Spring Lake Park Schools

Spring Lake Park Schools, MN - District 16

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Guidance and Counseling

FAQ's

1. What’s this "Developmental Counseling Model?"

2. What services & programs are accessible through the department?

3. What does my counselor DO all day?

4. What's the minimum number of credits I can earn in a school year without being Reclassified to a lower grade level?

5. How do I obtain a transcript?

What’s this "Developmental Counseling Model?"

The high school counseling department is organized on a Developmental Counseling Model. Services are delivered to students, parents, & staff from a three-dimensional approach following a curriculum developed as a guideline:

Social Emotional: Response to personal issues that are inherent to the high school years. Components include individual counseling, support groups, consultation with parents & staff, crisis response, referral, etc.
Career Planning: Assistance to help students clarify their interests, abilities, and values leading to exploration of potential career opportunities. Identification of a general career pathway with purposeful experiences while in high school is encouraged (e.g. job shadows, internships, career speakers).
Educational Planning: Assistance for high school planning & success as well as post secondary planning options that match each student’s abilities and interests. Counselors serve as a referral source to internal & external support systems (child find referrals, academic support, learning alternative centers, community resources, etc.) Post secondary educational planning is enhanced by college visits, field trips to college fairs, military & post-secondary representatives visiting our school, as well as individual guidance to access information & proceed through the admission process. : Response to personal issues that are inherent to the high school years. Components include individual counseling, support groups, consultation with parents & staff, crisis response, referral, etc.
Career Planning: Assistance to help students clarify their interests, abilities, and values leading to exploration of potential career opportunities. Identification of a general career pathway with purposeful experiences while in high school is encouraged (e.g. job shadows, internships, career speakers).
Educational Planning: Assistance for high school planning & success as well as post secondary planning options that match each student’s abilities and interests. Counselors serve as a referral source to internal & external support systems (child find referrals, academic support, learning alternative centers, community resources, etc.) Post secondary educational planning is enhanced by college visits, field trips to college fairs, military & post-secondary representatives visiting our school, as well as individual guidance to access information & proceed through the admission process. : Assistance to help students clarify their interests, abilities, and values leading to exploration of potential career opportunities. Identification of a general career pathway with purposeful experiences while in high school is encouraged (e.g. job shadows, internships, career speakers).
Educational Planning: Assistance for high school planning & success as well as post secondary planning options that match each student’s abilities and interests. Counselors serve as a referral source to internal & external support systems (child find referrals, academic support, learning alternative centers, community resources, etc.) Post secondary educational planning is enhanced by college visits, field trips to college fairs, military & post-secondary representatives visiting our school, as well as individual guidance to access information & proceed through the admission process. : Assistance for high school planning & success as well as post secondary planning options that match each student’s abilities and interests. Counselors serve as a referral source to internal & external support systems (child find referrals, academic support, learning alternative centers, community resources, etc.) Post secondary educational planning is enhanced by college visits, field trips to college fairs, military & post-secondary representatives visiting our school, as well as individual guidance to access information & proceed through the admission process.

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What services & programs are accessible through the department?

Freshman Focus: A structured study hall with peer tutors, on-going progress monitoring, and personal growth enhancement. The counseling staff coordinates the program & trains the peer tutors.
Student Review Team Referral: A committee that examines individual student needs and plans interventions. Assessment and intervention decisions for special services are initiated by this committee.
Prevention: Preventing student chemical ("controlled substances" including drugs, alcohol, or tobacco) use or concern for others’ use. Referral and/or consultation with Deb Mosby (prevention specialist) are often accessed.
Harassment: Students initiate issues of harassment through school counselors who then utilize the school’s harassment procedures in support of the students.
Personal Emotional Health: Potential referral to school resources (school psychologist, prevention specialist, gifted & talented coordinator, teen parent program, Alexander House social worker or groups, police liaison officer, school nurse, etc.) as well as community resources (counseling services, county social services, crisis hotlines, crisis centers, pregnancy testing, etc.).
Pathways: Career exploration and work preparation allows students to explore and understand the world of work as well as the different "pathways" available to them. Pathways makes the link between learning and earning.
Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.
Prevention: Preventing student chemical ("controlled substances" including drugs, alcohol, or tobacco) use or concern for others’ use. Referral and/or consultation with Deb Mosby (prevention specialist) are often accessed.
Harassment: Students initiate issues of harassment through school counselors who then utilize the school’s harassment procedures in support of the students.
Personal Emotional Health: Potential referral to school resources (school psychologist, prevention specialist, gifted & talented coordinator, teen parent program, Alexander House social worker or groups, police liaison officer, school nurse, etc.) as well as community resources (counseling services, county social services, crisis hotlines, crisis centers, pregnancy testing, etc.).
Pathways: Career exploration and work preparation allows students to explore and understand the world of work as well as the different "pathways" available to them. Pathways makes the link between learning and earning.
Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.
Harassment: Students initiate issues of harassment through school counselors who then utilize the school’s harassment procedures in support of the students.
Personal Emotional Health: Potential referral to school resources (school psychologist, prevention specialist, gifted & talented coordinator, teen parent program, Alexander House social worker or groups, police liaison officer, school nurse, etc.) as well as community resources (counseling services, county social services, crisis hotlines, crisis centers, pregnancy testing, etc.).
Pathways: Career exploration and work preparation allows students to explore and understand the world of work as well as the different "pathways" available to them. Pathways makes the link between learning and earning.
Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.
Personal Emotional Health: Potential referral to school resources (school psychologist, prevention specialist, gifted & talented coordinator, teen parent program, Alexander House social worker or groups, police liaison officer, school nurse, etc.) as well as community resources (counseling services, county social services, crisis hotlines, crisis centers, pregnancy testing, etc.).
Pathways: Career exploration and work preparation allows students to explore and understand the world of work as well as the different "pathways" available to them. Pathways makes the link between learning and earning.
Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.
Pathways: Career exploration and work preparation allows students to explore and understand the world of work as well as the different "pathways" available to them. Pathways makes the link between learning and earning.
Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.
Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.
PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.

A structured study hall with peer tutors, on-going progress monitoring, and personal growth enhancement. The counseling staff coordinates the program & trains the peer tutors.

Student Review Team Referral: A committee that examines individual student needs and plans interventions. Assessment and intervention decisions for special services are initiated by this committee.

Prevention: Preventing student chemical ("controlled substances" including drugs, alcohol, or tobacco) use or concern for others’ use. Referral and/or consultation with Deb Mosby (prevention specialist) are often accessed.

Harassment: Students initiate issues of harassment through school counselors who then utilize the school’s harassment procedures in support of the students.

Personal Emotional Health: Potential referral to school resources (school psychologist, prevention specialist, gifted & talented coordinator, teen parent program, Alexander House social worker or groups, police liaison officer, school nurse, etc.) as well as community resources (counseling services, county social services, crisis hotlines, crisis centers, pregnancy testing, etc.).

Pathways: Career exploration and work preparation allows students to explore and understand the world of work as well as the different "pathways" available to them. Pathways makes the link between learning and earning.

Career Resource Center: A whole computer lab (37 stations!) plus several bookshelves full of catalogs, video tapes, and multimedia CDs are available to help students decide what to do with their lives after high school. Learn about colleges, job opportunities, Armed Forces, scholarships, and more.

PSEO: Post-Secondary Enrollment Option allows advanced junior and senior students to take some or all of their classes at local colleges and universities. PSEO classes can earn students college credit as well as fulfill high school graduation requirements.

Harassment: Students initiate issues of harassment through school counselors who then utilize the school’s harassment procedures in support of the students.

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What does my counselor DO all day?

Maintains school academic records. This includes updating student transcripts, testing and activities. Maintenance, storage, and archiving of student records of all past & present district enrollments is also coordinated.
Coordinates student testing. Administering tests, interpreting test results, and storing test results are included in this responsibility. Current testing being administered and coordinated include:
Coordinates student testing. Administering tests, interpreting test results, and storing test results are included in this responsibility. Current testing being administered and coordinated include:

. This includes updating student transcripts, testing and activities. Maintenance, storage, and archiving of student records of all past & present district enrollments is also coordinated.

Coordinates student testing. Administering tests, interpreting test results, and storing test results are included in this responsibility. Current testing being administered and coordinated include: . Administering tests, interpreting test results, and storing test results are included in this responsibility. Current testing being administered and coordinated include:

State Basic Standard Assessment in Reading, Math, & Writing to any students not yet meeting the state minimum standards
ACT "PLAN" (Achievement & planning inventory) to all 10^th. grade students
PSAT to appropriate college bound students (11^th. & 10^th. grades)
ACT & SAT to college bound students (SLPHS is not a testing site)

Monitors & maintains record of students’ graduation status. This includes the tabulation & tracking of credit & graduation standard completion.
Coordinates student registration for classes. This includes the initial planning strategy, the completion of registration, an on going schedule adjustments as warranted.
Coordinates the Local Scholarship Program. This includes solicitation of scholarship monies, coordination of the application process, selecting recipients, planning the scholarship ceremony, & serving as Master of Ceremony at the Scholarship Awards Night. The office is also responsible for dissemination of the scholarships.
Assists in the coordination of & participate in the graduation ceremony. The counseling office is responsible for verifying credit completion needed for graduation. The 12^th. grade counselor participates in and helps coordinate the graduation ceremony. This includes the tabulation & tracking of credit & graduation standard completion.
Coordinates student registration for classes. This includes the initial planning strategy, the completion of registration, an on going schedule adjustments as warranted.
Coordinates the Local Scholarship Program. This includes solicitation of scholarship monies, coordination of the application process, selecting recipients, planning the scholarship ceremony, & serving as Master of Ceremony at the Scholarship Awards Night. The office is also responsible for dissemination of the scholarships.
Assists in the coordination of & participate in the graduation ceremony. The counseling office is responsible for verifying credit completion needed for graduation. The 12^th. grade counselor participates in and helps coordinate the graduation ceremony. This includes the initial planning strategy, the completion of registration, an on going schedule adjustments as warranted.
Coordinates the Local Scholarship Program. This includes solicitation of scholarship monies, coordination of the application process, selecting recipients, planning the scholarship ceremony, & serving as Master of Ceremony at the Scholarship Awards Night. The office is also responsible for dissemination of the scholarships.
Assists in the coordination of & participate in the graduation ceremony. The counseling office is responsible for verifying credit completion needed for graduation. The 12^th. grade counselor participates in and helps coordinate the graduation ceremony. This includes solicitation of scholarship monies, coordination of the application process, selecting recipients, planning the scholarship ceremony, & serving as Master of Ceremony at the Scholarship Awards Night. The office is also responsible for dissemination of the scholarships.
Assists in the coordination of & participate in the graduation ceremony. The counseling office is responsible for verifying credit completion needed for graduation. The 12^th. grade counselor participates in and helps coordinate the graduation ceremony. The counseling office is responsible for verifying credit completion needed for graduation. The 12^th. grade counselor participates in and helps coordinate the graduation ceremony.
Works with students on an individual basis and in small groups to address personal and social needs.
Works closely with students, parents, teachers and administrators to support students' academic success and to ensure access to resources in school, and referrals to resources outside of school.
Meets with the administration on a regular basis to address policy and procedural issues at the school.
Delivers information and resources to the appropriate grade level through classroom presentations.
Meets with students individually, in small groups and in classrooms to help students to plan for post-secondary goals, including higher education, careers, military service and other options.

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What's the minimum number of credits I can earn in a school year without being "Reclassified" to a lower grade level?

Students will be required to reach the following minimum credit benchmarks at the end of the school year to proceed to the next grade level classification:

9th grade = 13 completed credits
10th grade = 26 completed credits
11th grade = 43 completed credits

Students not earning enough credits to advance in classification with their class will be encouraged and allowed to earn extra credits through summer school or alternative programs to regain their original classification. Contact the counseling office for more information.

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How do I obtain a transcript?

Transcripts are available through the counseling office by calling 763-785-5547. Transcripts are needed for college applications, scholarships and some job applications. Parents must request a transcript if the student is under 18 years of age; transcripts are free to students currently enrolled in high school. After a student turns 18, the student must request the transcript. After graduation, the fee for a transcript is $5.00. Official transcripts must be mailed directly to the institution by the high school. An unofficial transcript (a copy of the transcript) may be given directly to the student or parent (if student is under 18). Go to Transcript Request Form.