Contact the Counselor

Who can refer a student to

the Counselor?

Yupiit School
District Guidance
Counseling
Department

A student may self-refer

Another student can refer
a friend
When you are registering for
the first time

When you have concerns

about your academic
achievement

When you have questions

about your next step in
education

When you need help

interpreting a standardized
test

When you are having a

personal crisis

When you are having a

family transition (i.e. death,
divorce, re-marriage, new
sibling, etc.)

When you need help with

graduation planning

When you want to learn

more about specific careers

A Teacher, administrator,
or other staff may refer a
student

A Parent may refer a

student

A Counselor May observe

a student need

Putting all the Pieces together

for Student Success!

Purpose and Mission of

Guidance Department
Establish a program that addresses
students in all stages of development
and seeks to promote:

Academic Achievement

Social and Emotional Strength

Career Development

Prevention and Intervention Services

http://www.schoolcounselor.org/files/Texas.pdf

Collaborative Advocacy between

Parents, teachers and students

Alaska School Counselors

Follow the Framework
Developed by the American
School Counseling Association
(ASCA)
www.schoolcounselor.org

The Four Components of the

Guidance and Counseling Program
The Guidance Curriculum helps students develop
Self-Confidence
Motivation to Achieve
Decision-making, Goal-setting, Planning, and
Problem-solving Skills
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Communication Skills
Cross-cultural Effectiveness
Responsible Behavior

Responsive Services Address

Individual Planning Services Help Students

to:

State Concerns
academic success

Transition at important steps in their

education (i.e. middle to high school)

Set Goals for their future based upon

their self-knowledge

Explore Opportunities for Post

Secondary careers

adolescent and child suicide

child abuse and neglect
school drop-outs
homelessness
severe stress
substance abuse
school-age pregnancy
harassment issues

General System Support Services include:

consultation with teachers;

Counselor Qualifications

School Concerns
attendance
school attitudes and behaviors

School Counselors in Alaska are

licensed by the Alaska Department
of Education and Early
Development with a Type C Special
Services Certificate.

peer relationships
study skills
emergent issues in intervention or postintervention of a traumatic event; and

support for the parent education

program and community relations efforts;
participation in the campus-based
school improvement plans and goals;
implementation of the state and local
standardized testing program;

violence on campus (school safety)

cooperation with relevant research

projects; and

Personal Concerns

provision of input from the students

perspective to policy-makers and
instructional/curriculum planners.

career indecision
financial aid
college choice
death of a family member or friend
family divorce
family abuse