Mission:
The School District of Monroe Pupil Services Department strives to provide academic, social, emotional and behavioral support to all students to ensure success and improve student outcomes.
Service Philosophy:
The School District of Monroe Pupil Services Department employs a multi-tiered system of support that includes prevention, early intervention, and when necessary, intensive intervention. These services strive to ensure that students are enrolled, attending, engaged and on-track to graduate. Pupil Services staff work closely with student, staff and parents to identify individual needs and provide supports that are most appropriate for their needs.
Pupil Services Staff:
The Pupil Services Department staff is consists of a variety of professionals that dedicate their efforts to meeting the needs of the students they serve. Here is a brief overview of these positions and their roles within our schools:
- School Counselors: School counselors make a measurable impact in the lives of all students by assisting with academic, career and personal/social development needs. School counselors provide a variety of services including teaching guidance curriculum, providing individual counseling, facilitating small group instruction, offering academic consultation, and serving as a liaison with parents.
- School Nurse: The school nurse supports learning by implementing strategies that promote student and staff health and safety. The nurse takes a leadership role in serving as the coordinator of all school health programs, such as addressing health needs, providing health education, consulting on nutrition, maintaining all appropriate state and federal health records, and supporting staff wellness.
- School Health Assistants: School health assistants provide essential care for students in our schools. Health assistants perform a variety of duties, including distributing prescribed medications, providing emergency medical care, providing care for medically fragile students, monitoring student health issues, and supporting the school nurse as necessary.
- School Psychologists: School psychologists are uniquely qualified members of school teams that support students' ability to learn and teachers' ability to teach. They apply expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior to help students succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. School psychologists provide a variety of services, including individual counseling therapy, academic consultation, behavioral support, intervention development, data collection, and advocacy for students with special needs.
Click on one of the links in the navigation menu on the left side of this page for additional programs provided by the Pupil Services Department.
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