Inez Rivera

Experience

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  NYC Department of Education

  Jul 2015 - now

  School Counselor

  Work in collaboration with the school community to provide service and support addressing the three domains of the ASCA model: - Academic planning -- work closely with students to plan their course of studies, to support their school performance, to review progress, to set academic goals, as well as to implement academic interventions. Communicate with families on an on-going basis to provide updates on student achievement and attendance, as well as to recognize successes. - Personal/social development -- Focus on the whole development of students, facilitate social/emotional learning opportunities, connect students to activities and electives based on their interest, build home-school-community alliances, and provide on-going individualized attention to ensure student success. Facilitate individual and group counseling, as well as crisis intervention counseling as needed. - Career and post-secondary development-- Help students understand their strengths and talents, and how these abilities can be utilized in various college majors and careers. Facilitate school-wide activities and guidance lessons related to post-secondary planning. Guide students in the college admissions process, and all next steps to their secondary education. Show less