What does a guidance counselor do when theyr'e not counseling?

Question

I mean when kids have their schedules and its past "peak" times, how often does a counselor counsel students on an average day and what do they do workwise when they're not discussing schedule, careers or scholarships?

Answer 1

Few careers are as potentially rewarding—or as frustrating—as that of a guidance counselor, whose job it is to help guide and structure children’s educational and vocational direction as they pass through an unstable and confusing time in their lives. It can be frustrating because you will have limited power to make students follow your advice, and often you will face students “who don’t want to think about the day after tomorrow,” as one counselor put it. A guidance counselor helps students determine courses of study and possible vocations. Counselors try to understand what motivates each student as well as his or her skills and desires. “When you’re doing things right,” wrote one, “it’s like you’re another parent, except they trust you a little more.” Individuals who aspire to enter the field should be aware that emotional as well as intellectual demands come with the territory. As most guidance counselors spend over a third of their time in consultations with students and parents, prospective counselors should be comfortable with teenagers and have excellent communication skills. Another 25 percent of a guidance counselor’s day is spent administering and evaluating tests. Guidance counselors use the results to provide context for existing records of academic performance, teacher evaluations, and a better overall understanding of students’ needs. Some guidance counselors call the continuing education they receive from the students with whom they work the most interesting feature of the profession. “I learned more from them than from any class in college,” wrote one enthusiastic counselor. “I learned more in the first day.”Not all counselors are as positive as this, but the level of satisfaction guidance counselors recorded was one of the highest of any career in this book. Of course, people who don’t love the profession usually leave quickly; guidance counselors have one of the highest initial attrition rates of any profession in this book—a staggering 60 percent within the first two years. Careers that require this degree of emotional commitment can be rough on those individuals who are not prepared to make one on a regular basis.

Answer 2

In my youngest son's school the year he applied to college there were 250 kids from his school applying and the average kid applied to 10 schools. So the guidance guy had to write a personal letter of reference for every one of those kids.

Besides that he had to counsel all the kids in the next class to get them ready for college apps, run the AP test registration and scheduling and the SAT scheduling for over 500 kids a year, chase the kids down to get their deposits, help kids decide about their admits, comfort the kids who got turned down, run the Honors awards ceremonies, explain financial aid to hundreds of parents who didnt understand it and be sure that everyone got all their forms submitted.... it makes me tired just thinking about how complicated and tedious his job was.

I hope that when May 1st came and the decisions were made, that he had time to relax a little. He definitely deserved it. By the way, he did a fabulous job and the school sent dozens of kids on to the top schools every year, as well as finding appropriate schools for all the lower ranked kids who wanted to go to college. Good job, Mr T.!

Answer 3

For Guidence conselor is: guia consejero Counseling is : I think it was nombre not so sure Good luck!!!!:)