Guiding Principles of the Comprehensive School Counseling Program:

• Reaches every student
• Is comprehensive in scope
• Is preventative in design
• Is developmental in nature
• Is culturally competent
• Champions equity, access, and social justice
• Is an integral part of a total educational program for student success
• Addresses measurable student standards in the areas of academic, personal, interpersonal, career, and healthy development
• Includes classroom guidance, responsive counseling, individual planning and system support
• Is conducted in collaboration with all stakeholders
• Uses data to drive program decisions
• Monitors student progress
• Measures both process and outcome results and analyzes critical data elements
• Seeks improvement each year based on results data
• Shares successes with stakeholders
• Is clearly aligned with the mission of the schools
• Is based on national standards