Comments on: City comptroller proposes hiring 1,600 new guidance counselors

By: Mikkemadden

Mikkemadden — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:57:00 +0000

why are school counselors sent to schools and the principal says can you work in the lunch room….lol hysterical……mop whatever……

By: Yolie

Yolie — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:46:00 +0000

Please do not hire new staff take the Guidance Counselor’s, or a General Education Social Worker. I was excessed, because the Principle did not have any money in his budget to keep the only Social Worker for General Education student. I sit all day and read all of the articles in the newspaper including the editorial’s. I wonder what the Union thinks about this?

By: Teacher/Counselor

Teacher/Counselor — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:08:00 +0000

As a certified Professional School Counselor and a current teacher, I boil it down to three categories of concern:

1) We certainly need more counselors — caseloads that prevent counselors from knowing individual students’ names are absurd.2) Many counselors get little to no college guidance training - I got all of mine during internships, but it was NEVER mentioned during my classes, which were mostly about clinical-style therapy (don’t ask me why) or other duties that don’t really relate to the job.

3) The reason why kids aren’t going to college has LESS to do with the number of counselors and MORE to do with a lack of LEARNING. Obviously these are (somewhat) related, but judging by the horrifically low numbers of students achieving college readiness levels on the Integrated Algebra exam (I’m a math teacher, so that’s where my expertise lies) its clear that a majority of NYC public school students just aren’t ready for the rigor of work that any post-secondary institution requires. I love the idea of every student heading to college, I really do, but we need to keep them in high school (or middle school) a couple extra years, or dramatically improve the effectiveness of what happens in our classrooms, if we really want to make that happen!

Now, why our students are so far behind? The answer is complicated. But it’s NOT just about more counselors, and that’s spoken by someone directly impacted by the freeze.

By: Mikkemadden

Mikkemadden — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:09:00 +0000

Thank you Mr. Liu for this incredible, detailed report which CLEARLY demonstrates the effectiveness of guidance counselors and the impact they can make on students in the nyc school system. of course, under the present mayor doe system. they would rather have guidance counselors sit around “excessed” from their former school (which was closed) because currently there are 300 plus guidance counselors sitting around doing nothing and getting paid while hundreds of schools suffer with no guidance counselors or counselors who have 3-400 kids on their caseload……this is how bloomdoe operates. People on the street…im telling you this is what goes on under this administration….you cant make it up

By: Mikkemadden

Mikkemadden — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:00 +0000

Bloomdoe compares crossing guards with guidance counselors!!!!!lol lol lol how much more clueless can you be!! omg…how can you say in the same sentence comparing crossing guards with guidance counselors…..crossing guards are mommies who kill a few hours in the morning….guidance counselors are highly trained, masters graduate level educators….a football coach has to consider adding more quarterbacks or waterboys…..hmmmnn

By: michael

michael — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Bloombucks spends 10 times that amount on consultants, multiple administrators at these smaller schools, and tech. contracts from his friends. So why not use it to help the kids. 10 years, and he still does not have a clue as to what these kids need.