Section III: Foundational Components

McNair Elementary Mission Statement

Program Definition, Rationale and Assumptions 

Denton ISD: Growing Strong Hearts and Strong Minds

McNair Mission Statement: McNair elementary's school counseing program is committed to meeting the campus' social, emotional, and developmental needs. The school counselor is an advocate for both students and staff. McNair counseling program works to remove barries to sucess, provide preventative pyscoeducational curriculum, and ensure every student is excited to come to school. 

Definition:  Denton ISD counselors are committed to building resilient problem-solvers who have a keen awareness of how they positively impact the world, both locally and globally. 

Rationale: The Denton ISD counselors advocate for students, assist families in removing barriers to academic, social, emotional and future success; and collaborate with community, families, students, and campus staff in providing an ever improving comprehensive school counseling program. 

Assumptions: 

• All students, parents and staff have access to the school counseling program resources.

• The counseling program is provided with the necessary resources, budget, and means to carry out program goals and initiatives.

• The counseling program has support and input from all stakeholders to facilitate a healthy counseling program.        

• Trainings are provided to keep skills and interventions current and innovative.

• The counseling program helps to develop and enhance relationships among staff members,  characterized by respect, collaboration, and cooperation.        

• The counseling program contributes to the academic and social/emotional development of the students.

• School administrators understand and support the counseling program’s priorities and initiatives.

• The Professional certified school counselor’s responsibilities are modeled after the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Program.

• There is a district level comprehensive listing of counseling services, programs, and activities used at all campuses.

• All students can be sucessful

Program Goals

Program goals begin with the collection of staff input data through a needs assessment. Mrs. Rushing considers what the most pertinent campus needs are and also considers how she can improve as a professional. The next step looks like Mrs. Rushing meeting with the elementary counseling director for Denton ISD to create SMART goals. Purposeful activites and service components are planned around these goals and tracked throughout the year. 

Staff and parent needs assessment are sent out in the begining of each school year via google forms. Mrs. Rushing also periodically sends out surverys whenever a new program or portion of the counseling program is implemented.  

Evaluating Our Program

Mrs. Rushing uses three main tools to evalute McNair's counseling program. First the counseling program is evaluted based on how much time is spent in each of the domains. Secondly, Mrs. Rushing and the elementary counseling director exmamine data and artifcatual evidence to measure SMART goal progress. Lastly, Mrs. Rushing creates an end of year portfolio to illustrate all the accomplishments of the year.