SCHOOL COUNSELING

Goals: counselors should ensure the engagement of each student in proactive and learning activities
intended to promote knowledge and skills development in personal, social, academic and career
domains. Direct- working with students- individual meetings, lessons, group activities. Indirect-
working for students-coordination-collaboration-consultation.

CURRICULUM SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Individual /Group
Activity Groups Staff Assigned Timeline
Support
School
Career Cruising (IB February-
Middle School Counselors/ Group
Subjects) March
SubjectTeachers
School September-
Career Planning 11th Grades Group/Individual
Counselors October
Classroom
High School School
Presentation on College September Group
Grade 12th Counselors
Information
Individual Meetings

Career Plan

Career Cruising

College
School
Searching /Planning 12th grades January-March Individual
Counselors
College
Application Help

Scholarships

Universities/
College Day Field 11th / 12th October -
National- Individual/ Group
Trip Grade March
International
 Grade 12 manage expectations;
Writing and finalizing applications: personal statements, application essays, SAT, ACT
Important dates deadlines for applications:
January February US & Canada
January UCAS
January Netherlands

College Counseling Highlights

-College week before deadlines (an entire week with activities to promote/ finish application
processes).
- Predicted grades in advance to share with the coordinator.
- Unitfrog; guidance program that can be adapted for each institution.
-Fire-fire Friday: teachers give short and informal presentations to students to spark interest and gain
insights about other countries and cultures
- Highlight IB applications to US colleges - share with universities more information about the IB
diploma (EE, TOK, CAS creating a cover letter).
- Let students know that they can potentially use some of their assessments as some of the work that
universities require as part of the application process (not amended by teachers’ comments). This work
needs to be authorized by authorized by the school (coordinator) before external usage.
-Emphasize how IB DP has displaced in many ways SAT.
-Make clear and evident how CAS could be a great source of inspiration for students and these
experiences can be used as prove of students’ commitment and implication.
-Encourage students to choose appropriately the courses that could potentially help them to advance
their career (IB scholarship specifics and credits recognition at universities).
-Check the recognition statement platform (available at the end of March, 2023)
-University recognition statement platform (available at the end of June 2023)
- Share with Students UCAS tariffs points.
 Ethics in the Counseling Team
Truthfulness
Transparency
Professional Conduct
Confidentiality

LINKS FOR COUNSELORS – UNIVERSITY RELATED

Link Resource
https://www.facebook.com/groups/internationalacac FB group/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/394389660696751 great for quick
Q&A
https://www.ucas.com/advisers/writing-references/changes-undergraduate- References for
references-2024-entry universities
https://www.educanada.ca/scholarships-bourses/can/institutions/elap- Canada
pfla.aspx?lang=eng Scholarships
https://www.ucas.com/ucas/tariff-calculator UCAS tariff
point
https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=becas Scholarships
Casa Amarilla
https://www.parcoursup.fr France
admission system
https://www.distritounicoandaluz.org Spain
admission system
https://unedasiss.uned.es/home (public universities) Spain
admission system
Changes to undergraduate references for 2024 entry | Undergraduate | UCAS UCAS
information
https://www.commonapp.org USA
information
 COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS RESOURCES
https://www.cois.org/for-schools/international-accreditation/partners
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PMcy13sTe5rrBR6vv4AXDPwEh2h60B8P

IB RESOURCES FOR COUNSELORS

Link Resource
https://www.ibo.org/university-admission/find-countries-and-universities- University
that-recognize-the-ib/ admission and
recognition
https://ibo.org/university-admission/support-students-transition-to-higher- Transcripts
education/requesting-and-sending-transcripts/
https://www.ibo.org/university-admission/universities-collaborate-with-the- Recognition
ib/develop-a-university-recognition-policy/ Policy
https://ibo.org/university-admission/support-students-transition-to-higher- Legalization
education/requesting-and-sending-transcripts/legalization/
https://resources.ibo.org/dp/works/dp_11162-423301? Legalization
lang=en&root=1.6.2.24.15
https://pds.ibo.org/user-guide-to-ib-it-systems-for-universities-and-other- IB IT
institutions/#/ Systems for
Universities
https://www.facebook.com/groups/394389660696751 Useful for Q&
A