Katharine Lovering

Experience

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  Alexander Local Schools

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2010

  School Counseling Intern

  Provide individual counseling to students dealing with academic, social, and environmental stressors, provide group counseling to students with common problems, plan and deliver guidance lessons to grades 11 and 12 focusing on future planning, provide students with college/career advise.

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  National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP)

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Clinical Counseling Intern

  Assisting in diagnostic assessment and treatment planning, advocating for youth in foster care, shelter care, and individual counseling, assisting in administration of juvenile sex offender group.

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  EdisonLearning

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2013

  School Counselor

  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive school counseling curriculum based on ASCA Standards intended to suit the unique challenges faced by students at risk of dropping out• Provided all students (grades 9-12) with educational, vocational, and social guidance to assist students with seamless transition following graduation• Partnered with parents and teachers to help students meet their immediate and long-term educational and career goals including career inventories, college applications, financial aid and scholarship applications• Initiated student success programs to encourage accomplishment and productivity• Served as liaison between the school and parents to permit a full scope of support for students in all aspects of their education and future planning • Conducted orientation sessions for incoming students assigning them to courses based on state graduation requirements using Infinite Campus, eSIS, and the online curriculum tool eSchoolware• Collaborated with teaching staff to develop credit flexibility options for non-traditional students Show less

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  Crossroads of Lake County

  Dec 2013 - Aug 2014

  School-Based Services Provider

  Provided individual and group counseling for middle school and high school students in Lake County schoolsMet with clients in the community and at their homes to ensure least restrictive, comprehensive servicesLinked clients and families with appropriate community resources and performed crisis intervention as neededAdvocated for clients and their families in legal and educational settings including IEP /504 meetings and conferencesFacilitated future planning with students transitioning into adulthood Show less

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  Positive Education Program

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Associate Teacher Counselor

  Delivered and documented partial hospitalization services to students in intermediate grades focusing on social skill development and reintegration to traditional public school settingsImplemented skills obtained in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training to ensure student safety and growthAssisted in the pilot of the MindUp Mindfulness Curriculum to enhance coping and cognitive processing skills in trauma-affected studentsCollaborated with classroom and school staff to develop and implement a student-based curriculum focused on individual strengths and needs Show less

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  Willoughby-Eastlake Schools

  Aug 2015 - now

  Long-Term Substitute - Guidance Counselor

  Identified at-risk students and arranged intervention meetings to coordinate services at home and at school Provided individual counseling to student struggling to manage stressors and those failing to thrive academicallyFacilitated groups at all grades levels, assisting students cope with loss, successful sixth grade transition, leadership and responsibilityOrganized and hosted a Career Day and Job Shadowing experience for eighth grade students at two locationsReviewed and updated student 504 plans to ensure all students receive appropriate accommodationsPlanned and presented vocational planning lessons using Ohio Means Jobs Show less

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  Chardon Local School District - Chardon Middle School

  Aug 2016 - now

  School Counselor