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Committee hears counseling-model update; staff outlines trauma‑sensitive PD and a core belief statement
Summary
Counseling staff told the Germantown Teaching and Learning Committee they conducted trauma‑sensitive professional development on April 24, drafted a core belief statement for the comprehensive counseling model, and will compile school-level assessment themes to set action steps for September.
Counseling staff updated the Germantown School District Teaching and Learning Committee on May 5 about professional development, program visioning and next steps for the district’s comprehensive counseling model.
The district’s counseling staff said they worked with counselors during an April 24 professional development session to refresh trauma‑sensitive school components and to draft a school counseling vision and core belief statement. "The core belief statement is: the school counseling program empowers all students to achieve success in the academic, career, personal, social domains by providing support, fostering growth, and partnering with family, staff, and the community," the presenting counseling staff member said.
S6 said counselors spent the PD hour drafting core statements and then used later time to work through assessment items by school. The staff member said every elementary has a full‑time counselor, the middle school has two counselors and the high school has four; counselors are completing assessments by building and the coordinator will synthesize themes and propose action steps at the committee’s first meeting in September.
Committee members asked for clearer communication to the public about counselor roles; a committee member suggested a short slide presentation or a spotlight interview to explain day‑to‑day counseling work and how counselors collaborate with families and teachers. The counseling presenter agreed to prepare materials similar to prior IEP-process slides and to work with communications staff on outreach.
No formal action was taken; staff described the next steps as compiling counselor inputs over the summer and returning with a summary and recommended action steps in September.
