Annual Agreement Template

School Counselor: Kimberly Malcolm Year: 2019-2020

School Counseling Program Mission Statement

The mission of the LaVergne High School Counseling Department is to support all students through empowerment
and advocacy, to challenge and prepare every student academically, and to encourage student achievement through a
comprehensive and data-driven school counseling program. The counselors at LaVergne High School will meet the
needs of each student by partnering with parents, teachers, community leaders, and other stakeholders to provide

support for academic, social/emotional, and career and college readiness.

School Counseling Program Goals

The school counseling program will focus on the following achievement, attendance and/or behavior goals this year. Details of
activities promoting these goals are found in the curriculum, small-group and closing-the-gap action plans.

Program Goal Statements

Increase the success rate for Dual Enrollment
1

Increase overall attendance for juniors and seniors

2

Increase the ACT scores for first generation college students

3
Use of Time
I plan to spend the following percentage of my time delivering the components of the school counseling program. All
components are required for a comprehensive school counseling program.

Planned Use Recommended

Direct School counseling core Provides developmental

Services to curriculum curriculum content in a
Students 20 systematic way to all students
percent

Individual student Assists students in the

35 planning development of educational,
career and personal plans
percent
80 percent
or more

Responsive services Addresses the immediate

20 concerns of students
percent

Indirect Referrals, consultation Interacts with others to

Services for 10 and collaboration provide support for student
Students achievement
percent

Program Foundation, management Includes planning and

Planning and and accountability and evaluating the school
School 15 school support counseling program and
20 percent
Support school support activities
percent or less
 Advisory Council
The school counseling advisory council will meet on the following dates.
8/29; 9/26; 10/31; 11/21; 1/30; 2/27; 3/28; 4/25; 5/15

Planning and Results Documents

The following documents have been developed for the school counseling program
X Annual calendar Closing-the-gap action plans
Curriculum action plan Results reports (from last year’s action plans)
Small-group action plan

Professional Development
I plan to participate in the following professional development based on school counseling program goals and my school
counselor competencies self-assessment.

ASCA national Conference

Caseload and School Counselor’s Responsibilities

Indicate how students are assigned to the school counselor’s caseload and the specific responsibilities assumed by the school
counselor.

Caseload Defined by: x Alpha: last names beginning with A to E

Grade level: students in grades: 9-12
All students in building
Other:
School Counselor Direct Student Services
Responsibilities x School Counseling Core Curriculum
x Academic Advisement
x Individual Student Planning

Responsive Services
x Individual Counseling
x Small Groups
x Crisis Response

Indirect Student Services

x Referrals to Community Agencies

Special Programs

Other
 Professional Collaboration and Responsibilities
Choose all that apply.

Group Weekly/Monthly Coordinator

Weekly Kim Malcolm
School Counseling Team Meetings
Monthly Dirk Ash
Administration/School Counseling
Meetings
Monthly Kyle Nix
Student Support Team Meetings
Weekly Alicia Bonnington
Department Chair Meetings
Monthly Tarron Huddleston
School Improvement Team Meetings
Monthly Karen Meador
District School Counseling Meetings

Other

Budget Materials and Supplies Annual budget: $

Materials and supplies needed:

College and trade school pamphlets; ACT testing books

School Counselor Availability/Office Organization

The school counseling office will be open for students/parents/teachers from 7:30am to 3:30 pm. My hours

will be from 8am to 3pm (if flexible scheduling is used).

The career center will be open from 9am to 2pm

Role and Responsibilities of Other Staff and Volunteers

School counseling department assistant Bonnie Garrison

Attendance assistant clerk Pamela Chapman

Data manager/registrar Kris Hooper

Career and college center assistant Sarah Lutz

Other staff

Volunteers Student aides per quarter

School Counselor Signature Kimberly Malcolm

Principal Signature Dirk Ash

Date 8/15/2019