Welcome to ISL school counseling page.
- School counselors address a broader context of personal, social, emotional and career development of students providing support and guidance to curb rates of school failure and dropouts.
- Our Counseling Program at Independent School provides a comprehensive, proactive, developmental program designed to meet the unique needs of all students. The counseling program also provides guidance services to parents/guardians and school staff and coordinates with various community agencies in order to facilitate the development and implementation of strategies to meet student needs.
- We do our best to establish an atmosphere of positive reinforcement, respect, and understanding in order for students to achieve their optimum.
- To provide assistance to all students with their social, emotional, and intellectual growth
- To provide developmentally appropriate individual, small group, and classroom lessons for students regarding social, emotional, personal, family, behavioral, or peer difficulties, which are interfering with their educational or personal growth.
- To provide teachers, parents, and students with referral resources in various areas such as: child development, academic abilities, parenting challenges, outside counseling services, family change and dynamics, suicide awareness, and various other mental health issues.
- Most importantly we maintain confidentiality at all times, unless a need to know situation arises, during that time, the counselors will collaboratively work with the principal, teachers, parents, and students regarding the well-being of the student
As school counselors we believe that;
- All students should be treated with dignity, respect, and worth.
- All students should act in a manner that demonstrates respect for and acceptance of others.
- All students have the right to participate in the school counseling program.
- All students compose the unique and diverse student population and should be addressed when planning and implementing the school counseling program.
- Each student’s ethnic, cultural, racial, sexual differences and special-needs must be considered in planning and implementing the school counseling program.
- All students have the opportunity to become productive, cooperative, socially responsible, and ethically sensitive members of a global society.
- All students should be encouraged to achieve optimal personal growth, to acquire positive social skills and values, to set appropriate career goals, and to realize full academic potential in order to become productive, contributing members of the world community.
How does the school counseling program help students?
*Improve classroom performance
*Develop decision-making skills
*Promote knowledge and assistance in career exploration and development
*Increase leadership skills and opportunities to become leaders in and out of school
*Increase effective communication skills and problem-solving strategies
*Increase number of students able to participate in the guidance process
*Increase opportunities for consistent counseling services throughout the school year
*Increase opportunities for counselor-student interaction
We remain at your service at all times supporting and assisting in whatever way we can ensuring your wellbeing and safe stay at school.
We can be reached on the following numbers during school hours;
Ms Marion – 2630013
Ms Denise – 2606026