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    counselor
    By teachfla

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    I can tell you are very on-top of things from all of your posts on PT, so this is more of a vent about my school counselor:

    Please:
    1. Send email reminders for meetings.
    2. Keep teachers up-to-date on referral processes.
    3. If I need to fill out copious amounts of paperwork, please send it in a timely manner (not 2 hours before you need it -- constantly done at my school!!)
    4. If there is an issue with one of my students, let me know about it at some point so I know what's going on with them. I can be a lot more helpful that way.
    5. I had the crisis intervention team in my class for two days last year when one of my students died. They pulled kids in small groups to talk about what had happened. But no one thought to brief me about these interactions so I would know who was most affected, etc. I was told to keep the norm going in the room. It was weeks later when I found out another of my students had seen the accident where my student died!!!

    You are going to be an awesome counselor. Have you thought about sending a questionnaire to your new faculty to see what their needs/wants are? I think that would be very helpful!

    View the original thread this idea was posted on



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