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What do School Counselors Do?

Your Counselor can help you:
     > Know yourself better
     > Sort out problems by discussing needs and feelings
     > Develop talents and interests
     > Enjoy school more and explore social options and offerings
     > Plan for a satisfying future and make decisions

Students can talk to their counselor about:
     > Personal problems
     > Peer issues
     > Family issues
     > Academic concerns and successes


Counselors Provide:
     > Group counseling: friendship, family change, loss, stress management, etc.
     > One-to-one counseling
     > Leadership classes and training
     > Parent/student consultations, solution team meetings, and referrals
     > Crisis counseling
     > Teen University - Lunch discussions on mental health topics

Career Planning

Thoughtful, informed career planning is essential in helping you find a future career that is a good fit for the interests, skills and values that you possess. Career Planning is about spending time developing an awareness of your knowledge, skills, interests and values:

     > What do I enjoy doing with my time?
     > What do I like to learn about?
     > What am I especially good at? What comes naturally to me?
     > What am I willing to work hard at, even though it takes effort?
     > What kind of characteristics of a "work environment" are important to me? 
     > What kind of lifestyle do I want? 

You then use this awareness to inform your exploration of careers. Effectively exploring careers requires both knowledge and skills. As you begin to identify what careers seem like a good match for your interests, skills and values you will be able to research what kinds of education and training are needed to attain those careers. This information is powerful in two ways:

     1) It allows you to seek out experiences-like academic classes, clubs, volunteering experiences, and part-time work-that will help you continue to explore, and prepare for, your future career(s) of interest.

     2) Knowing what you want to do in the future helps you understand what you have to do NOW to be able to get there. For example, if you want to have a future career that requires a college education, (or beyond), you need to make sure you are doing well in school all the way through senior year.

Career Education

Your Counselor will develop and deliver curriculum about career planning and/or serve as a consultant to your teachers as they provide career-related information to you.

Your Counselor will work with your teachers, parents/guardians, and business and civic organization leaders in your community to create partnerships that offer you opportunities for self-awareness, career exploration and personal growth. Your Counselor can serve as a resource for you about how to get involved in activities of interest, what classes and experiences will keep you on track for your personal goals and how to engage in career planning.

Academic Career Plan

Academic Career Plan is required of all public school districts that serve students in grades 6-12 since fall 2017. Academic and Career Planning, or ACP, is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students create and cultivate their own unique and information-based visions for post secondary success, obtained through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills.

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  • Brown Smith, Danielle
    • Brown Smith, Danielle
    • School Counselor
    • 262-268-6128
    • Email
  • Johnson, Christin
    • Johnson, Christin
    • School Counselor
    • 262-268-6126
    • Email
  • Schneider, Sara
    • Schneider, Sara
    • School Counselor
    • 262-268-6127
    • Email

Students are assigned to a counselor by alphabet:  

Danielle Brown Smith Students last names: A - G
Sara Schneider Students last names: H - O
Christin Johnson Students last names: P - Z


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Thomas Jefferson Middle School

Grades: 5 - 8

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  • Thomas Jefferson Middle School

    1403 North Holden Street
    Port Washington, WI 53074
  • Phone

    262-268-6100
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    262-268-6120
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    262-268-6101

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