Agreement-Group+B

Agreement Group B


 * Elementary School Counselor Management Agreement **

School year : 2011-2012 School: Liberty Elementary Date: 07/18/11

Counselor: __Chana` Montague, Micah Perkins, Julie Abbruzzi, Brooke Taylor, Jessica Elias, Bridget Desaulniers__

Students will be assigned to and split between the two school counselors alphabetically, according to the total school population.
 * STUDENT ASSIGNMENT **

PROGRAMMATIC DELIVERY
The school counselor/counselors will spend approximately the following time in each component area to ensure the delivery of the school counseling program.

__ 40 __ % of my time delivering guidance curriculum __ 5 __ % of my time with individual student planning

__ 40 __ % of my time with responsive services __ 15 __ % of my time with system support

Lessons will be delivered in the academic, career and personal/social domain.

The school counselor and administration will be responsible for offering the staff the following services:
 * Programs and services presented and available to staff include: **


 * collaboration
 * consultation
 * instructional and behavioral strategies
 * resources (lesson plans, behavior contracts)
 * information
 * referral for students

School counselor, secretary, faculty and staff will be responsible for organizing and facilitating the following:
 * Programs and services presented and available to parents include ** :


 * Parent education: handouts/information
 * Referrals for mental health and/basic needs
 * Community resource information
 * Orientation
 * Parent/teacher organization
 * Accelerated Reader

The school counselor, secretary, and volunteers will be responsible to help the school and community with:
 * Programs and services presented and available to the community include: **


 * Community resource information
 * March of Dimes Walk-a-thon
 * Referrals
 * Collaboration with businesses and schools
 * Box Tops
 * School safety
 * Career day
 * Mentoring program


 * The guidance counselor will be available to individual students/parents/teachers at the following times: **

The school counselor will be available to see students between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm. The school counselor will be available to meet with parents between the hours of 7:30-8:00 am, as well as 2:30-3:30 pm (or based on appointment). The school counselor will be available to collaborate/consult with teachers during the teacher’s planning period or lunch time (or based on scheduled meetings).

Compensation will be allotted for school counselors based on any additional hours worked outside of their weekly contracted hours of 37.5. School counselors may receive comp time outside of the contractual work day on Fridays of a regular work week. School Counselors will not be compensated for more than one full work day of 7.5 hours.
 * COMPENSATION **


 * BUDGET **


 * Items || ||  Annual cost   ||
 * Equipment ||  ie; student games/ instructional tools   ||   $200.00   ||
 * Technology/Screenings/Protocols ||  ie; flash drives, computers   ||   $1000.00   ||
 * Handbooks and texts ||  ie; guidance curriculum   ||   $ 800.00   ||
 * Misc. materials and supplies ||  ie; paper, pamphlets, pencils, etc.   ||   $ 500.00   ||

School counselors will also apply for grants to help support the expenses of implementing the programs listed.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The school counselor/counselors will participate in one or more of the following professional development:

____X_____Once a month district meetings for counselors ____X_____Yearly state conference ____X_____Yearly national conference ____X_____Classes and/or workshops

PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION

 * _ **** _ ** X ** ___ ** Once a week meeting with the administration

______Once a month present something to the faculty ____X_____Once a month meeting with grade level teams ____X_____Twice a year meeting with advisory council ___X_____Other __Once a grading quarter with faculty and once a week with co-counselors__

Responsible persons: secretary (clerical/filing/phone calls/registration), data entry clerk (data collection/entry), volunteers (parent nights/program needs/assemblies/ awards ceremonies/mentoring), school nurse (health lessons)
 * SUPPORT SERVICES **

___________________________________ _______________________ Counselor signature & date Principal signature & date

Reference: American School Counseling Association (2005). //The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs, Second Edition. Alexandria, VA: Author.//