The mission of Pleasant Grove Elementary School counseling department is to pursue academics and behavioral excellence by creating a safe, equitable, and accessible environment resulting in measured continuous improvement. Through participation in a comprehensive school counseling program, all students will develop the essential academic, career, and social/emotional skills that lead will lead them to develop a passion for learning and the capacity to overcome the obstacles and challenges to become successful leaders.
What are the objectives of the School Counseling Program?
Each school in Wake County Public Schools has a school counseling program. Licensed school counselors are responsible for the organization and management of the programs in schools. School counselors work with students, parents, teachers, and administrators to help students succeed in school and prepare for meaningful, productive living.
School counseling programs are child-centered, developmental, and preventive, and encourage students' academic, social/emotional, and career awareness at each stage of their development. Services are inclusive and respectful of differences in gender, religion, ethnicity, race, ability and handicapping condition. All elementary school counselors in Wake County are required to teach the following objectives from the three major domains: academic development, career development and personal/social development from the "Standards for School Counseling Programs in Wake Public Schools."
Kindergarten
Academic
Academic
Academic
Academic
Academic
Academic
What Does a School Counselor Do?
Why do parents contact a school counselor?
What are the objectives of the School Counseling Program?
Each school in Wake County Public Schools has a school counseling program. Licensed school counselors are responsible for the organization and management of the programs in schools. School counselors work with students, parents, teachers, and administrators to help students succeed in school and prepare for meaningful, productive living.
School counseling programs are child-centered, developmental, and preventive, and encourage students' academic, social/emotional, and career awareness at each stage of their development. Services are inclusive and respectful of differences in gender, religion, ethnicity, race, ability and handicapping condition. All elementary school counselors in Wake County are required to teach the following objectives from the three major domains: academic development, career development and personal/social development from the "Standards for School Counseling Programs in Wake Public Schools."
Kindergarten
Academic
- Understand the expectations of the educational environment
- Use appropriate communication skills to ask for help when needed
- Work cooperatively in small and large groups towards a common goal
- Demonstrate goal setting
- Demonstrate good manners and respectful behavior towards others
Academic
- Understand the importance of individual effort, hard work and persistence
- Use appropriate communication skills to ask for help when needed
- Work cooperatively in small and large groups towards a common goal.
- Understand the concept of job and career
- Understand the importance of teamwork in working towards a common goal
- Understand how to make and keep friends and work cooperatively with others
- Identify resource people in the school and community and understand how to seek their help
Academic
- Demonstrate individual initiative and a positive interest in learning
- Use appropriate communication skills to ask for help when needed
- Work cooperatively in small and large groups towards a common goal
- Understand that behaviors such as punctuality, courtesy, proper dress, and proper language are essential to current and future success
- Exhibit the principles of character, including honesty, trustworthiness, respect for the rights and property of others, respect for rules and laws, taking responsibility for one's own actions, fairness, caring and citizenship
Academic
- Use appropriate communication skills to ask for help when needed
- Work cooperatively in small and large groups towards a common goal
- Understand the relationship of individual effort, hard work and persistence to achievement
- Understand that Americans are one people of many diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and national origins who are united as Americans by common customs and traditions
- Understand the importance of short term and long-term goals
Academic
- Demonstrate time management and organizational skills
- Apply study skills necessary for academic achievement
- Recognize the benefits of both individual initiative and teamwork
- Identify hobbies and interests
- Understand decision making and problem-solving strategies
Academic
- Recognize personal strengths and weaknesses related to learning
- Understand the choices, options, and requirements of the middle school environments
- Recognize that the changing workplace requires lifelong learning
- Identify career choices through exploration
- Understand change as a part of growth
- Identify the emotional and physical dangers of substance use and abuse
- Use strategies for managing peer pressure
What Does a School Counselor Do?
- Counsels with students individually and/or in groups
- Responds to student needs in crises situations
- Orients students to new school settings
- Participates actively in the referral process of students to special programs and/or services
- Analyzes test results to provide information about abilities, achievement, interests and needs
- Coordinates efforts with other school specialists
- Conducts conferences with parents
- Facilitates parent discussion groups
- Adheres to ethical and legal standards
- How is a student referred to the school counselor?
- Self-referral, teacher, administrator or staff referral, parent referral, or counselor observation
Why do parents contact a school counselor?
- Academic achievement
- New school registration, orientation, and transition
- Test interpretation
- Special needs of students
- Student crisis situations
- Family transitions