NCDPI School Counselor Standards

 

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New Vision for School Counseling

An excerpt from the North Carolina School Counseling Standards, 2009 
The demands of the twenty-first century education dictate the new roles for school counselors. School need professional school counselor who are adept at creating systems for change and at building relationship with the school   community. Professional School Counselors create nurturing relationships with students that enhance academic achievement and personal success as globally productive citizens in the twenty-first century. Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, professional school counselors promote academic achievement and personal success by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that encompasses areas of academic, career, and personal/social development for all students.
In order to deliver a comprehensive school counseling program, the professional school counselor should understand and be competent in the following areas:
 
• Human growth and development,
• Core components for helping relationships,
• Cultural diversity,
• Societal change and trends,
• Student learning and academic success,
• Evaluation of student needs,
• Group and individual counseling techniques,
• Career development,
• Use of data,
• Use of technology,
• Role of the school counselor in leadership,
advocacy, and systemic change,
• Legal and ethical guidelines,
• Collaboration with internal and external
stakeholders,
• Research and program evaluation,
• School culture and mission, and
• Interaction with other educational professionals.
 
Intended Purpose of the Standards The North Carolina Standards for School Counseling have been developed as a resource for school counselors to enhance their knowledge and skills. Therefore, it is North Carolina Professional School Counseling Standards incumbent upon the school counselor to provide services as part of a comprehensive multidisciplinary team with complementary knowledge, skills, and experiences.
The school counselor standards will:
  • guide professional development as school counselors move forward in the twenty-first century,    
  • provide the focus for schools and districts as they support, monitor and evaluate their school counselors, and
  • assist higher education programs in developing the content and requirements of school counselor education curricula.