Tutorial 3: The Top

10 Ways School
Counsellors Can
Support Teachers

Ways
Consult on counsellors to help
you understand the whole
student

Consult with counsellors for

professional advice

Tackle problems before they

become insurmountable

Explanation/Analysis
Teacher seeks the counsellor to
understand about the issues faced by
the students as a whole.
The counsellor may give his/her
perspective on the issues after
listening and analyse(factors
contributing, some solutions that
might work)
If the strategies used by the teachers
are not working, the teacher seeks the
counsellors to give ideas from new
direction to help the students.
Before the problems become more
serious, the teacher has to refer the
students to the counsellor so that it
would be solved before something bad
happens. (if the teacher knows he/she

Offer students an emphatic

listener

Guide students decision

making

Personal or sensitive problems will get

the students into trouble, refer the
students to the school counsellor as
the latter is professionally trained to
help the students with their problems.
School counsellor can provide a
sounding board and help students to
find solution after listening to the
students
Know what kind of words and
language used when dealing with the
students
If the students continuously create
similar problem in the class, teacher
should inform counsellor who can
work with the students to make
certain kinds of decision of how they

Ask a
counsellor
clarify the
severity
of a
problem

Explore
career
options

Collaborate
with a
counsellor to
integrate
counselling
and class
lessons.

10 Ways
School
Counsello
rs Can
support
Teachers
(Part 2)

Work with
counsellors
and teachers
to design
professional
development
that meet
your needs.

Allow a
counsell
or to
make
peace

Collaborate with a counsellor to

integrate counselling and class
lessons
Work together to teach lessons in class about academics, careers, and
personal/social issues.
These lessons are preventive by design and developmental in nature to help
students with their decision-making in school.
E.g.: a lesson about bullying and harassment in a civics class could be paired
with a project on laws about harassment.
Academics:
1. Importance of education
2. Keeping up good grades
. Careers:
1. Ambition
2. Field of interest

 Personal/ social issues:

1. Social skills
2. Soft skills
3. Peer pressure
. Activities:
. Drawing posters, designing brochures, mock interview, collections

Work with counsellors and teachers to design

professional development that meets your
needs

In-service days provide great

opportunities for counsellors and
teachers to explain their work and
develop solutions to school-wide
problems.

Allow a counsellor to make peace

When students cant get along in class
despite the teachers attempts to separate
them or diffuse tension, allow a counsellor to
mediate and work out a plan for how the two
parties can peaceably coexist

Explore career options.

Educators may want to engage a school
counsellor in helping students understand
how their academic work connects to specific
careers.

Ask a counsellor to clarify the severity of a

problem
As students develop physically, rapid changes in
their mood or behaviour can leave teachers
wondering whether certain behaviour is a normal
or a cause for deeper concern
School counsellors have been trained to ask the
questions that get at the heart of whats really
going on.