Annual Agreement Template 

School Counselor​ Jessica Vargas Year​ 2017-2018  

 
School Counseling Program Mission Statement 
The North-Grand High School Counseling Department is committed to creating a safe and supportive
learning environment by delivering a comprehensive and data-driven program, based on the belief that all
students have intrinsic value and potential to become successful, lifelong learners who will thrive in
college, career, and life due to the academic, personal/social, and post-secondary skills they gain at
North-Grand High School. The School Counseling program achieves this through continual collaboration
with school staff, administrators, parents, and community partners to implement preventative,
developmentally-appropriate, data-driven interventions and supports to provide ALL students with
equitable access to services that meet their individual needs and prepare them for a healthy and
successful life beyond high school. 
 
School Counseling Program Goals 
The school counseling program will focus on the following achievement, attendance and/or behavior goals this year. Details 
of activities promoting these goals are found in the curriculum, small-group and closing-the-gap action plans. 
 

Program Goal Statements 

By June 19, 2018, our 2017-18 freshman class will increase the Freshmen-on-Track (FOT) Rate by 1% (95.9%) from the
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previous year’s freshman class of 94.9%, as reflected by district data on FOT.

By August 2019, our Class of 2018 graduates will increase the college persistence rate by 5% from 58% to 63% as
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reflected by National Clearinghouse data and internal postsecondary tracker data.

By August of 2019, increase the percentage of male seniors persisting in college from 52.9% to 55%
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Use of Time 
I plan to spend the following percentage of my time delivering the components of the school counseling program. All 
components are required for a comprehensive school counseling program. 
 

Planned Use  Recommended 

Direct    School counseling core  Provides developmental   

Services to    curriculum  curriculum content in a   
Students  20   systematic way to all students   
percent   
 
 
  Individual student  Assists students in the   
25   planning  development of educational,   
percent 
career and personal plans   
80 percent 
or more 
  Responsive services  Addresses the immediate 
20   concerns of students 
percent 

Indirect    Referrals, consultation  Interacts with others to 

Services for  15   and collaboration  provide support for student 
Students  achievement 
percent 

Program  Foundation, management  Includes planning and 

Planning and  and accountability and  evaluating the school 
School  20   school support  counseling program and 
20 percent 
Support  school support activities 
percent  or less 

 
   
Advisory Council 
The school counseling advisory council will meet on the following dates. 
10/24/2017 and 06/19/2018 
 
 
 
Planning and Results Documents 
The following documents have been developed for the school counseling program 
✓Annual calendar ✓Closing-the-gap action plans 
✓Curriculum action plan ✓Results reports (from last year’s action plans) 
✓Small-group action plan 
 

Professional Development 
I plan to participate in the following professional development based on school counseling program goals and my 
school counselor competencies self-assessment. 

Chicago Public School (CPS) Counselor Summer Institute, Professional 

Development offered by the CPS Office of School Counseling and PostSecondary 
Advising (OSCPA) , District Network Level meetings, CPS Counselor SWAP 
Conference, Network for College Success Counselor and Coach Collaboratives 
 
 
 
 
Caseload Defined by:  X Alpha: last names beginning with M to R  
X Grade level: students in grades: ​ 9-12  
All students in building 
Other: 
School Counselor  Direct Student Services 
Responsibilities  X School Counseling Core Curriculum 
X Academic Advisement 
X Individual Student Planning 
X College Fairs and College Campus Visits
Responsive Services 
X Individual Counseling 
X Small Groups: Grief and Anger Management  
X Crisis Response 
X Behavioral Health Team
Indirect Student Services 
X Referrals to Community Agencies 
X Transcript Evaluations
X Parent FAFSA Workshops
X Team Meetings: Grade Level, Post-Secondary Leadership, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support 
SEL, Counseling Department Meetings 
Special Programs 
X Dreamers Club Co-Facilitator

Other 
Professional Collaboration and Responsibilities 
Choose all that apply. 
 

Group  Weekly/Monthly  Coordinator 

Weekly Lissete Aguirre
School Counseling Team Meetings 
Administration/School Counseling  Weekly Iris Dominguez
Meetings 

Weekly Lissete Aguirre

Behavioral Health Team Meetings  
Biweekly Andrea Cortes
Post-Secondary Leadership Team Meeting 
Weekly Mindy Chappell
Sophomore Grade Level Meetings  
Quarterly Chicago Public Schools Office of School
District School Counseling Meetings  Counseling and Postsecondary Advising
 
 
Budget Materials and Supplies ​Annual budget: $​ 0  

Materials and supplies needed: 

 
School Counselor Availability/Office Organization 
The school counseling office will be open for students/parents/teachers from ​7:45AM ​to​ 3:00PM 

My hours will be from​ 7:45AM ​to​ 3:00PM(if flexible scheduling is used). 

The career center will be open from​ 7:45AM ​to​ 3:00PM  

 
Role and Responsibilities of Other Staff and Volunteers 
 
School counseling department assistant    

Attendance assistant clerk    

Data manager/registrar    

Career and college center assistant    

Other staff     

Volunteers   

 
 
 
School Counselor Signature __________________________________________  
 
Principal Signature ​ ____________________________________________________  
 
Date ​ _____________________________________________________________________