256AE - Prompt 2

Have you had to go to your school counselor to assist in a situation?  What was your experience in working with the counselor?  Were you able to get the student or parent the resources they needed?  If you have not had an experience with a school counselor, after hearing this webinar…what scares you the most about the topics discussed?  What thoughts did you have reflecting on the content of this webinar?

I love our guidance department at Agua Fria!  They are the best.   I stop by the guidance department at least a few times a week to talk about student progress.  Most of the time, I stop by to talk about students that are improving and are on the right track but every now and then I have them intervene with students I'm having trouble.  In these situations, they will usually call the student in to talk to them 1-on-1 and then report back to me about what I can or should do on my end.  If that doesn't work they usually set up a meeting with the parent and that usually does the trick.  For example, I had this senior that was in my geometry class (a sophomore level class), and she made it apparent that she did not want to be there.  After battling against her disruptive behavior she eventually started to act really apathetic in class.  After working with guidance we were eventually able to get her to realize that we were on her side and felt the class would be very beneficial for her if she put in the work on her end that was needed.  She is not one of my best students and is a pleasure to have in class.  I think after students see how many people want them to succeed, they eventually realize that we are not the enemy and they turn it around.