Comprehensive Competency Based Guidance

Cody Middle School Counseling Program

Counselors: Greg Fulk and Karen Hayhurst
gfulk@park6.k12.wy.us or khayhurst@park6.k12.wy.us
307-587-4273 x 5356 or 5358

Counselors at CMS believe that all students:

Have dignity and worth
Have a right to participate in the counseling program
Have ethnic, cultural, racial, and other differences and special needs, which are considered in the planning and delivery of the counseling program

Middle School Counselors assist student to learn the skills and attitudes necessary to be successful learners. They emphasize with students that the classroom is their first workplace and that communication, decision-making, interpersonal and career awareness skills are important to their success.

Mission Statement

We promise to develop responsible learners with skills and knowledge to succeed in an ever-changing world.

Cody Middle School counselors are an integral part of the schools total educational program. The Comprehensive Competency Based counseling Program includes sequential activities organized and implemented with the active involvement and support of students, parents, teachers and administrators. The Comprehensive Competency Based Guidance program promotes knowledge, attitudes and skills in problem solving, goal setting, self-esteem, and educational/occupational decision-making.

Linking School, Home, & Community into the 21st Century

School Link: The counselor will...

Serve as student advocate
Help students master academic & career counseling competencies
Provide individual, group, family, & crisis counseling to students
Provide referral sources for outside of school services as requested
Promote career exploration & development

Home Link: The counselor will...

Create a positive learning environment by working with parents
Provide accurate & timely information to parents concerning academic planning & career development
Promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement & participation in promoting students successful social, emotional academic, and career planning
Enable student to understand the relationship between learning experiences & the world of work

Community Link: The counselor will...

Serve as liaison between home, school, & the community
Coordinate with community resources & agencies

Benefits for Students

Involves ALL students
Increases opportunities for consistent counseling services throughout the school year
Increases classroom performance
increases the opportunities for conselor-student interaction
Increases knowledge of our changing work, self & others & promotes career exploration & development

Benefits for Parents

Improves communication between home & school
Increases parental awareness of the counseling program
Involves parents in the educational process & long-range planning for students
Increases knowledge of what assistance is available from the counselor
Increases opportunities of the collaboration & cooperation between parents and school staff

Benefits for Teachers & Administrators

Provides a team effort to address student needs & core competencies
Provides program structure with specific content
Promotes accountability & responsive curriculum
Promotes a proactive, prevention-based program
Provides a means of evaluating the counseling process
Promotes career development integration with core curriculum

Benefits for Counselors

Provides clear role and function responsibilities
Eliminates non-guidance functions
Creates a tool for program management
Provides opportunities to reach ALL students

Benefits for Business, Industry, & Labor

Increases opportunities for business, industry & labor to participate in the total school program
Provides the 21st century work force with employable skills