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.