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MMS Comprehensive School Counseling Program

Results of Needs Assessment: MMS

Student Survey: 275Total students in grades 6-8 completed the survey

  • 100% Know who the school counselor is
  • 85% Feel comfortable reaching out to the school counselor with personal issues
  • 90% Feel supported by the school counselor
  • 80% Reported feeling safe at school
  • 80% Agree the school counselor helps them develop socially and emotionally


Top 5 student concerns:

  • Depression/Anxiety/Suicide
  • Bullying and Peer Relations
  • Stress Management
  • Social Skills
  • Career Exploration


The MMS Counselor Advisory Team (CAT) reviewed the following data:

  • Student assessment surveys
  • Staff assessment surveys
  • Parent assessment surveys
  • The Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs


The CAT found the following patterns in the data:

  • The school counselor is in line with the recommended Texas Counseling Association program requirements.
  • Top five concerns were the same for parents, students, and staff

MMS Counseling Program Goals:
Based on data collected, the MMS CAT has made the following program goals.

  1. The school counselor will continue to make classroom visits to implement social emotional learning.
  2. The school counselor will continue to work with small group counseling sessions.
  3. The school counselor will offer and oversee trainings to help teachers identify students who need school counseling referrals and/or mental health services.


Examples of the Program’s delivery components:

  • Guidance Curriculum: Provide guidance content to teach all students how to develop transferrable skills for daily living. This will be done through classroom visits and through small group sessions.
  • Responsive Services: Address students’ concerns that impact their educational, career, personal, and social development. This will be done through individual counseling sessions based on referrals.
  • Individual Planning: Assists students in planning and managing their individual educational, career, personal, and social development. This can be done through consulting with a RTI, 504, LPAC, or ARD committee. It can also be done through individual sessions.
  • System Support: Identify and coordinate resources and activities on campus and in the community that indirectly benefit students.

Counseling Program Calendar of Events

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic - Meet the school counselor

    Major Projects/Events –

    • Create yearly counseling calendar (individual sessions will be all throughout the year)
    • Plan 1st semester guidance lessons
    • Needs assessments for Parents, Teachers, and Students

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Emotions and How to Handle Them

    Major Projects/Events-

    • Suicide Awareness Prevention Month
    • Finalize Comprehensive school counseling plan for current school year
    • Collect data for identifying At-Risk students
    • Consult with teachers on student concerns
    • Plan campus wide service project: 
    • Crisis prevention

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Bully Prevention

    Major Projects/Events-

    • Continue to collect data for identifying At-Risk students
    • Meet with grade level teams to develop intervention plans for At-Risk students
    • Deadline for At-Risk identification, data entry, and intervention planning
    • Advise with student council and other campuses for Red Ribbon Week activities
    • Bullying Prevention month
    • Unity Day

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Responsibility

    Major Projects/Events-

    • Plan Christmas Assistance program
    • Career Exploration

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Anger Management

    Major Projects/Events-

    • Christmas deliveries needy students
    • Plan 2nd semester guidance lessons

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic -  Focus/Attention

    Major Projects/Events-

    • Staff Development Day for Parent/Teacher Conferences

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Empathy

    Major Projects/Events-

    • STAAR Field testing 

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Cooperation

    Major Projects/Events-

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Career Exploration

    Major Projects/Events-

  • Guidance Curriculum Lesson Topic – Cyber Security

    Major Projects/Events-

    • EOY comprehensive school counseling program – evaluation, analysis, revisions, creation for next year