Mead Counseling Department

Guidance Curriculum

The Mead Counseling Department provides 24 classroom guidance lessons in the content area of intrapersonal effectiveness, interpersonal effectiveness, post-secondary education and career readiness, and personal health and safety. Classroom Guidance Lessons are delivered, covering topics like bully prevention, being a good friend, coping skills, goal setting, positive self-concept, conflict resolution, career exploration, and drug prevention. Additionally, Tier 2 Classroom Guidance Lessons are also delivered as needed, focusing on subjects such as grief after a teacher’s retirement, kindness, personal boundaries, and self-efficacy.

Responsive Services

The Mead Counselors provide small counseling sessions and individual counseling sessions focusing on intrapersonal skills. Students receive wrap-around support when their education, career, personal, and social developments puts them at risk. Students are seen for preventive and remedial services.

Small groups and individual sessions are conducted providing support to over 36 students. Parent and Family Engagement activities are planned to foster ongoing connections within the school. Other responsive services that are provided to students and families are Red Ribbon Week for Drug Awareness, Turkey Bingo Family Engagement, San Antonio Food Bank, Blue Up for Bullying Prevention, Donations of School Supplies from various community partners, Operation School Bell (clothes, shoes, and hygiene kits for students), San Antonio Police and McGruff Safety Presentation, Miles for Smiles (dental check-up for at-risk students), Brave Bears for students afraid to come to school, Parent Cafecitos (educational opportunities for families) and Resource Fair (provide local community resources for basic needs).

Individual Planning

Mead Counselors will meet with all 5th grade students in a small group or individually to guide them as they plan their educational, career, personal, and social development to support post secondary development. Information is provided to parents in a timely manner. Students are assisted individually to better understand their educational, career, personal, and social development. Other activities include whole campus Career Exploration, Fifth Grade Transition, Field Trips to feeder Middle Schools, Meetings with fifth grade students for goal setting, behavior contracts to create goals for student success, Tier 3 Follow-Up Meetings during the MTSS Process, STAAR Pep Rally Grit Celebration, tutors for second graders with the San Antonio Youth Literacy, Career Day, Senior Walks, celebrations for growth on standardized assessments, consultations with staff, administration, and families.

System Support

Due to the needs of our student population, the Mead Counselors present in a staff development to teachers The Educators Guide to High Risk Behaviors and Trauma Informed Educator: Creating a Safe Supportive Learning Environment. Both presentations will focus on how to support students in the difficult situations they may face that impacts their academic performance and overall well-being. Examples of various activities at Mead Elementary to benefit student success are Counselor Department Services (Parent Preview), Tips for Success Parent Presentation four part series, Trick or Treat Family Engagement, Elf Louise (gifts for Christmas), Angel Tree (gifts for Christmas) Reading and Math Academic Nights, Family Engagement Fiesta Fun, Pillars of Character Assemblies, ESL Parent Classes, World Cultural Festival, School Connect Love our School Program for Community Partnerships, Veterans Day Assembly All Means All, Purple Up Day, Month of the Military Child, Safari Leaders empowering student engagement, Generation Texas Month, Digital Citizenship Week, Kindness Week, Random Acts of Kindness, No Name Calling Week, Inclusive School Week, Decision of Respect, Rey Feo: Blueprints for Success, Panorama Staff Data and Next Steps Teacher Presentation, package of books for summer reading with school supplies, staff trainings on Educator's Guide to Helping Students with High-Risk Issues (includes Jenna’s Law and David’s Law) and Becoming Trauma Informed.