Bel Air Elementary School - Counselor Overview

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Counselor

Instructor: Ms. Marshall

This is my tenth year as a school counselor in Prince William County and my eighth year at Bel Air Elementary School. Before coming to Bel Air, I served as an itinerant counselor for Neabsco, Vaughan, and Tyler Elementary Schools. I am currently a member of the American School Counselor Association, Virginia School Counselors Association and the Prince William Regional Counselors Association. I believe the role of the school counselor is to support each student socially, emotionally, and academically and ultimately, to help the students to become caring and successful individuals as well as life-long learners.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Bel Air Elementary School Counseling Program is to support and encourage students' personal, academic, and social growth through collaboration with school staff, parents, and the community in order to help students become lifelong learners and valuable citizens of their community.

Philosophy

The school counselor of Bel Air Elementary School believes:

* All students have dignity and worth and can be successful

* A school counseling program is an essential part of Prince William County Schools’ overall education process.

* Growth and learning are developmental; therefore, school counseling programs must be developmental and sequential.

* All students K-5 should have access to a full-time, state-certified school counselor to deliver the counseling program.

And that the school counseling program should:

* Provide a support network for all students, K-5, that includes school staff, parents, and community members

* Have opportunities for all students to receive counseling and guidance in the academic, career, and personal/social domains based on The American School Counselor Association Standards

* Help students to develop positive character traits and learn skills that will help them become productive citizens.

* Be planned and implemented in a way that considers all students' ethnic, cultural, racial, and special needs

* Use data to drive program development and evaluation

And that all school counselors in Bel Air Elementary School shall:

* Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association

* Participate in professional development activities essential to maintain a quality school counseling program.

Individual Counseling
Students can be referred for counseling by their teacher, parent, counselor, staff member or self. Students have access to self-referral forms in their classrooms.

Classroom Guidance Lessons

Each quarter I will be doing classroom guidance lessons with different grade levels. Each class will receive 10 guidance lessons throughout the year. I also teach lessons at the request of teachers if they have a particular topic that they would like presented to their students. Here are some of the topics covered in the different grade levels:

K: Communication skills, feelings, responsibilities as a student, appropriate school behavior

1^st grade: positive work habits, I-Feel statements, personal safety, identifying abilities and interests

2^nd grade: Friendship, peer pressure, coping strategies, goal setting, different forms of communication

3^rd grade: Test-taking, careers relating to skills, abilities, and interests, decision making, responsibilities

4^th grade: Problem solving, test-taking, personal safety (Safe at Home program), organization & time management

5^th grade: Setting long-term goals, conflict resolution, changes and transitions (e.g. Middle School), careers

Small Groups

Small groups are a way for students to learn different skills and get help in a more personal setting. Topics are chosen based on the needs of the students.

Here are some events that will be occurring throughout the school year:

September 19^th – 23^rd	Respect Week (wear yellow on Friday)
October 17^th – 21^st	Character Counts Week
October 21^st	Pillar Friday (each grade level assigned a different color)
October 24^th – 28^th	Red Ribbon Week (theme days TBD)
November 14^th – 18^th	Responsibility Week (wear green on Friday)
December 12^th – 16^th	Caring Week (wear red on Friday)
January 9^th – 13^th	Trustworthiness Week (wear blue on Friday)
February 13^th – 17^th	Fairness Week (wear orange on Friday)
March 19^th – 23^rd	Bel Air School Spirit Week (theme/activities TBD)
April 16^th – 20^th	Citizenship Week (wear purple on Friday)
May 7^th – 11^th	SOL Spirit Week (Dates may change)
May 11^th	Smash Pep Rally (Date may change)

Quarterly Honor Awards

Safe at Home, Safe Alone (4^th grade)

Good Touch/Bad Touch Lessons
Spirit Days

If I can be of any assistance to you or your child, please do not hesitate to contact me at 703-670-4050 or by e-mail at marsharl@pwcs.edu

News from the School Counselor

Happy Holidays

I would like to wish all Bel Air families a wonderful and safe Winter Break! Take the time to rest up and have fun. See you in 2012!

Operation Turkey

Last week a flyer was sent home with information about Operation Turkey. We are hoping to collect lots of food to donate to ACTS and help families in Prince William County. Donations are being accepted until Tuesday, November 1st.

We are looking to collect the following items:

Canned Items

· Corn

· Green Beans

· Baked Beans

· Sweet Potatoes

· Cranberry Sauce

· Pumpkin Pie Mix

Other Items

· Muffin mix

· Stuffing

· Cans or Jars of Gravy

· Macaroni and Cheese

· Instant Mashed Potatoes

· Pie crust mix

Thank you for your help and for supporting Operation Turkey!!

Coming Soon!

This month we are celebrating Character Counts Week and Red Ribbon Week. Information about upcoming activities will be sent home later this month in Tuesday folders.

Character Counts - It's Respect Week!

Character Counts is a very important program at Bel Air Elementary School. We strongly encourage our students to work on demonstrating the six character traits: Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Trustworthiness, Citizenship and Fairness.

This week we are focusing on the character trait of RESPECT. Students who are respectful follow the golden rule – treat others the way you want to be treated.

Each day on the announcements students are being taught ways to be respectful at school. We are also having a Caught You Showing Character day on Thursday and all students should wear yellow on Friday.

Welcome Back!

Hello and welcome back to another great year at Bel Air Elementary School! I am very excited to begin the school year and look forward to seeing all the students again. I’d like to welcome our new families and encourage you to contact me if I can be of any assistance. I can be reached at 703-670-4050 or by e-mail: marsharl@pwcs.edu.

Back to School Night (K-2) Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:30 p.m.
Back to School Night (3 -5) Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Department Contacts

+ Marshall, Rebecca

Click on name to see details.

Department Files

Counselor Newsletters

Bel Air Counseling Calendar 2011.docx

This is the year-long school counseling calendar. It is a working document and will be updated periodically.

December.docx

December Calendar

January.docx

January Calendar

November.docx

November Calendar

October.docx

School Counseling Calendar- October

September.docx

School Counseling Calendar - September

View Full Calendar

Department Links

K-5 Guidance Curriculum
These are the objectives that are taught during classroom guidance lessons in the K-5 classrooms.

Student Council Activities
Here are some pictures of the Student Council and the activities they planned and participated in during the 08-09 school year.

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