Annual Agreement Template

School Counselor Year

School Counseling Program Mission Statement

Based on our data from the needs assessment, only 35% of faculty believe there is adequate
school-wide support to address students social/emotional needs. The highest needs for
students were emotional regulation (79%), communicating feelings and bullying/gossip (71%).
Based on this, we hope to increase the support through targeted small groups that focus on
emotional regulation and developing empathy.

School Counseling Program Goals

The school counseling program will focus on the following achievement, attendance and/or behavior goals this year.
Details of activities promoting these goals are found in the curriculum, small-group and closing-the-gap action plans.

Program Goal Statements

1 Personal/Social: Based on our data from the needs assessment, only 35% of faculty believe
there is adequate school-wide support to address students social/emotional needs. The highest
needs for students were emotional regulation (79%), communicating feelings and
bullying/gossip (71%). Based on this, we hope to increase the support through targeted small
groups that focus on emotional regulation and developing empathy.
2 Academic: Teachers report that 43% of students require additional academic support they are
not currently receiving and 57% of teachers said they neither agree nor disagree that their
students have strong test-taking skills. Based on this data, we will develop a unit of classroom
lessons that include calculating GPA, test-taking skills, etc. resulting in increased achievement
test scores. We will also provide tutoring services for students by adult volunteers and peers.

3 College/Career: Teachers report that students plan to go to college but not all understand
what it will take to get there. Our goal is to increase the college-going culture at STA as
well as implement classroom lessons that aim to educate students on college/career
readiness and introduce them to options.
Use of Time
I plan to spend the following percentage of my time delivering the components of the school counseling program.
All components are required for a comprehensive school counseling program.

Planned Use Recommended

Direct School counseling core Provides developmental

Services to curriculum curriculum content in a
40 systematic way to all students
Students ____
percent

Individual student Assists students in the

15 planning development of educational,
____ career and personal plans
percent
80 percent
or more
Responsive services Addresses the immediate
30
____ concerns of students
percent

Indirect Referrals, consultation Interacts with others to

Services for 10 and collaboration provide support for student
Students ____ achievement
percent

Program Foundation, management Includes planning and

Planning and and accountability and evaluating the school
School 5
____
school support counseling program and
20 percent
Support school support activities
percent or less
 Advisory Council
The school counseling advisory council will meet on the following dates.

August 25th, November 10th, January 12th, March 9th, and May 18th

Planning and Results Documents

The following documents have been developed for the school counseling program.
Annual calendar Closing-the-gap action plans

Curriculum action plan Results reports (from last years action plans)

Small-group action plan

Professional Development
I plan to participate in the following professional development based on school counseling program goals and my
school counselor competencies self-assessment.

Caseload and School Counselors Responsibilities

Indicate how students are assigned to the school counselors caseload and the specific responsibilities assumed by the school
counselor.

Caseload Defined by: Alpha: last names beginning with __________ to __________
Grade level: students in grades: _______________________
All students in building
Other:
School Counselor Direct Student Services
Responsibilities School Counseling Core Curriculum
Academic Advisement
Individual Student Planning

Responsive Services
Individual Counseling
Small Groups
Crisis Response

Indirect Student Services

Referrals to Community Agencies

Special Programs

Other
Professional Collaboration and Responsibilities
Choose all that apply.

Group Weekly/Monthly Coordinator

School Counseling Team Meetings

Administration/School Counseling
Meetings
Student Support Team Meetings

Department Chair Meetings

School Improvement Team Meetings

District School Counseling Meetings

Other

Budget Materials and Supplies Annual budget: $

Materials and supplies needed:

School Counselor Availability/Office Organization

The school counseling office will be open for students/parents/teachers from to .

My hours will be from 7:45am to 3:30 (if flexible scheduling is used).

The career center will be open from to

Role and Responsibilities of Other Staff and Volunteers

School counseling department assistant

Attendance assistant clerk

Data manager/registrar

Career and college center assistant

Other staff

Volunteers

School Counselor Signature

Principal Signature

Date