GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL – GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL – SCHOOL COUNSELING SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT

Mr. Chris Hanley (Director)Mr. Chris Hanley (Director)

Mrs. Rosalyn IsbellMrs. Rosalyn Isbell

Mrs. Rita TimmMrs. Rita Timm

Kelly Rieck Kelly Rieck (Admin. Asst.)(Admin. Asst.)

Typical comments made by GHS Typical comments made by GHS parentsparents about their about their ownown School School Counseling experience when Counseling experience when they were in school…they were in school…

““I never saw my counselor…” I never saw my counselor…”

“ “I didn’t even know who my I didn’t even know who my counselor was…”counselor was…”

““I didn’t know what my I didn’t know what my counselor did in our school…”counselor did in our school…”

The Grafton High The Grafton High School Student’s School Student’s typical “School typical “School Counseling Counseling experience”… experience”…

                                       

You are now 8th graders who You are now 8th graders who will be attending Grafton will be attending Grafton High School this fall…High School this fall…

Two-part orientation Two-part orientation program…program…

1st session deals with 1st session deals with scheduling of Freshman scheduling of Freshman classes, policy and classes, policy and program specifics, etc…program specifics, etc…

22ndnd session is a session is a photographic photographic presentation in regard to presentation in regard to GHS student lifeGHS student life

Eighth Grade Parent Eighth Grade Parent Meeting(s)Meeting(s)

GHS counselors meet GHS counselors meet with JLMS Administrator with JLMS Administrator & Counselor to discuss & Counselor to discuss transition… transition…

You are now a You are now a Freshman …Freshman …

o Freshman OrientationFreshman Orientationo ““Open House” for parentsOpen House” for parentso Freshman Career UnitFreshman Career Unito Freshman EXPLOREFreshman EXPLOREo Freshman Parent MeetingFreshman Parent Meetingo Scheduling session for next Scheduling session for next

school yearschool yearo Student/Parent Freshman Student/Parent Freshman

ConferenceConferenceo Formulation of Formulation of

“Individulized Learning “Individulized Learning Plan” (ILP)Plan” (ILP)

o Counselors/Admin hold Counselors/Admin hold monthly “At-Risk” monthly “At-Risk” meetings to discuss meetings to discuss student needsstudent needs

o And if you need additional And if you need additional assistance…assistance…

You are now a Sophomore…You are now a Sophomore…

““Open House” for parentsOpen House” for parents PLAN/WKCEPLAN/WKCE testingtesting Two part Sophomore Career Two part Sophomore Career

UnitUnit Career exploration Career exploration

(CareerCruising)(CareerCruising) Post-secondary education Post-secondary education

exploration (CareerCruising)exploration (CareerCruising) Review of GHS , post high Review of GHS , post high

school goals…school goals… Sophomore Parent MeetingSophomore Parent Meeting Scheduling session for Junior Scheduling session for Junior

yearyear Counselors/Admin hold monthly Counselors/Admin hold monthly

“At-Risk” meetings to discuss “At-Risk” meetings to discuss student needsstudent needs

And if you need additional And if you need additional assistance…assistance…

You are now a Junior…You are now a Junior…

““Open House” for Open House” for parentsparents

PSAT/ASVAB testingPSAT/ASVAB testing Junior/Parent Junior/Parent

conferenceconference Junior Career Unit Junior Career Unit

(CareerCruising)(CareerCruising) Career ExplorationCareer Exploration Post-Secondary Post-Secondary

education explorationeducation exploration ““Junior Parent Night” Junior Parent Night”

(at CHS)(at CHS) Scheduling session for Scheduling session for

Senior yearSenior year College SeminarCollege Seminar

Technical College Technical College SeminarSeminar

Opportunities SeminarOpportunities Seminar AP TestingAP Testing Counselors/Admin hold Counselors/Admin hold

monthly “At-Risk” monthly “At-Risk” meetings to discuss meetings to discuss student needsstudent needs

And if you need And if you need additional assistance… additional assistance…

You are now a Senior…You are now a Senior…

Individual Senior Individual Senior ConferencesConferences

““Open House” for Open House” for parentsparents

College, Technical College, Technical College College applications…applications…

Financial Aid Financial Aid Meetings (students Meetings (students & parents)& parents)

Scholarship Month-Scholarship Month-MarchMarch (Kelly Rieck) (Kelly Rieck)

AP TestingAP Testing

Final credit checks, Final credit checks, parent contacts, parent contacts, etc… etc…

Graduation Day Graduation Day Participation…Participation…

Counselors/Admin Counselors/Admin hold monthly “At-hold monthly “At-Risk” meetings to Risk” meetings to discuss student discuss student needsneeds

And if you need And if you need additional additional assistance…assistance…

We are continuously reviewing We are continuously reviewing and updating our curriculum and and updating our curriculum and responsibilities… responsibilities…

88thth Grade Orientation & Grade Orientation & RegistrationRegistration

88thth Grade Parent Meeting Grade Parent Meeting Individualized Learning Individualized Learning

PlansPlans Freshman OrientationFreshman Orientation Freshman & Junior Freshman & Junior

conferences with parentsconferences with parents Senior Individual Senior Individual

ConferencesConferences Freshman Career Unit & Freshman Career Unit &

Survival GuideSurvival Guide Freshman Parent Freshman Parent

MeetingMeeting Sophomore Parent Sophomore Parent

MeetingMeeting

Seminars for Juniors Seminars for Juniors (College, Tech (College, Tech College, Opportunity)College, Opportunity)

Financial Aid meeting Financial Aid meeting (Students & Parents)(Students & Parents)

Sophomore & Junior Sophomore & Junior Career ClassesCareer Classes

CareerFest CareerFest County-wide counselor County-wide counselor

meetingsmeetings IEP Involvement…IEP Involvement… Communication with Communication with

staff…staff…

Updates… (cont.)Updates… (cont.)

Meetings with Meetings with individual curricular individual curricular departmentsdepartments

Facilitation of all Facilitation of all testing testing

Participation by all Participation by all counselors in SAP counselors in SAP groupsgroups

Increasing Increasing availability of availability of scholarship materialsscholarship materials

School Counseling School Counseling web site updated: web site updated:

www.grafton.k12.wi.www.grafton.k12.wi.usus

Formulation of Formulation of Master ScheduleMaster Schedule

All schedule conflicts All schedule conflicts resolved by school resolved by school year’s endyear’s end

Minimal Summer Minimal Summer hours/ cost benefithours/ cost benefit

““Thoughts for the Thoughts for the present…”present…”

Excitement for the Excitement for the future…future…

““The School The School Counseling Counseling Environment”Environment”

Most importantly, Most importantly, we are working as we are working as one seamless one seamless unit/team, greatly unit/team, greatly increasing increasing counselor counselor productivity and productivity and positively positively influencing how we influencing how we serve students, serve students, parents, and the parents, and the rest of the school rest of the school community… community…

The future…The future…

We look forward to the We look forward to the challenges of each year and challenges of each year and the potential of each student the potential of each student being realized…being realized…

We sincerely thank you We sincerely thank you for your time!for your time!

QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?