Student Services
What is a School Counselor? According to ASCA (American School Counselor Association), school counselors are certified/licensed educators with the minimum of a master’s degree in school counseling and are uniquely qualified to address the developmental needs of all students through a school counseling program addressing the academic, career and social/ emotional development of all students.
School counselors help ALL students, through:
- individual student academic planning and goal setting
- school counseling classroom lessons based on student success standards
- short-term counseling for students
- referrals for long-term support
- collaboration with families/teachers/ administrators/ community for student success
- advocacy for students at individual education plan meetings and other student-focused meetings
- data analysis to identify student issues, needs and challenges