guidance counselor
noun
US
: a person who gives help and advice to students about educational and personal decisions
Her high school guidance counselor suggested she apply to Harvard.
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Talk to your daughter’s teacher or the school’s guidance counselor about strategies to integrate her into social life there.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Wild Things followed a police detective Sergeant Ray Duquette (Bacon) who uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students, according to a synopsis of the film.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Speak to your child’s teacher and guidance counselor for starters.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Wild Things followed a police detective Sergeant Ray Duquette (Bacon) who uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students, according to a synopsis of the film.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Speak to your child’s teacher and guidance counselor for starters.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guidance counselor
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“Guidance counselor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guidance%20counselor. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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