Belief Statement

The School Counselors believe:

• all students have dignity and worth.
• all students have the right to participate in 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.
• all students 6-8 shall have access to a full-time, state-certified master's-degree-level counselor.

And that the school counseling program:

• be based on specified goals and developmental student competencies.
• be planned and coordinated with other representatives of the school community
• utilize the many combined resources of the community.
• be evaluated on specified goals and agreed-upon student competencies.

And that all counselors:

• abide by the professional ethics of guidance and counseling as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.
• participate in competency renewal program essential to maintain a quality guidance program.