Yearly Plan 2017-2018

Tyler Consolidated High School

Counseling Department

Dinah Rice and Emily Smiddy

Ongoing
Monthly counseling newsletter
Individual Student Counseling Sessions
Group Counseling Sessions (test-taking strategies, anxiety, what is needed based on the data
from the needs assessment)
Team meetings
504/BIP/IEP meetings as planned
New student registrations and transition assistance
PBIS implementation and meetings
Monthly attendance data meetings
Meeting with students who are at risk of truancy
Monthly Staff Meetings
Monthly meeting with Principal to discuss the counseling program

August
8/14/2017: Welcome Back Staff
8/14/17: Entire District: School Open House (5:00-7:00PM)
8/15/2017: Teacher Training: Combatting Test Anxiety
8/16/2017: Principal Meeting with Counselors to Discuss MEASURE
Third Week of August: Desegregate data; grade level, gender, SES
8/17/17: First Day of School for Students
8/18/17: Drug Testing Policy Meeting
8/22/17: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
8/22/17: Army Recruiter Visit
8/23/17: Drug Testing Policy Meeting
8/24/17-8/25/17: Meeting with Seniors to discuss post-secondary options, ACT/SAT, College
Visits, ASVAB, letters of recommendation, etc.
8/24/17: Career Presentations
8/25/17: Home Football Game (7:00PM)
8/28/17: WLU Visit
8/29/17: Navy Recruiter Visit
8/29/17: Test Taking Strategies Parent Workshop (7:00PM)
8/30/17: WVNCC Early Entrance Orientation

September
9/4/17: No School/Labor Day
 First Week of September: Create/distribute parent, teacher, and student needs assessments
9/8/17: Financial Aid Workshop
9/8/17: WVU Visit
9/8/17: Home Football Game (7:00PM)
9/11/17: School-wide meeting discussing Suicide prevention week
9/11/17-9/15/17: National Suicide Prevention Week
9/14/17: Alderson-Broaddus Visit
9/15/17: ACT Workshop at FSU
Third Week of September: Analyze needs assessment data
9/18/17: Freshman Class Guidance
9/19/17: Sophomore Class Guidance
9/20/17: Junior Class Guidance
9/21/17: Senior Class Guidance
9/19/17: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
9/21/17: Senior/Parent Meeting
Last Week of September: Spirit Week
9/29/17: Homecoming School Assembly- Drunk Driving Awareness
9/29/17: Homecoming Parade and Game (5:00PM)
9/30/17: Homecoming Dance

October
10/1/17: Homecoming Dance
10/5/17: Counselor Workshop at WVU-P/Dupont
10/9/17: Freshman Class Guidance
10/10/17: Sophomore Class Guidance
10/10/17: Parent/Teacher Conferences
10/10/17: School-wide meeting discussing World Mental Health day
10/11/17: Junior Class Guidance
10/12/17: Senior Class Guidance
10/13/17: End of 1st Quarter
10/13/17: Home Football Game (7:00PM)
10/14/17: Both counselors will be attending the WVSCA Fall Conference
10/15/17: Evaluate academic and truancy data from 1st Quarter
10/16/17: Report Cards Distributed
10/18/17-10/20/17: Meet with ineligible students and discuss intervention
10/19/17: PSAT for Sophomores
10/19/17: Financial Aid Night (6:30PM)
10/20/18: School-wide meeting discussing Red Ribbon Week
10/21/17: ACT Testing (8:00AM)
10/23/18-10/31/18: Red Ribbon Week (Drug-Free)
10/24/17: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
10/25/17: College Day
10/27/17: FAFSA Completion Workshop (6:00PM)
10/23/17- 11/3/17: College Application and Exploration Week
10/31/17: WJU Instant Admission
 November
11/1/17: School-wide meeting discussing National Career Development Month
11/3/17: ASVAB
11/7/17: Election Day
11/11/17: Veterans Day-No School
11/13/17: School Wide meeting discussing World Kindness Day
11/13/17: Freshman Class Guidance
11/14/17: Sophomore Class Guidance
11/14/17: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
11/15/17: Junior Class Guidance
11/16/17: Senior Class Guidance
11/22/17-11/26/17: Thanksgiving Break

December
12/1/17: Home Basketball Game-announcement at Halftime on Disability Day (6:00PM)
12/3/17: School-wide meeting discussing International Persons with Disabilities Day
12/4/17: Career Day
12/10/17: ACT Testing (8:00AM)
12/14/17: Home Basketball Game (6:00PM)
12/18/17-12/20/17: 1st Semester Exams
12/19/17: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
12/20/17: End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester
12/21/17: Home Basketball Game (6:00PM)
12/21/17: Evaluate academic and truancy data from 2nd Quarter
12/22/17-01/02/18: Christmas Break

January
Evaluate academic and truancy data from 1st Semester
1/3/18: Students return to school
1/4/18: School-wide meeting on Mental Wellness Month
1/4/18: Home Basketball Game-announcement at Halftime on Mental Wellness (6:00PM)
1/5/18: Report Cards Distributed
1/8/18: Freshman Class Guidance
1/10/18-1/12/18: Meeting with ineligible students and discuss interventions
1/10/18: Sophomore Class Guidance
1/14/18: Junior Class Guidance
1/16/18: Senior Class Guidance
1/21/18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/No School
1/23/18: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)

February
2/1/18: Freshman Class Guidance
2/2/18: School-wide meeting discussing Ethnic Equality/Dating Violence Awareness Month
2/2/18: Home Basketball Game-announcement at Halftime on Awareness Month Topics
2/5/18: Sophomore Class Guidance
 2/5/18-2/9/18: National School Counseling Week
2/7/18: Junior Class Guidance
2/9/18: Senior Class Guidance
2/9/18: School-wide meeting discussing upcoming Random Act of Kindness week
2/10/18: ACT testing
2/12/18-2/16/18: Random Act of Kindness week
2/13/18: 9th Grade Schedule Requests Due
2/14/18: 10th Grade Schedule Requests Due
2/15/18: 11th Grade Schedule Requests Due
2/15/18: Home Basketball Game- remind parents of Career and College guidance resources
(6:00PM)
2/20/18: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
2/23/18: Practice ACT/Community College Tour for Juniors

March
3/1/18: Freshman Class Guidance
3/2/18: School-wide meeting discussing Gender Equality/Self Harm Awareness Month
3/5/18: Sophomore Class Guidance
3/7/18: Junior Class Guidance
3/7/18: Community College Fair (9:15AM)
3/8/18: Junior Job Shadow Day
3/9/18: Senior Class Guidance
3/13/18: English I State Test (Part 1)
3/14/18: English I State Test (Part 2)
3/16/18: End of 3rd Quarter
3/16/18: Evaluate academic and truancy data from 3rd Quarter
3/19/18-3/23/18: Meet with ineligible students and discuss interventions
3/20/18: Report Cards Distributed
3/20/18: School Board Meeting (7:00PM)
3/21/18: ACT Testing for Juniors
3/22/18: English II State Test (Part 1)
3/23/18: English II State Test (Part 2)
3/23/18: Senior Day
3/26/18-3/30/18: Spring Break/ No School

April
4/2/18: Freshman Class Guidance
4/3/18: School-wide meeting introducing Alcohol Awareness/Autism Awareness month
4/4/18: Sophomore Class Guidance
4/6/18: Junior Class Guidance
4/6/18: Real Money/Real World Simulation for Seniors
4/9/18: Senior Class Guidance
4/14/18: ACT Testing (8:00AM)
4/17/18: ACT Make-Up Testing for Juniors
4/19/18: Algebra I State Test (Part 1)
 4/19/18: Geometry State Test (Part 1)
4/20/18: Algebra I State Test (Part 2)
4/20/18: Geometry State Test (Part 2)
4/26/18: Biology State Test (Part 1)
4/27/18: Biology State Test (Part 2)
4/27/18: Meeting with Juniors and Seniors discussing proper Prom behaviors
4/28/18: Junior/Senior Prom and After Prom
4/30/18: Begin to assess Senior transcripts for graduation diploma types
4/30/18: Final Transcript requests due for Seniors attending college

May
5/1/18: Freshman Class Guidance
5/1/18: AP Chemistry Test
5/1/18: American History State Test (Part 1)
5/2/18: American History State Test (Part 2)
5/2/18: School-wide meeting introducing Mental Health Awareness month
5/3/18: AP English Test
5/4/18: Sophomore Class Guidance
5/4/18: AP Government Test
5/4/18: Government State Test (Part 1)
5/7/18: Government State Test (Part 2)
5/7/18: Junior Class Guidance
5/9/18: AP Calculus Test
5/9/18: Senior Class Guidance
5/17/18: 8th Grade Visit
5/22/18: Senior Scholarship Night (6:30PM)
5/23/18: Vocational School Senior Recognition (10:30AM)
5/23/18: Awards Night (7:00PM)
5/23/18-5/25/18: Senior Semester 2 Exams
5/25/18: Senior Picnic and Talent Show
5/25/18: Seniors Last Day
5/27/18: Commencement (2:30PM)
5/28/18: Memorial Day/No School
5/29/18-5/31/18: Underclassmen Semester 2 Exams
5/31/18: Underclassmen Last Day of School

June
Update end of the year academic, truancy and other data
Compare data from previous school year to determine if intervention strategies were effective
Reanalyze, Reflect, and Revise MEASURE