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The ESOL/Bilingual counseling staff provides counseling services to ESOL students. ESOL Counselors assist teachers and school staff to increase awareness of issues related to ESOL students. The goal of the ESOL counselors is to help ESOL students in the process of adjustment to their new social, emotional and academic environment.
The ESOL counseling staff:
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Assists in the cultural, social and emotional adjustment of ESOL students in Montgomery County Public Schools
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Assists school staffs to increase their awareness of issues related to ESOL students
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Assists school staffs and ESOL students in resolving crisis situations
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Assists in resolving conflicts arising from cross-cultural misunderstandings
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Assists ESOL students in developing decision-making skills and coping skills
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Assists ESOL students in developing awareness of academic, social and career alternatives in MCPS and beyond
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Provides career and vocational counseling
Schools with large numbers of English language learners have an ESOL counselor assigned to them to provide regularly scheduled support services.
Schools that do not have a regularly assigned ESOL counselor may request services by submitting a referral (MCPS Form 335-60) to the Division of ESOL/Bilingual Programs.
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