Student Counselor Resume Examples

Motivated and well qualified Student Counselor who works closely with students as a supportive advisor through the challenges of an educational environment. Adept at managing a complex student caseload and providing high-quality academic social and emotional support for struggling students. Specializes in the supervision of student placement services as well as course exemption and adjustments for students with disabilities or individualized education plans.

• Academic counseling services
• Passionate about promotion of financial literacy among student body
• Effective and compassionate communicator
• Public speaking skills
• Facilitation of individual and group counseling sessions
• Service-oriented attitude Strong academic background

• Managed an average caseload of 75 incoming freshmen students annually. Supervised group counseling sessions for students facing similar issues. Offered weekly counseling and advising appointments to students needing additional support.
• Facilitated eight annual social and emotional support workshops for incoming freshmen students. Topics of workshops included developing a balanced college lifestyle and healthy self-care practices.
• Worked with the academic advising team to provide course scheduling recommendations and exemptions for students with learning disabilities and individualized education plan.

• Met with over 350 incoming freshmen students to review course schedules and offer academic guidance and support.
• Maintained accurate and confidential student support records database for a caseload of 45 students.
• Facilitated 15 two-hour effective study skills workshops annually as well as an yearly intensive eight-hour weekend workshop focused on breaking bad study habits.