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The School Counselor's role in realizing student potential for healthy growth is focused on three broad areas of academic, career, and personal/social development. This is the core of the content for the Connecticut Comprehensive School Counseling Program, K-12. Academic development includes acquiring skills, attitudes, and knowledge that contribute to effective learning in school; employing strategies to achieve success in school; and understanding the relationship of academics to the world of work, and to life at home and in the community. Academic goals support the premise that all students should meet or exceed the local, state, and national goals. Career development goals and competencies ensure that students develop career goals as a result of their participation in a comprehensive plan of career awareness, exploration, and preparation activities. Personal/social development goals guide the school counseling program to provide the foundation for personal and social growth as students progress through school and into adulthood. Personal/social development contributes to academic and career success by helping students understand and respect themselves and others, acquire effective interpersonal skills, understand safety and survival skills, and develop into contributing members of society (A Guide to Comprehensive School Counseling Program Development, State of CT, 2008).
New Milford High School's Comprehensive School Counseling Program mission is to provide leadership, advocacy, and support for student achievement. The Comprehensive School Counseling Program is an integral part of the school's core values and beliefs.