School Counselors
At Your Service
Email:
- Erin Richter (A-L) - erichter@shakopee.k12.mn.us
- Amy Spaeth (M-Z) - aspaeth@shakopee.k12.mn.us
Phone: You can leave us a voicemail on our office phone. Please include in your message the best time for us to call you back. Our return call will be listed as a blocked number.
- Erin Richter (A-L) - 952-496-5739
- Amy Spaeth (M-Z) - 952-496-5723
Google Meet
- Confidentiality: The counselors will do our best to ensure confidentiality in our online setting. Students should only share what they feel comfortable sharing. As always, in cases where a student’s safety is threatened, we will reach out to their parent/guardian.
- Expectations/protocols:
- Students find a quiet, private place for meeting
- Consider using headphones to keep conversation private
- Maintain school appropriate norms and expectations
- Both student and counselor agree to not record sessions
Services & Support
Academic Development
- Grade checks
- Individual plan and goal setting
- Organization and time management skills
- Study Skills
- Academic resources
- Registration and scheduling
- Intervention planning
Social/Emotional Development
- Anxiety
- Anger
- Self-esteem/self-image
- Sadness
- Grief / loss
- Stress management
- Peer and family relationships
- Equity, identity and culture
- Basic needs and resources
- Individual safety
College/Career Development
- School-wide Connect to College & Career activities once a month in Advisory
- Career exposure and exploration
- College exposure and exploration
- Post-secondary preparation
- Resume building
MCIS
Students will be utilizing the MCIS (Minnesota Career Information System) tool throughout their time in middle school to build a personal portfolio that helps develop self-awareness as it relates to their learning styles, interest areas and career ideas, among many others. It is also a great resource for researching careers and learning more about their potential growth for the future, as well as their current salary/wages. Counselors will be going into classrooms throughout the year to introduce students to the various resources MCIS has to offer.