RSC - Blog-36 http://www.collegeprepexpert.com Blog-36 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:11:28 +0000 http://www.collegeprepexpert.com/ en weekly 1 Blog Posting Three Reasons Why Your High-School Guidance Counselor Wants to Help You -- and Can't http://www.collegeprepexpert.com/blog/guidance-counselors/three-reasons-why-your-guidance-counselor-wants-to-help-you http://www.collegeprepexpert.com/blog/guidance-counselors/three-reasons-why-your-guidance-counselor-wants-to-help-you#comments 2011-07-11 09:00:00 It has always been RSC’s position that guidance counselors want to help students, but sometimes the system lets them – and you – down.
 

Consider these amazing facts:

 

Guidance Counselors Are Overworked

 


  • ASCA, the American School Counseling Association, says guidance counselors should see no more than 250 students. The average counselor sees 457.

  • ASCA believes counselors should spend 70% of their time serving students. The average counselor spends 50% of their time working with students. In many schools, they are assigned to non-counseling duties like study hall, lunch duty, and discipline.

  • The average guidance counselor spends only 38 minutes per year with each student on college prep.


 

Maine is the only state that mandates counselors see no more than 250 students. The average counselor in Maine sees 315 students.

 

Schools even have trouble meeting state law when it comes to guiding their students.

 

Private Guidance Means Personal Attention

 

RSC has the advantage of making sure our Student Services advisers stay student focused.

 


  1. Personal Development Over College Prep. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, guidance counselors spend only 13% of their time on college prep and 25% on personal development. RSC focuses on personal development, too, through our Do What You Are Analysis, Learning Styles Inventory, Time-Management Records, personality surveys, ethics questions and more, but once that’s complete, we focus heavily on college and career prep. Unlike guidance counselors, we don’t spend a lot of time figuring out what you want and then a little bit helping you achieve it, we spend plenty of time helping you identify your goals and then A LOT more time helping you achieve them.

  2. College & Career Prep Training. Only two dozen colleges in the country offer even one graduate-level class in college prep while RSC makes sure our counselors are well versed in the subject. They go through our intense training program before they ever help a single student. This way, you know you really are talking with a college prep expert.

  3. Time Spent Per Student. RSC understands that our students come first. We can spend as much time on them as they need. There’s no shuffling them out the door to get the next student in. We work with our students around their schedules, so they can get the time and attention they need. We don’t keep track of just how much time we spend with every student, but we guarantee it’s more than a 38-minute lunch break.


 

As a private company, RSC makes having time for our students a top priority. If guidance counselors don’t have the time to help you properly, you need to find someone who can – someone who can get you ready for college on time and on your schedule.

 

It’s too important a task to leave it to someone who is overworked, overstressed and out of time. RSC knows guidance counselors want to help, but we also know it’s our privilege to give students all the time they need to prepare for their future.

 


 
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