Program Components in D51
School Counselors Help ALL Students:
- Apply academic achievement strategies
- Manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills
- Plan for post-secondary options (higher education, military, work force)
Appropriate Duties Include Providing:
- Individual student academic planning and goal setting
- School counseling classroom lessons based on student success standards
- Short-term counseling to students
- Referrals for long-term support
- Collaboration with families/teachers/admin/community for student success
- Advocacy for students at individual education plan meetings and other student-focused meetings
- Data analysis to identify student issues, needs and challenges
School Counselor Coordinator
Kayla Witzel
Compass Building
2768 Compass Drive, Suite 202
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Who are School counselors?
School Counselors are certified/licensed educators who improve student success for all students by implementing a data-informed school counseling program
School Counseling Effectiveness
Research shows school counseling programs, as outlined by "The ASCA National Model: A framework for school counseling Programs," have
a positive impact on student achievement, career and social/ emotional development. Results of research about the effectiveness of school counseling can be found at the following link: schoolcounselor.org/effectiveness
School counselors work to
create a future world where
all students thrive!
