Author: Beth

The Role of the School Counselor
Professional school counselors serve a vital role in maximizing student success leadership, advocacy and collaboration, professional school counselors promote equity and access to rigorous educational experiences for all students. Professional school counselors support a safe learning environment and work to safeguard the human rights of all members of the school community and address the needs of all students through culturally relevant prevention and intervention programs that are a part of a comprehensive school counseling program.
School Counselors uphold the ethical and professional standards of ASCA and other applicable professional counseling associations, and promote the development of the school counseling program based on the following areas of the ASCA National Model: Foundation, delivery, management and accountability.
For more information on the role of school counselors, please go to:
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/administrators/role-of-the-school-counselor.aspx

Connect
with Mrs. Lang:
Office Extension: 34208
Website:
mrslangscounselingcorner.weebly.com
Twitter: @counselorBLang or
@SkyviewCnslr
Email: blang@methacton.org

G.I.F.T.
For teachers
From Beth Lang,
School Counselor

Guidance Information
For Teachers
As the 6th grade school counselor this year, I would like to share with you some GIFTS that you can expect from me...
Weekly Emailed Newsletter (called the Counseling Capsule)
Classroom Counseling Lessons during Flex period, or other times when you want them.
BLAST– a student led group in which student leadership and advocacy skills are developed.
Small Group Counseling Services
Ongoing Lunch Bunches & Book Clubs
Character Counts! Resources, lessons, support, and more!
College and Career Awareness Week an initiative March 16-20 to boost awareness of post secondary options
Collaboration and Consultation with teachers, parents, administration, and community based professionals.
Individual Counseling services for students
Use of Technology to communicate with staff, students, and parents.
Counselor Accessibility & Availability
A Bullying Prevention Curriculum through which upstanding behaviors will be taught and encouraged.

What’s New from Me to You...
Technology!!!
I embrace technology into my counseling services wholeheartedly. You may notice me using my Ipad in your classroom, having students take surveys on Google Docs for data collection, and asking to use your smart board. I have sections on my website for students, teachers, and parents, and a page where videos of my lessons can be viewed by students who missed them. If you haven’t seen my website, check it out at http://mrslangscounselingcorner.weebly.com/
Scheduling classroom lessons will be done online via SignUp Genius. I will email you links to available times and dates for you to sign up for classroom counseling lessons. This way, you will be able to see when lessons are scheduled with other teachers and teams for your planning purposes. You will receive an email reminder a couple days before our scheduled lesson time as well. Please make sure to check your spam box the first time you utilize this online scheduling method.
Use of Data. You will find that I will be collecting more student based data during team meetings and from you individually as I plan interventions based upon student needs in your classrooms. I will use a google docs form to collect much of the data, and it will only take a few minutes of your time to complete. I will track various types of data to determine interventions such as attendance, homework completion, and behavioral interventions and the effects of such interventions. I will email you links to the student data collection forms, and included them in each of my newsletters as well as on my For Teachers section of my website. Data will be collected throughout the year and results shared at the completion of interventions.
The Grade 6 Counseling
Curriculum…
The school counseling curriculum addresses three domains: academics, social/emotional, and career. Classroom counseling lessons will be provided to all students in these three domains. Small groups will be offered to address areas of continued need as identified through the use of needs assessments and consultations with teachers. Individual counseling sessions for students needing more support will be provided and student individual goals will be set and success monitored.
A Little Bit About Me….
I have 2 children adopted from S.Korea; Aaidan is 4 ,and Annabelle is 7 “and a half!” and in 2nd grade at Schuylkill Elementary School. I love digital scrapbooking, owls, country music, my collection of cowgirl boots, traveling, Korean food and culture, and developing my skills as a school counselor. I teach part time at Arcadia University in the department of Counseling Psychology, graduate studies.
Over the summer I attended the ASCA conference in Orlando, FL where I heard presentations given by Michelle Obama and Stedman Graham, and then took my family to Disney for their first time. Talk about magic in the kingdom!

School Counselors are Owl-rageous!