The ASCA NATIONAL MODEL
A Framework For School Counseling Programs
School counselors design and deliver comprehensive school counseling programs that promote student achievement. These programs are comprehensive in scope, preventive in design and development in nature. "The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs" outlines the components of a comprehensive school counseling program. The ASCA National Model brings school counselors together with one vision and one voice, which creates unity and focus toward improving student achievement.
A comprehensive school counseling program is an integral component of the school's academic mission. Student data and based on standards in academic, career and personal/social development, promote and enhance the learning process for all students. The ASCA National Model:
ensures equitable access to rigorous education for all students
identifies the knowledge and skills all students will acquire as a result of the K-12 comprehensive school counseling program
is delivered to all students in a systematic fashion
is based on data-drive decision making
is provided by a state-credentialed school counselor
School counselors focus their skills, time and energy on direct and indirect services to students. To achieve maximum program effectiveness. Some of the job duties of a school counselor includes, but not limited to the following:
individual student academic program planning
interpreting cognitive, aptitude and achievement tests
providing counseling to students who are tardy or absent
providing counseling to students who have disciplinary problems
providing counseling to students as to appropriate school dress
collaborating with teachers to present school counseling core curriculum lessons
analyzing grade-point averages in relationship to achievement
interpreting student records
providing teachers with suggestions for effective classroom management
ensuring student records are maintained as per state and federal regulations
helping the school principal identify and resolve student issues, needs and problems
providing individual and small-group counseling services to students
"Always do your best, what you plan now, you will harvest later."
Og Mandino
A Framework For School Counseling Programs
School counselors design and deliver comprehensive school counseling programs that promote student achievement. These programs are comprehensive in scope, preventive in design and development in nature. "The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs" outlines the components of a comprehensive school counseling program. The ASCA National Model brings school counselors together with one vision and one voice, which creates unity and focus toward improving student achievement.
A comprehensive school counseling program is an integral component of the school's academic mission. Student data and based on standards in academic, career and personal/social development, promote and enhance the learning process for all students. The ASCA National Model:
ensures equitable access to rigorous education for all students
identifies the knowledge and skills all students will acquire as a result of the K-12 comprehensive school counseling program
is delivered to all students in a systematic fashion
is based on data-drive decision making
is provided by a state-credentialed school counselor
School counselors focus their skills, time and energy on direct and indirect services to students. To achieve maximum program effectiveness. Some of the job duties of a school counselor includes, but not limited to the following:
individual student academic program planning
interpreting cognitive, aptitude and achievement tests
providing counseling to students who are tardy or absent
providing counseling to students who have disciplinary problems
providing counseling to students as to appropriate school dress
collaborating with teachers to present school counseling core curriculum lessons
analyzing grade-point averages in relationship to achievement
interpreting student records
providing teachers with suggestions for effective classroom management
ensuring student records are maintained as per state and federal regulations
helping the school principal identify and resolve student issues, needs and problems
providing individual and small-group counseling services to students
"Always do your best, what you plan now, you will harvest later."
Og Mandino