curriculum 6 8 Counseling Curriculum Map

Wydown Middle School Counseling Curriculum (2024-25) 
  
COMPETENCIES & 
OUTCOMES  
(CASEL & DESE) 
PROFILE  
OF A  
GRADUATE 
6TH 
7TH 
8TH 
1ST 
QUARTER 
Transitions 
●
Students will 
be able to use 
planning and 
organizational 
skills 
 
Building Community 
●
Students will 
be able to 
demonstrate 
empathy and 
compassion  
 
●
Students will 
be able to 
show concern 
for the 
feelings of 
others 
Self-Actualized 
●
Uses strengths, 
weaknesses, and 
self-awareness 
to advocate for 
their own 
learning needs 
 
Empathetic 
●
Recognizes the 
feelings of others 
and reacts in a 
helpful way 
 
Social-Emotional 
Development  
●
Building 
Community (6th)  
 
Academic Skill 
Development: 
●
Study Skills, 
Organization, 
Testing Strategies 
through 6th 
Learning Center 
Social-Emotional 
Development  
●
Building 
Community (7th) 
 
Academic Skill 
Development 
●
DESE; Study 
Habits 
 
 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Building 
Community (8th) 
2ND  
QUARTER 
Self Awareness 
●
Students will 
be able to 
develop 
self-efficacy 
 
Relationships 
●
Students will 
develop 
positive 
relationships 
Self-Actualized 
●
Uses strengths, 
weaknesses, 
values, and 
self-awareness 
to continue to 
develop the 
student’s own 
identity 
 
CulturallyCompetent   
●
Open to learning 
about cultural 
differences and 
experiences 
 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Stand Up, Show 
Empathy 
 
Career Development 
●
Learning Styles 
 
●
Lion, Otter, Golden 
Retriever, Beaver, 
Personality Test 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Bias language  
 
Career Development 
●
Interest Profiler   
 
●
Career Survey 
 
●
Developing 
Career Readiness 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Managing 
Emotions/Managing 
Conflicts  
 
Career Development 
●
Career Cluster 
Inventory & 
Occupation Sort  
3RD 
QUARTER 
ICAP/Academic 
Planning 
●
Students will 
be able to 
recognize 
Intellectually Curious 
●
Identifies  and 
pursues personal 
academic 
passions and 
Academic Development 
●
Course Request 
Process   
 
Personal Develop- 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Perseverance  
 
Academic 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Self-Esteem and 
Goal Setting (8th) 
 


how critical 
thinking skills 
are useful 
both inside & 
outside of 
school 
 
Goal Setting 
●
Students will 
be able to 
recognize 
how critical 
thinking skills 
are useful 
both inside & 
outside of 
school 
questions 
 
Creative Thinker 
●
Generates and 
explores 
problems, 
questions, and 
solutions 
 
 
ment/Resilience: 
●
Working Through 
Challenges (6th) 
 
Development  
●
Course Request 
Process   
Academic 
Development 
●
ICAP Template 
 
 
4TH 
QUARTER 
Transitions 
●
Students will 
apply the 
skills of 
transitioning 
between 
educational 
levels 
 
Career Explorations 
●
Students will 
apply skills for 
career 
readiness and 
success 
Self-Actualized 
●
Seeks out 
opportunities to 
get involved in 
interest-based 
activities 
 
Creative Thinker 
●
Can grow 
creative habits 
and skills to 
pursue one’s 
own interests. 
 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Developing Coping 
Strategies for 
Problem-Solving 
and Self-Control 
 
 
 
 
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Integrity  
        (doing the right     
        thing when no one   
        is looking) 
  
Social-Emotional 
Development 
●
Integrity 
(plagiarism, 
cheating)

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curriculum 6 8 Counseling Curriculum Map