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Your Guide to Partnering with Tartan’s Licensed School Counselors

Tartan Counselors A-Fo Fo Fr Fr-L M-Sc Sc Se Se-Z

sknudson@isd622.org abodurtha@isd622.org akaltved@isd622.org kthao@isd622.org

Background and Training

• Master’s Degree in Professional School

Counseling

• Licensed by the MN Department of Education

to counsel in a school setting

• Required to obtain 125 hours of continuing

education every 5 years in order to renew license

What Do We Do?

We are licensed to provide:

• Academic counseling
• Career counseling
• Personal/social counseling

We can provide services through:

• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Classroom guidance

What Does This Mean?

For students:

• Safe, confidential person to

talk to

• Resource for career and

college choices

• Advocate in school and out
• f school
• Assistance with academic

skills For parents:

• Professional to consult with
• Resource for outside

assistance (tutoring, therapy, college financial aid, etc.)

• Partner to help increase

student opportunities for success

A Typical Day Might Include…

• Meeting with 10-15

students individually

• Attending an IEP

meeting or other team meeting

• Consulting with

teachers or administration

• Completing paperwork

(night school registration forms, college application forms, letters of recommendation, etc.)

• Answering e-mails and

voicemails

Other Activities We Participate In…

• New student registration
• Schedule changes
• Re-entry meetings
• Senior Wisdom Retreat
• Professional development
• College rep meetings
• Small group counseling
• Junior/Senior Post-

Secondary Info Sessions

• Yearly course registration
• Parent meetings
• District committees
• Counselor collaboration
• Classroom presentations
• Homeroom presentations

Working Together

Contact us through:

• E-mail

– Best way to reach us

• Voicemail

– We are usually able to return calls before or after school

• Appointments

– Please call 651-702-8630 to schedule a time to meet

Contact us about:

• Student achievement
• Social concerns
• Mental health
• Post-high school plans
• Community resources
• Family changes
• Chemical use concerns

September & October

• Met with 1400 individual students in the Guidance

Office

• Held group meetings with all 400+ seniors to discuss

post-secondary plans & provide college resources

• Registered 144 new students coming to us from other

school districts, states or countries.

• Each counselor attended 20-25 IEP/504 meetings with

parents, students, and teachers

• Coordinated the PSAT, PLAN and MCA Writing Tests
• Registered and met with over 100 students for night

school credit make-up planning.

College & Post-Secondary Planning The ACT Test

• The ACT is a college-entrance test that is offered five

times a year. This year’s dates are: Sept. 8, Oct. 27, Dec. 8, Feb. 9, April 13, and June 8, 2013. Students register independently by going to the ACT.org web-site.

• The test is required for admission into most four-year
• colleges. It is not required for Century or other

community colleges.

• Most students take it sometime during their junior year,

usually on the April or June test date.

• Many students take it more

than once, both for college admission purposes and to raise their score for scholarship opportunities.

• Fee waivers are available.

Please see your counselor about this.

• Practice tests are available

many places. Check our web- site or your local library’s site for practice tests.

College Applications

• Seniors should apply in the fall for the college of their

choice or 4 – 5 colleges if they are undecided. Many colleges have deadlines, such as the UMTC deadline

• f Dec. 15. Others, such as our local Century College,

will take applications through July 1st.

• Students need to request their transcript on Naviance.

We request a five day notice to process applications.

• Visit the college again if possible. The date to let

colleges know about your final decision is May 1st, after you have your financial aid package.

FAF$A

• The FAFSA is the tool that colleges use to determine

financial need and financial aid packages.

• You may do the FAFSA after Jan. 1st, 2013, using

information from your 2012 tax forms (these should be completed first).

• The FAFSA form is used to determine the “expected

family contribution”, or EFC. The difference between the EFC and the actual tuition will be met in the student’s financial aid package.

• There will be a presenter on financial aid the evening
• f the January 17th conferences.

Resources

• Tartan High School Guidance Office –

www.isd622.org/tartan (Click on Guidance tab)

• Tartan Guidance Twitter Feed – @TartanGuidance
• American School Counselors Association (ASCA) –

www.schoolcounselor.org

• MN School Counselors Association (MSCA) –

www.mnschoolcounselors.org

• MN Department of Education

www.education.state.mn.us/MDE/Learning_Support/Counseli ng_Character_Service_Learning/Counseling_Career_Guidance /index.html