Counseling

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School Counselor: Mrs. Veronica Spiller

Email: Click here to e-mail Veronica

Phone: 281-983-8040 option 4 or ext #21518

Meet the Counselor

Veronica

Ms. Spiller

Greetings from the Counselor! I am the guidance counselor for Hicks Elementary and I love what I do. I was born in Tyler, Tx. and moved to Houston to attend Texas Southern University, where I received my bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. I taught Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies, (Gifted and Talented) for 9 years in HISD and Alief ISD. In 2003, I received a Master's degree in Counseling from Prairie View A&M University. I've been married for almost 20 years to a wonderful husband. I have a son and daughter, who both attend Alief schools.  I’m very grateful to be connected to a diverse, well-rounded, and innovative school district. With more than 20 years of educational experience, as I work with staff and students at Hicks Elementary, I'm reminded daily of how blessed I am to be a guidance counselor in this wonderful school district.

Meet the Counselor

This page was created to provide staff, students, and parents a variety of resources, as well as make them aware of the services offered to all students. Guidance lessons include topics on self-esteem, positive actions, anger management, responsibility, decision making, feelings, friendship, grief, and getting along with others. Our counseling program includes individual and group sessions. Alief ISD's Guidance and Counseling Program is a comprehensive, developmental guidance program based on the state's model. Professional counselors are available on all Alief ISD's campuses to provide services for all of our students.

SCHOOL GUIDANCE CURRICULUM

  • Academic support, including organizational, study and test-taking skills

  • Goal setting and decision-making

  • Career awareness, exploration and planning

  • Education on understanding self and others 

  • Peer relationships, coping strategies and effective social skills

  • Communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution

  • Substance abuse education

  • Multicultural/diversity awareness

  • Individual Student Planning

 

  • Academic planning

    • Goal setting/decision- making

    • Education on understanding of self, including strengths and weaknesses

    • Transition plans

  • Responsive Services

    • Individual and small-group counseling

    • Individual/family/school crisis intervention

    • Conflict resolution

    • Consultation/collaboration

    • Referrals

  • System Support

    • Professional development

    • Consultation, collaboration and teaming

    • Program management and operation

Team Work Makes the Dream work 

  • Parents

    • Parent education 

    • Communication/networking 

    • Academic planning 

    • College/career awareness programs 

    • One-on-one parent conferencing 

    • Interpretation of assessment results

  • Teachers

    • Classroom guidance activities 

    • Academic support, including learning style assessment and education to help students succeed academically 

    • Classroom speakers 

    • At-risk student identification and implementation of interventions to enhance success

  • Administrators

    • School climate 

    • Behavioral management plans 

    • School-wide needs assessments 

    • Student data and results 

    • Student assistance team building

  • Students

    • Peer education 

    • Peer support 

    • Academic support 

    • School climate 

    • Leadership development

    • Community

    • Job shadowing, service learning 

    • Crisis interventions 

    • Referrals 

    • Parenting classes 

    • Support groups 

    • Career education

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