Beliefs & Philosophy

We believe:

All students have the right to be served by the school counseling program.

· The school counseling program shall be evaluated on stated goals and related student competencies.

· The school counseling program should be consistent with expected developmental stages of learning.

· School counseling program activities shall be planned and coordinated by the counseling staff.

· The school counseling program shall be managed by state-certified counselors.

All students:

· should have access to a school counselor to discuss personal concerns.

· should have access to information about occupational and educational planning.

· have the right to assistance in identifying their needs in their personal/social domain.

· should have the opportunity to make choices within the constraints of the educational system.

· The professional mandates and guidelines proposed by the national and state school counselor association shall continue to set standards for the school counseling program.

· All students' ethnic cultural and racial differences and special needs are considered in the planning and implementation of the school counseling program.

· Abide by the professional ethics of counseling as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.