week)

March
Individual Student Planning regarding Career Exploration & Course Selection Grades 9-11
College Bound Nomination
National College Fair
Medical Careers Expo
Final Special Education Projections
Boys State Interviews
Review June Regents & RCTs
Reconnecting Youth Interviews
Junior Awards Meeting

April
Identify 3rd Quarter Failures and coordination of Potential Interventions
Facilitate development of master schedule
BOCES Contracts
Build Master Schedule
BOCES Luncheon
Juniors College Visit

May
Continue development of master schedule
Eighth Grade Special Class Transition Program
Lock Master schedule and begin to resolve conflicts
Schedule ASVAB for fall
Graduation Awards Meeting
DWI Crash Scenario (Red Creek)
Register for Finger Lakes Works field trip (paperwork/transportation request)
Resume Writing Workshop
Temp Agency and Job Search Workshop

June
Process Final Report Cards and identify credit recovery needs
Summer School Registration
Resolve scheduling conflicts
Assign PE teachers

July
Transcript/Graduation Requirement Reviews
Grade Placement Corrections
Update Regents Academic Intervention Services List
Joint Middle School-High School Transition Meeting
Resolve scheduling conflicts
Update Counseling Handbook

August
Grade Placement Corrections based on Summer School
Update Regents AIS Lists
Interview/Placement of New Students
Freshman Orientation
Resolve scheduling conflicts
Review BOCES Contracts and Summer School results
Review BOCES Academic Requests