Example Achievement Log for a School Counselor

A year in the life of a School Counselor's log

• Sep - task: Took over the 504 review queue from retiring counselor. Had to learn the district template, SIS flags, and contact workflow; pushed 18 overdue cases through before February deadline.
• Sep - feedback: Special Education Director told me after 504 meeting: 'You caught the accommodation issue I missed. That's the kind of detail we need.' Happened with Marcus T.'s vision-to-laptop ratio.
• Oct - achievement: Chronic absenteeism group (6 seventh-graders) averaged 8.2 days absent per month in fall; by March after weekly check-ins and parent calls they dropped to 3.1 days. Kendall M. went from 12 to 2.
• Nov - task: De-escalated a 15-minute hallway crisis with Jordan, who refused to enter class and was escalating toward staff. Got him to sit in my office, identified the peer conflict trigger, called mom at 2pm.
• Nov - achievement: Sixth-grade anxiety group (coping skills, sleep, test prep) completed 8 sessions; 5 of 7 students reported improved sleep on the post-group survey, 4 of 7 said they used grounding techniques in class.
• Jan - feedback: Ms. Chen, math teacher, pulled me aside: 'Whatever you did with Aisha changed her. She's actually asking questions now instead of shutting down.' Aisha had 3 sessions on perfectionism and failure.
• Feb - task: Disaster. Led transition group for incoming sixth-graders but didn't plan enough space-filler material; group ran 12 minutes short and felt rushed. Revised for summer camp using pacing checklist.
• Mar - achievement: Summer one-on-one work with Devonte (depression, isolation) shifted his thinking around peer connection enough that he agreed to try the fall gaming club. Texted me first day of school: 'went to club.'
• Apr - task: Covered duty rotation crisis when a counselor left mid-year. Absorbed their lunch duty, added 8 new eighth-grade caseload students, and kept my Thursday evening parent call block running.
• May - achievement: Worked with high-risk group (3 students flagged by teachers as withdrawal, mood change, attendance drop). Two of three engaged in weekly sessions; one reconnected to yearbook club after October referral.
• Jun - feedback: Parent of Javier called to thank me. Said counseling 'gave him permission to talk about his parents' divorce without feeling like he was choosing sides.' Parent said it made December holidays less awful.

What makes a strong entry

How this becomes your review in November

This year I managed the transition to the 504 queue while maintaining caseload, picking up eight new students mid-year and absorbing my peer's duty rotation when staffing changed. The attachment work paid off: my chronic absenteeism group dropped from an average of 8.2 to 3.1 days absent per month by spring, and Kendall went from 12 days to 2. Small-group work on anxiety and coping reached measurable outcomes too, in the six-week skills group, most students reported using grounding techniques in class by the end, and I saw students like Aisha start asking questions in class for the first time. I failed at pacing in one transition group and rebuilt the structure, but the year showed me where the genuine need is: students benefit from weekly contact, and families respond when a School Counselor calls on their timeline, not just sends referral forms.

Starting your own log

Don't try to reconstruct a year you have already had. Start from today, one line whenever something happens, and let it build. The Perform Review Achievement Log does this for you and can capture wins straight from Slack, and how to start an achievement log covers the wider playbook.

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