The skills necessary to be an outstanding school counselor begins with having an understanding of counseling theories and human development. These theories include the Developmental Counseling Model for Illinois Schools and the American School Counseling Association National Model. School counselors should be capable of planning and implementing individual planning and guidance curriculum activities that promote students academic, career/college and social/emotional development.
Several other skills that are needed to be an outstanding counselor include: training and knowledge in crisis prevention and intervention, consultation, collaboration, responsive services and date collection/analysis. Throughout all these skills, the counselors need to have the ability to plan, design, implement, evaluate and enhance the school counseling program to continually provide services to meet the needs of the entire student body.
Attributes of school counselors vary, however to be outstanding while working in the student support services many specific qualities are essential. These attributes include: creativity, resilience, advocate for students, passionate about helping others, collaborative, patient and relational. I believe that an effective counselor also needs to continually attend professional development activities. Education is an every changing field and it is important to have current information to provide the best resources to students.
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