Counseling Home
Greetings, family and friends of College Park Elementary,
College Parks Counselor began as a professional school counselor in Fulton County at Paul D. West Middle School in 2002. During this time, College Parks Counselor have enjoyed implementing and managing programs to increase scholars' potential to ensure their continued success in school and life.
College Parks Counselor is a National Board-Certified Counselor (NBCC), a National Board-Certified School Counselor (NBCSC), and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). He is an alumnus of West Georgia College, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Therapy and a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling. He played and later coached football while attending West Georgia. He earned a Doctor of Education in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University Sarasota. His favorite color is blue; his birthday is August 30th; he is a huge Denver Broncos fan. He enjoys riding his motorcycle, reading, playing tennis, and spending time with his family and friends. Please give him a firm handshake or fist bump when you see him.
Parents and guardians, if your child needs support from the school counselor and wants your child to speak with Dr. Sutherland, you can complete the scholar self-referral or contact him at our school. College Parks Counselor
Parents and guardians, if your child needs support from the school counselor and wants your child to speak with Dr. Sutherland, you can complete the scholar self-referral or contact him at our school.
Counseling Action Plan
Fulton County Schools 2023-2024 Comprehensive School Counseling Department Action Plan
Belief Statement: Students' education is a shared responsibility between (parent, student, community, and school).
The mission of The Counseling Center is to improve the overall quality of living and learn for the students, staff, and parents by inspiring and teaching them to make healthier academic and behavioral choices.
The vision of The Counseling Center is to be the paramount school counseling provider of empowering and inspiring programs and services that enhance the academic and behavioral performance of all students. We aim to do this by inspiring and teaching students skills for everyday living to be college, career, and life ready.
The beliefs of The Counseling Center are:
- Effective communication.
- Shared responsibility (parent, student, community, and school).
- Consistency.
- The importance of being a positive role model and giving your best to be your best.
The counseling center's focus is to advance career development and enhance our scholars' appropriate and healthy interactions. Scholars may participate in lessons about Anger & Other Emotions, Being A Brave Friend, A Reporting Friend, ID A Trusted Adult, Choices & Consequences, Gun Safety, The Art of Listening, and transition to middle school.
Program Goal: By May 24, 2024, reduce the percentage of chronic/severe absences from 42.4% to 29.7%.
Fulton County Schools' (FCS) mission is to educate every student to be a responsible, productive citizen. In addition, College Park's mission is to build relationships with family and community. Therefore, students must interact with their peers and adults in a healthy way to meet the school's and district's mission.
Parents and guardians, if your child needs support from the school counselor and wants your child to speak with Dr. Sutherland, you can complete the scholar self-referral or contact him at our school.
Dr. Sutherland's primary role as a professional school counselor focuses on the core curriculum. The delivery of this model will occur through scheduled classroom lessons. Dr. Sutherland's training in child development, learning strategies, self-management, and social skills; he understands and promotes success for today's diverse students. He implements a school counseling program to support students through crucial developmental periods. The program integrates education, prevention, and intervention activities into children's lives. The program teaches knowledge, attitudes, and skills students need to acquire in academic, career, and social/emotional development, which is the foundation for future success. Additionally, group counseling is available for identified small groups of students as needed.
Components of Counseling
1. Counseling Instruction
2. Individual Counseling
3. Group Counseling
4. College and Career Readiness
Individual Counseling
Seeks to assist the student in the art of problem-solving inside and outside of the classroom.
Group Counseling
Provides resolution to groups of students who share a common bond or difficulty. Students will work toward achieving a common goal together over a specified period.
College Parks Counseling Lesson Topics
August: Introduction of the school counselor (A trusted adult)
September: Anger Expression Part I (SBTA)
October: Anger Expression Part II (Styles)
November: Friend or Foe Part I (Stir it up)
December: Friend or Foe Part II (Be Brave)
January: Gun Safety Part I (Kyle)
February: Gun Safety Part II (Eddie)
March: Friend or Foe Part III (Listening)
April: Friend or Foe Part IV (Vs.)
May: Career Awareness (What Will I Be)
ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors
Mindset Standards #2. Sense of acceptance, respect, support, and inclusion for self and others in the school environment.
Behavior Standards SMS #2. Self-discipline and self-control
Behavior Standards SS #2. Positive, respectful, and supportive relationships with scholars who are similar to and different from them.
Behavior Standards SS #3. Positive relationships with adults to support success.
These topics are subject to change, but usually, the changes are very minor.
This is a custom app called Staff Directory that is present on the https://www.fultonschools.org/Page/10377 page. Please work with your Implementation Consultant or join a Best Practice Workshop on how to add the content using Composer best practices.