Academic Domain

According to the American School Counseling Association Model, school counselors play a critical role in supporting students’ academic success by: 

• Leading development of a safe and caring school culture

• Delivering a school counseling program based on data identifying student needs 

• Delivering information to students and teachers within the school counseling curriculum on best practices in mindsets and behaviors (i.e., learning strategies, self-management skills, social skills) 

• Providing relevance to academic effort and educational pursuits by assisting in students’ career planning and future career-related goals 

• Working with administration, teachers and other school staff to create a school environment encouraging academic success and striving to one’s potential 

• Working to remove barriers to access and provide students with the opportunity for academic challenge in the most rigorous coursework possible 

• Establishing data analysis methods to identify and target systemic barriers deterring equitable access 

• Providing opportunities for students to: 

• See value in tasks related to achievement 

• Develop mastery/learning goals 

• Develop autonomy 

• Relate to others 

• Working to establish student opportunities for academic remediation as needed Emphasizing family-community-school relationships in addressing academic needs