Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling
About Guidance and Counseling
"The vision of the Guidance and Counseling Staff is to work with schools to help ensure that each school has a fully implemented comprehensive guidance and counseling program that supports the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students through the delivery of guidance curriculum, individual planning and responsive services. The program is managed and evaluated through system support activities that also support the on-going mission of the school"-Bragg Stanley, Director
The Guidance and Counseling staff helps to ensure continuity of programs and services by
- Providing support for the full implementation of the comprehensive guidance and counseling program
- Assisting in keeping program components content current
- Helping inform various populations about the role of counselors in the schools
- Assisting in advocating for adequate counselor–student ratios in the schools
- Recommending changes in counselor training programs that reflect new and anticipated trends
- Recommending changes in facilities, equipment, materials, and staffing needs that allow counselors to effectively present their services to school populations
- Providing direction in the implementation of career education opportunities for schools within the state
- Assisting in continuous evaluation of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs provided by professional school counselors within the state
- Assisting in mentoring alternatively certificated personnel working in the schools
- Assisting in advocating for comprehensive guidance and counseling