Counseling Center

We are a comprehensive school counseling program and follow the Utah State Board of Education College & Career Readiness School Counseling Model. Our goal is to provide all students with the knowledge, resources, and opportunities to become successful adults by earning their high school diploma and being prepared for entering college or a career after graduation.  We work collaboratively with students, parents, teachers, and the community to encourage and support student growth and achievement. 

Our main areas of focus are: 

• Planning for College & Career Readiness

• Student Dropout Prevention with Social/Emotional Supports

• Collaborative Classroom Instruction

• Systemic Leadership and Counseling Program Management
   

Planning for College & Career Readiness

• Student & parent College & Career Readiness (CCR) meetings
  • Group meetings with sophomores during Knights Pride
  • Individual meetings with all juniors
  • Quarterly senior updates in 12^th grade English classes
  • Counselor attendance at Early College meetings with WSU Early College Advisors
• College application and scholarship assistance
  • Utah College Application Week/Month during October
  • Utah Higher Education Day for all juniors in February
  • Common App recommendations
  • Letters of recommendation upon request
  • Individual student meetings with College Access & Scholarship Advisor
• Academic advisement and course scheduling (course requests, registration, and class changes)
• Graduation tracking and monitoring
• IEP attendance and coordination with Special Education case managers
• Military opportunity assistance
• NCAA eligibility planning
• Online/digital course registration (Davis Connect, SOEP, and SEATS)
• Promoting advanced coursework
  • Concurrent Enrollment (CE)
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • Certificate of Completion & Early College
  • Catalyst Center
  • Davis Tech programs (DTC)
  • CTE Internships

Dropout Prevention with Social/Emotional Supports

• Transcript/credit evaluations
• Northstar (credit recovery class)
  • Student identification and tracking
• Student interventions through Local Case Management Team
• Parent/teacher/student collaboration to address student needs
• Family Service Worker and Teen Center access for students in need
• Short-term crisis counseling
• SafeUT tip response
• Referrals to community resources when appropriate
• Small group counseling (based on needs assessment data)
• Alternative Education referrals (Mountain High, Canyon Heights Adult Education)
• Homebound/Hospital coordination
• Displaced student resources and assistance
• Promote diversity and related programs
  • LIA (Latinos in Action) 
  • GEAR-UP (Gaining Early Awareness for Undergraduate Programs)
  • Student 2 Student

Collaborative Classroom Instruction

• Classroom presentations
  • Sophomore Meet & Greet in English classes
  • Senior updates in English classes
  • Sophomore Knights Pride presentation
  • Sophomore and junior course requests in History classes
  • CTE Pathway presentation in CTE classes
• First Knight for incoming sophomores
• Parent University during parent-teacher conferences
  • Advanced coursework options (CE and Certificate of Completion)
  • Scholarships
• FAFSA completion nights

Systemic Leadership and Counseling Program Management

• Annual data projects for program development and improvement
• School needs assessments (every 3 years)
• Community Council and JSSC representation
• Teacher/departmental/CTE correlation meetings
• College & university articulation trainings
• Testing Coordination
  • ACT (American College Test)
  • PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test)
  • AP (Advanced Placement)
  • ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)
• Monthly district counselor trainings and committee meetings (Crisis Team, I.S., Scholarships)
• Professional School Counseling Association memberships (DSCA, USCA, and ASCA)
• Individual counselor professional development trainings

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