School Counseling Year Plan Template
See how to turn student needs into monthly counseling topics, learning goals, and materials. Preview a sample principal report.
Example month for grades 6–8
- Student need · Students want help knowing who to ask when they get stuck at school.
- Topic · Asking for help.
- Learning goal · Students will name one school adult they could ask and practice one sentence to start the conversation.
- Materials · Use the anxiety and worry activity to rehearse a request. Try, “Could you help me figure out my first step?”
- Quick check · Ask students to say or write one person they could ask and the first sentence they would use.
Monthly planning template
Copy these prompts and use them for each month.
- Month and grade band
- Student need
- Monthly topic
- What students will practice
- Lesson and materials
- How I’ll check what students learned