GYR Guidance Program

The guidance program at Green Year-Round is developmental and sequential, reinforcing content in each grade level K-5. It is integrated throughout the curriculum, delivered by teachers and the counselor, and supported by parents and community efforts. The focus of the program is student success. The objectives are aligned with strategic goals of high student performance and safe orderly schools.

Program Goals

• Support and Maximize Learning
• Develop Skills For Success
• Create a Foundation For Personal & Social Growth

Teachers and counselor collaborate to integrate activities from the guidance curriculum into classroom lessons and school-wide programs. The counselor works with students individually and in small groups. She consults with parents and teachers to ensure student success, and coordinates and supports activities that meet the program goals.

Counselor Functions

• Program Planning
• Counseling
• Consulting
• Coordinating

Student Goals

• Demonstrate a positive attitude toward self as a unique and worthy individual
• Gain life planning skills that consistent with needs, interests, and abilities
• Develop responsible social skills to be a contributing member of society
• Demonstrate an appreciation of the life-long process of learning

Please contact Catherine Cooper, GYR Counselor, for more information at 881-1442 or email her at ccooper@wcpss.net