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Oak View Elementary’s School Counseling
At Oak View, we are proud to have a strong school counseling program! We serve students in kindergarten through fifth grade in a variety of ways and want to ensure that all students have a strong foundation socially and emotionally. By providing students with these important skills, we are also helping to prevent any barriers to their academic success. Below, you can find out more information about how we see students and the content that we cover over the course of the school year.
Our school counselor provides for our Oak View community in these ways:
- Responsive services-personal and crisis counseling, small groups, lunch bunch, mentoring, 504 and support services
- Classroom curriculum- classroom lessons, character education, group activities, newsletters, and book study
- System support-staff and community relations
- Test planning and interpretation
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Monthly Character Trait
Each month, our school counselors will focus on a different character trait with students. Children will learn about monthly traits through their classroom guidance lessons, hallway displays, and reminders on the morning announcements.
September: Respect
October: Responsibility
November: Perseverance
December: Caring
January: Courage
February: Citizenship
March: Trustworthiness
April: Cooperation
May: Fairness
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Helping Oak View Students to Build Character
Oak View Elementary has three school-wide expectations:
- Be Respectful.
- Be Responsible.
- Be Safe.
These expectations are repeated and supported throughout our school. We are committed to help our students grow up to be good citizens of our community and our country.
Throughout the school year, Oak View staff work hard to build and support good character in our students.
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Individual
Individual counseling is available for students in helping with their personal, social, and academic needs. Students can be self-referred, or they can be referred by teachers or parents.
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Small Groups
When we see a need, school counselors will meet with groups of four to six grade level peers. Groups meet once a week during lunch or RTI time for six to eight weeks.
During small group get-togethers, students will do activities related to the topic, such as reading stories and practicing strategies. Some of the group topics include, but are not limited to, friendship, stress, assertiveness, keeping calm, and study skills.
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In the Classroom
We provide guidance lessons to each class once per month, which are based on the Tennessee School Counseling Standards. Each month, we focus on a different character trait as well as friendship and life skills.
This year, we will be exploring the character traits of respect, citizenship, responsibility, trustworthiness, perseverance, cooperation, caring, fairness, and courage. We will also talk with students about growth mindset and conflict resolution.
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Stop and Think
A Fairview Elementary school counselor is encouraging her students to stop and think, and the district is encouraging others to embrace the concept as well.
