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International High School Counseling Case Study

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School mission: The International High School at Union Square has a unique mission where their main goal is to prepare multicultural student population of recent immigrants to embark on individualized pathways towards skill development, graduation, college and careers. Students are immersed in experiential, interdisciplinary projects and English language instruction in all content areas to facilitate their language developments and increase content knowledge within a supportive, personalized atmosphere. The International high school mission is to empower students to thrive in a diverse world by helping them to learn to collaborate with others and advocate for themselves.
School Counseling Mission Statement: The school counseling mission of The International High School counseling program is to advocate for their students and to empower each of their students to reach their fullest potential and also to create a safe environment.
Educational Philosophy: The faculty of The International High School has organized the curriculum of the entire school around interdisciplinary thematic study with great success.
• Limited English proficient students require the ability to understand, speak, read, and write English with near-native fluency to realize their full potential within an English-speaking society.
• Language skills are most …show more content…

Even though students are reminded that everything been said to the counselor is confidential, there are times that there are more than three or four people at the counselor office (two counselors share the same office) which makes it harder for counselor to have a private session, but when the counselor see that the students have something personal to say they attempt to take the students outside the office and to look for a empty classroom in order for the students to feel more

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