Philosophy and Beliefs

The school counselors believe:

• All students have dignity and worth and have the right to be served by a comprehensive school counseling program.
• All students have a capacity to learn and to be supported academically.
• All students will be provided with a school counseling program that will be consistent with expected developmental stages of learning and differences in learning styles.

And that the school counseling program should:

• Be planned and coordinated by state-certified school counselors in consultation with other representatives of the school and community.
• Engage students in classroom, group and/or individual activities to enhance student learning.
• Provide academic, career, personal and social development for every student.
• Use data to drive the program development and evaluation, and actively monitor student results.

And that all school counselors:

• Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.
• Shall participate in professional development essential to maintain a quality school counseling program.