High School Counsellors facilitate the educational, personal, social and emotional development
of secondary students in our VSB high schools. High School Counsellors provide support to individual students, groups of students and classes in response to the current needs in their schools. In addition, they might provide social emotional guidance classes to students at varying grade levels. The High School Counsellor provides course selection support and may foster career exploration support and post secondary support. They are a resource for families and provide consultation for school staff. The High School Counsellor also liaises with district services and community agencies.
Support includes:
- counselling for individual
students on a variety of personal and school issues
- developing students’ self
awareness, self regulation, social awareness, social skills and problem solving
skills
- supporting students and
families in distress
- targeting social skills or
issues such as anxiety, stress, and depression through individual, small group and
full class intervention
- consulting and
collaborating with other school and District staff including participation in
School-Based Team meetings
- liaising with parents and
community agencies to facilitate access to services and ensure ongoing
communication with schools
- organizing and
facilitating referrals for special education services, Grade 8 articulation and
Alternate Program placements
- providing input into
development of individualized education plans
- organizing and
participating in case conferences and grade group conferences
- organizing and
implementing the process of course selection for their grade groups