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Resources for SFUSD School Counselors
Welcome to the School Counselor Resource Hub!
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Professional Development
“Humans are fundamentally motivated by two factors: doing things that are intrinsically meaningful to themselves, and working with others—peers, for example—in accomplishing worthwhile goals never before reached” (Fullan, 2014, p.7).
ALL counselors will convene three times this year to ensure fidelity of professional learning and improved outcomes for services to students and families. *Addtional PD will also be offered. View full details & schedule and PD Google Classroom.
**Upcoming: 9:00-12:00pm- January 14th HS and January 21st MS at 750 25th Ave.
School Counselor Annual Calendars
Please bookmark these calendars to help plan interventions, classroom lessons, and themes for the school year. Calendars include training dates and events for staff and studens. Encouraged to make a copy to create a site specefic version.
Addtional Sample Calendars:
School Counselor Newsletter
All school counselors and head counselors should carve out time to review the bi-weekly newsletter carefully curated to consolidate important announcements, information, resources for students and staff and much more into one document for counselors.
School Counselor Newsletter (Updated every other Wednesday)
Counselor Manual, Coordinated Care Team, & Sense of Belonging
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School Counselor Manual
Table of contents:
- SFUSD Counselor Toolkit
- High School Counseling- Guidelines Practical Implementation (Formally Section 2-B)
- High School Counseling- Transcripts & Student Course History (Formally Section 2-C)
- Counselor Frequently Used/Helpful Reports + More Synergy Resources
- HS COUNSELING- FAQ's FOR COUNSELORS
- Grading & Partial Credit FAQ
- CSCP Implementation
- SFUSD School Counseling Core Curriculum
- A-G Poster & Academic Transcript Review Form
- Documentation Best Practices Materials & Examples
- AND MORE!!!!
Sense of Belonging & School Counselors
4 Core Values for Sense of Belonging:
- Relationship Building
- Community Partnerships
- Professional Development
- Tier 1 Services + Rituals & Routines
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Role Specefic Resources: MS, HS & Admin
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Middle School Counselors
High School Counselors
- *** HS COUNSELING- FAQ's FOR COUNSELORS***HS (GO TO HS RESOURCE! Has a full list of resources and answers you are looking for!”) If you are new to HS counseling, start here!
- On Track Grad Guide 2024-25
- On/Off Track Overview & Site Planning
- Resource List Letter to Rising Seniors
- Guidelines for Practical Implementation (Formally Section 2B)
- High School Counseling- Transcripts & Student Course History (Formally Section 2-C)
- Non-SFUSD Coursework
- Plan 3 At-A-Glance
- Math Validation & LOTE Validation/Exemption
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Updated for 2025-26 SY:
- A reminder that all transfers for County schools or safety transfers now go through the Transfer Request Form. Transfers to district alternative schools - Ida B Wells, Independence, or Downtown - that are not complicated (students with safety concerns, high level SPED services, ELLs, etc.) still use the Voluntary Transfer process.
- 11th Grade Financial Aid Lesson
- College & Financial Aid Resources for Mix Status/Undocumented Students
- Resources for Students & Families on Website:
Ethnic Studies 25-26 SY: Guidance for School Counselors for HS Counselors
Ethnic Studies 25-26 SY: Guidance for School Counselors
- SFUSD Website: 2025-2026 Ethnic Studies Plan
- Ethnic Studies graduation requirement for class of 2029 (family letter 7.30.25)
- Sample course change form (Staff Document Only)
- Ethnic Studies Opt Out Log- 2025-26 SY (Change/opt out must be logged daily)
Administrators & Counseling Program Development
- School Counseling Program Support for Administrators
- Supervision and Role Guidance: School Counselor/Head Counselor
- Appropriate and Inappropriate Activities for School Counselors
- Here is a sample template for a counseling retreat agenda. Just suggestions, but the tool includes suggested engagement strategies and protocols.
- Promising Practices for Counseling Department
- The Role of the School Counselor
- School Counselor Roles & Ratios + More Resources
- ASCA Position Statement: Multi-tiered Systems of Support
- ASCA Position Statement: The School Counselor and Discipline
- ASCA Position Statement: The School Counselor and Social/Emotional Development
- Full library of position statements on all topics
Tools to Facilitate Meetings, Retreats, CCT, SST and data exploration
- Here is a sample template for a counseling retreat agenda.
- Promising Practices for Counseling Department
- Sense of Belonging 2024-25 PD Series
- What is a Retreat?
- Discussion Protocols & More Protocols
- Engagement Strategies, Check-in Cards
- Values & Beliefs
- 40 Developmental Assets
- ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors
- Additional Coaching Activities
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ES & MS: Second Step Digital SEL Program Resources
Second Step Digital SEL Program Resources
Check out the the resources and overview/refresher videos below for ways to encourage and monitor usage at your school sites. All Elementary, Middle and K8 sites have access to the Second Step SEL Program via Clever SSO.
Contact Person: Katrina Cubilo, cubilok@sfusd.edu, SFSD Health Education TSA; Julia Meyer, jmeyer@cfchildren.org, Senior Client Success Manager, Committee for Children
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Elementary
- 8.14.25 Updates Video: SFUSD Second Step ES Updates
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Fully scripted PPT deck with videos embedded to introduce Second Step to staff
- Included is a video titled “Benefits of the Second Step Elementary Program” which might help with Teacher Buy-in
- Second Step Program Overview video is found on this page (This is also a part of the self-paced training.)
- Reinforcing Learning Schoolwide: One video per Unit that covers key concepts to encourage a holistic approach to support students across the campus. These are great to show at staff meetings or in department meetings.
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Middle Grades
- 8.15.25 Updates Video: SFUSD Second Step MS Updates
- From Julia Meyer: “There are fantastic Leader resources that we did not cover today. I encourage you to look through your Leader Dashboard on your Second Step homepage and let me know if you have any questions. I would be happy to join another meeting and go over these in more detail with you!”
California Colleges Guidance Initiative (CCGI) Link to this section
CaliforniaColleges.edu is the State of California’s official college and career planning platform.
- A legislatively-authorized service provider to all California school districts
- A crucial component of California’s C2C Data System, as established by AB 132.
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SFUSD is a partner district! What does this mean?
- Launching and tracking University of California, California State Universities, & CA Community Colleges applications.
- Tracking the Cal Grant GPA submission status associated with their FAFSA or California Dream Act application.
- Validating coursework to identify transcript errors that could affect eligibility.
- CCGI connects transcript information with their California Community Colleges application to inform course placement.
California Colleges is not:
- A vendor
- A grant-funded program
CaliforniaColleges.edu! Our College and Career Planning Platform. Get Started Now!
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Student Account
Instructions for Student Accounts. Share this handout with students to get started. All SFUSD students have an account connected to their SFUSD email.
Student & Family Facing Webpage
Share webpage with students and familes and include in school site communications such as newsletters and counseling department webpages.
Resource Hub for Educators
- Statewide Live Webinars for Educators
- Educator Tools Tutorials
- Educator-Led Lesson Guides and Worksheets
- Other Resources
Student Instructions: Launching Applications on CaliforniaColleges.edu
Learn all about how to start and complete your college and financial aid applications in CaliforniaColleges.edu. All seniors will launch your applications on the CaliforniaColleges.edu platform. Connect with your School Counselor for support and check out these resources for instructions and additional resources.
Counselor & Staff Resources
Hello Counselors & College Access Teams! Please check-out these resources to support your implementation of CaliforniaColleges.edu with your students! Reminder that all seniors are required to launch all college and financial aid applications through the platform.
- Counselor/Staff Resources (includes training resources, tools and tutorials for reports)
Contact Us: For questions/technical support (especially as you are assisting students with applications) the best thing is to utilize the help button: please reach out to Contact Us!
Post-Secondary Dashboard
an interactive tool central office and school site staff can use to explore financial aid completion, college enrollment, persistence and degree attainment data for our SFUSD high school graduates (district network required)
This page was last updated on October 14, 2025