Employed at all Levels
Also employed in district supervisory positions; and school counselor education positions
School Counselor Qualifications
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Leadership Team Members
School counselors work to maximize student success, promoting access and equity for all students. As vital members of the school leadership team, school counselors create a school culture of success for all.
School counselors help all students:
Appropriate duties include providing:
Ideal Caseload
250 students per school counselor
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School counselors create and run programs to help students succeed. They work to make sure all students have equal opportunities by connecting their programs with the school's goals.
School counselors follow high standards and use the ASCA National Model to:
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Define
School counselors build programs using three sets of standards that describe their job. These standards guide counselors in making, running, and checking their programs to help students do better in school.
Student Standards: ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success. Professional Standards:
Deliver
School counselors deliver developmentally appropriate activities and services directly to students or indirectly for students as a result of the school counselor’s interaction with others.
These activities and services help students develop the ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success and improve their achievement, attendance and discipline. Through the school counseling program, school counselors ensure equitable academic, career and social/emotional development opportunities for all students Direct Services with Students Direct services are in-person interactions between school counselors and students and include the following:
Indirect Services for Students Indirect services are provided on behalf of students as a result of the school counselors’ interactions with others including:
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Manage
To be delivered effectively, the school counseling program must be efficiently and effectively managed. School counselors use program focus and planning tools to guide the design and implementation of a school counseling program that gets results.
Program Focus:
Program Planning:
- Closing the Gap
- Weekly
Assess
To achieve the best results for students, school counselors regularly assess their program to:
School counselors also self–assess their own mindsets and behaviors to inform their professional development and annually participate in a school counselor performance appraisal with a qualified administrator. The ASCA National Model provides the following tools to guide assessment and appraisal. Program Assessment
School Counselor Assessment and Appraisal
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