Warwick School District

Curriculum❯School Counseling Middle School Grade 7

School Counseling Middle School Grade 7

Grade Levels: 07 |

Course Description

The School Counseling Curriculum provides instruction in a developmentally appropriate manner related to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students need to achieve academic success, college and career readiness, and social, emotional development throughout the middle school school years. Wherever appropriate, the counseling standards and curriculum are integrated across all curricular areas in order to support the development of the whole child.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Career Education and Work (2002)

  • Career Awareness and Preparation

    • GRADE 8

      • Relate careers to individual interests, abilities, and aptitudes.(13.1.8.A)
      • Relate careers to personal interests, abilities and aptitudes.(13.1.8.B)
      • Analyze the economic factors that impact employment opportunities, such as, but not limited to: Competition -Geographic location -Global influences -Job growth -Job openings -Labor supply -Potential advancement -Potential earnings -Salaries/benefits -Unemployment(13.1.8.E)
      • Analyze the relationship of school subjects, extracurricular activities, and community experiences to career preparation.(13.1.8.F)

  • Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)

    • GRADE 8

      • Identify effective speaking and listening skills used in a job interview.(13.2.8.A)
      • Explain, in the career acquisition process, the importance of the essential workplace skills/knowledge, such as, but not limited to: -Commitment -Communication -Dependability -Health/safety -Laws and regulations (that is Americans With Disabilities Act, child labor laws, Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, Material Safety Data Sheets) -Personal initiative -Self-advocacy -Scheduling/time management -Team building -Technical literacy -Technology(13.2.8.E)

  • Career Retention and Advancement

    • GRADE 8

      • Determine attitudes and work habits that support career retention and advancement.(13.3.8.A)
      • Analyze the role of each participant’s contribution in a team setting(13.3.8.B)
      • Explain and demonstrate conflict resolution skills: -Constructive criticism -Group dynamics -Managing/leadership -Mediation -Negotiation -Problem solving(13.3.8.C)
      • Analyze budgets and pay statements, such as, but not limited to: -Charitable contributions -Expenses -Gross pay -Net pay -Other income -Savings -Taxes(13.3.8.D)
      • Identify and apply time management strategies as they relate to both personal and work situations.(13.3.8.E)

Student Interpersonal Skills (2012)

  • Establishing and Maintaining Relationships

    • GRADES 6-8

      • Analyze factors that impact communication.(16.2.8.C)
      • Evaluate problems or situations to determine when and what additional support is needed.(16.2.8.E)

ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success (2014)

  • Mindset Standards

    • Belief in development of whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being(ASCA-MB.1:1)
    • Self-confidence in ability to succeed(ASCA-MB.1:2)
    • Sense of belonging in the school environment(ASCA-MB.1:3)
    • Understanding that postsecondary education and life-long learning are necessary for long-term career success(ASCA-MB.1:4)
    • Belief in using abilities to their fullest to achieve high-quality results and outcomes(ASCA-MB.1:5)
    • Positive attitude toward work and learning(ASCA-MB.1:6)

  • Behavior Standards

    • Learning Strategies(ASCA-MB.2:LS)
      • Demonstrate critical-thinking skills to make informed decisions(ASCA-MB.2:LS.1)
      • Demonstrate creativity(ASCA-MB.2:LS.2)
      • Use time-management, organizational and study skills(ASCA-MB.2:LS.3)
      • Apply self-motivation and self-direction to learning(ASCA-MB.2:LS.4)
      • Apply media and technology skills(ASCA-MB.2:LS.5)
      • Set high standards of quality(ASCA-MB.2:LS.6)
      • Identify long- and short-term academic, career and social/emotional goals(ASCA-MB.2:LS.7)
      • Actively engage in challenging coursework(ASCA-MB.2:LS.8)
      • Gather evidence and consider multiple perspectives to make informed decisions(ASCA-MB.2:LS.9)
      • Participate in enrichment and extracurricular activities(ASCA-MB.2:LS.10)
    • Self-Management Skills(ASCA-MB.2:SMS)
      • Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.1)
      • Demonstrate self-discipline and self-control(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.2)
      • Demonstrate ability to work independently(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.3)
      • Demonstrate ability to delay immediate gratification for long-term rewards(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.4)
      • Demonstrate perseverance to achieve long- and short-term goals(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.5)
      • Demonstrate ability to overcome barriers to learning(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.6)
      • Demonstrate effective coping skills when faced with a problem(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.7)
      • Demonstrate the ability to balance school, home and community activities(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.8)
      • Demonstrate personal safety skills(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.9)
      • Demonstrate ability to manage transitions and ability to adapt to changing situations and responsibilities(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.10)
    • Social Skills(ASCA-MB.2:SS)
      • Use effective oral and written communication skills and listening skills(ASCA-MB.2:SS.1)
      • Create positive and supportive relationships with other students(ASCA-MB.2:SS.2)
      • Create relationships with adults that support success(ASCA-MB.2:SS.3)
      • Demonstrate empathy(ASCA-MB.2:SS.4)
      • Demonstrate ethical decision-making and social responsibility(ASCA-MB.2:SS.5)
      • Use effective collaboration and cooperation skills(ASCA-MB.2:SS.6)
      • Use leadership and teamwork skills to work effectively in diverse teams(ASCA-MB.2:SS.7)
      • Demonstrate advocacy skills and ability to assert self, when necessary(ASCA-MB.2:SS.8)
      • Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the situation and environment(ASCA-MB.2:SS.9)

Units

Unit #1 - Academic Development 7th Grade

Unit #2 - Social Emotional Development 7th Grade

Unit #3 - Career Development 7th Grade