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ISSN: 3143-066X

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Fitting the Pieces Together: Student Services in the Big Picture

Patel, Sweety

Published:

September 17, 2025

Issue:

Autumn 2025

DOI:

Citation:

Patel, S. "Fitting the Pieces Together: Student Services in the Big Picture." Legacy: Transformation in Action, Autumn 2025, 2(1), 134-139.

Keywords:

school counseling; student services; social-emotional learning; mental health; college and career readiness; postsecondary planning; team; Professional Learning Community; PLC; professional development; staff evaluation; stakeholder

Abstract:

As a Director of School Counseling Services, I spend a lot of time trying to see how support services can fit into the larger system. It is often like putting together a puzzle, trying to find where priorities match and fit together. Traditionally, communities see student services as separate from the larger system; an ever-evolving societal myth that keeps us all from benefiting from a complete picture. Divided. By who? Often by administrators who do not comprehend or understand our role because they have never had the need to use student services as a student themselves. Everyone wants everything to fit together in a tidy package, but if you want the puzzle to come together nicely, you have to see how all the pieces fit.

Patel, Sweety

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