Week One Assignment The purpose of this paper and assignment is to clarify my career goals and professional aspirations. Additionally, this assignment will explain my personal beliefs pertaining to the educational purpose of schools. Overall, this paper will address questions as to why I want to be a counselor and my motivation to pursue a master’s degree in school counseling.
Career Position
By obtaining a degree in school counseling, I intend to assist students in all areas of educational need including college and career readiness, emotional support, and in-classroom support. Personal experience caused me to pursue this degree and profession at this particular point in my educational career. As a coach for six years, I witnessed numerous
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Lamar. This remains relevant in our society today as all students in the United States have the right to a free education. This concept is rooted in the idea that education is the key to success in life no matter what profession one might choose. School counselors continuously embody this idea in all of their work. All tasks assigned to our school counselors have the overall success of students in mind. (Merlin, 2017) This is the purpose of our educational system itself: to ensure that students become positive contributors to our society and that they are ultimately successful, no matter what professional avenue they …show more content…
In short, students can and will achieve at higher levels provided teachers are teaching and performing at a high level.
In conclusion, counselors have a tremendous impact on student learning and school culture as well as the emotional health and well-being of students. They are tasked with the immensely important job of preparing all students for success in all facets of life and are often one of the only positive role-models for students. Therefore, this profession remains of the utmost importance to the success of our society as a whole. An uneducated youth presents a plethora of issues for the future of the world. In the midst of a troubled era for our educational system, counselors provide a glimmer of hope for all