Bentley Elementary School

What is the role of a school counselor?

Our job at Bentley is to make sure that all of our students are being academically, socially and emotionally successful at our school.  We work with students, teachers and parents to facilitate a positive school experience.  School Counseling services are delivered in four specific ways:

• School Guidance Curriculum - designing, structuring, and delivering classroom lessons designed to achieve specific competencies in all grades PK-5 (personal/social, academic, career) and driven by the needs of the school population
• Individual Student Planning - assisting students with goal formation/planning (behavioral, academic, etc.)
• Responsive Services - meeting immediate student needs (counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, referral, peer mediation, information-providing)
• System Support - school-wide program planning and implementation. As well as consulting with other professionals, coordination of various supports for students and families.