1. Welcome UMS Parents! April 15, 2015 7:00pm
Transitioning your rising freshman to
Montgomery High School successfully

2. Tonight's Topics Role of MHS school counselor
April 15, 2015
Tonight's Topics
Role of MHS school counselor
Social Emotional Learning
Communication with teachers
Students advocating for themselves
Course selection and block scheduling
Peer Leadership Program
Freshmen orientation
Guidance website
Naviance
Co-Curricular vs. Academics
Resources in the school for students
Study Hall!!!!

3. Role of School Counselor
April 15, 2015
Role of School Counselor
Academic:
Course Selection and Scheduling
Time management, study skills, advocate with teachers
College preparation
Career
Military
Social and Emotional
Support in peer relations/peer pressure family issues, academic stress, co-curricular support, responsibility, citizenship
Not to get them out of a test b/c of headache. Not disciplinarians. When extenuating circumstances we will asist the student advocate for themselves with the teacher.

4. Coping with Academic Stress!
April 15, 2015
Coping with Academic Stress!

5. Social & Emotional Learning
April 15, 2015
Social & Emotional Learning
Balance!!!
Family. Academics. Co-Curricular & out of school activities
Adolescence
Be Happy
Collaborative effort between everyone
Stress.mov

6. Communication with Teachers
April 15, 2015
Communication with Teachers
Very important!!
No team meetings between teachers and counselor
Students advocating for themselves
Contact with teacher initially
May include counselor in the communication
No homework during break, give yourself a break, student example.

7. Students Advocating For Themselves
April 15, 2015
Students Advocating For Themselves
Teachers, counselors, peers, administrators, coaches, advisors
College preparation
Job search
Peer conflict
High School is practice
Preparing the whole student for their future

8. Course Selection Course selection done in February in grade order
April 15, 2015
Course Selection
Course selection done in February in grade order
Program of Studies is online
Waiver process
Schedule is created in July, released in August prior to the start of the school year
Discretionary changes are not possible
Understand students personal needs and goals (note from Carla)

9. Block Scheduling 84 minutes in each block Attendance A & B Days
April 15, 2015
Block Scheduling
84 minutes in each block
5 additional minutes in block 1 for homeroom
Attendance
A & B Days
4 blocks per day
Balance is important
Review with counselor early
Unit lunch
Between blocks 2 &3, 50 minutes
Great time to socialize, fuel up, and relax
Balance: Benefit of a study hall block. Balanced for one student is even A & B day, balance for another is tough A day, light B day. Every student is different, and has different prefference.

10. Peer Leadership Program
April 15, 2015
Peer Leadership Program
Peer Leaders is now an academic course
Applicants must be juniors/seniors
During PE/Health blocks of peer leaders/freshmen taught by Physical Education teachers
Freshmen are split into groups and have the same peer leader for the whole year
Peer led activities focused on orienting freshmen to MHS environment and culture
Often become mentors outside of the designated block

11. Freshmen Orientation August 26, 2015 time (12:30-2:30)
April 15, 2015
Freshmen Orientation
August 26, 2015 time (12:30-2:30)
Presentation by MHS Administrators
Introduction of MHS Peer Leaders
Tours of the building
Tour through guidance
ID photos & yearbook photos
Review block scheduling
Information on clubs & activities

12. April 14, 2015
Guidance Web Page

13. Naviance What is it? November visit Freshmen English classes
April 15, 2015
Naviance
What is it?
Personality assessments, career planning college search, processing documents, college information, scattergrams, determining college that is a “proper fit”, scholarship info.
November visit Freshmen English classes
Registration codes
Learning Style Inventory
Brief overview of the tools available
Brief overiew, will get many details over the years, focus on the learning styles inventory, and intro to Naviance for freshman and gets them thinking about how they learn.

14. Co-Curricular vs. Academics
April 15, 2015
Co-Curricular vs. Academics
Important to be involved in school, outside of the classroom
Co-Curricular Fair
Athletics
Co-Curricular fee

15. Resources within the school
April 15, 2015
Resources within the school
Academic:
After school help with teachers
NHS tutoring
Quiet study hall
Media Center for study hall
Social and Emotional
School Counselors
Student Assistant Counselor
Social Workers
Nurses
Teachers/Faculty

16. Study Hall Use wisely Not a social block Adjustment for the Freshmen
April 15, 2015
Study Hall
Use wisely
Not a social block
Adjustment for the Freshmen
Get work done during school hours
Quiet Study

17. MHS Class of 2019 Counselor Assignment
November 18, 2018
MHS Class of 2019 Counselor Assignment
Abrahamsen-Dauer Kelly Apel DeSanctis-Harikrishnan Keith Glock Hassanin-Lee Jessica Ritson Lehmann-Nadkarni Patricia Musial Nandakumar-Ruckelshaus Maureen Conway Russo-Taylor Heather Pino-Beattie Tenney-Zissman Carla Hampton

18. Guidance Department VIP’s
November 18, 2018
Guidance Department VIP’s
Corie Gaylord – Supervisor of Guidance
Diane Talarick- Guidance Secretary
Wanda McNeill- Guidance Clerk
Denita Gaillard- Guidance Clerk

19. April 15, 2015