k School Counselor Standards Name First Last School School Year Describe the activity that you are documenting.Standards Alignment(Required) Standard I: School counselors demonstrate leadership, advocacy, and collaboration. Standard II: School counselors promote a respectful environment for a diverse population of students. Standard III: School counselors understand and facilitate the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program. Standard IV: School counselors promote learning for all students. Standard V: School counselors actively reflect on their practice. The activity may support more than one Standard. Select the standard with which the activity is best aligned.Domain(Required) School Counselors demonstrate leadership in the school. School Counselors enhance the counseling profession. School Counselors advocate for schools and students. School Counselors demonstrate high ethical standards. Domain(Required) School Counselors foster a school environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship with caring adults. School Counselors embrace diversity in the school community and in the world. School Counselors treat students as individuals. School Counselors recognize students are diverse and adapt their services accordingly. School Counselors work collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the lives of students. Domain(Required) School Counselors align their programs to support student success in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. School Counselors understand how their professional knowledge and skills support and enhance student success. School Counselors recognize the interconnectedness of the comprehensive school counseling program with academic content areas/disciplines. School Counselors develop comprehensive school counseling programs that are relevant to students. Domain(Required) School Counselors know how students learn. School Counselors plan their programs for the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students. School Counselors use a variety of delivery methods. School Counselors help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. School Counselors use and promote effective listening and communication skills. Domain(Required) School Counselors analyze the impact of the school counseling program. School Counselors link professional growth to the needs of their school and their program goals. School Counselors function effectively in a complex dynamic environment. Objectives Collaborates with school staff to create a positive learning community. Identifies data that aligns the school counseling program with the school improvement plan. Chooses professional development activities that foster their own professional growth. Analyzes data from multiple sources to determine the impact of the school counseling program on students and the school. Creates data driven goals and strategies that align with the school improvement plan. Provides input in the selection of professional development for the school staff. Participates in decision making procedures critical to the success of students. Routinely reviews and modifies school counseling program with the administrator. Shares student and program outcome data with stakeholders. Makes recommendations for program revisions. Mentors and supports colleagues on issues related to counseling students. Provides professional development within the school that addresses student needs. Leads the development of revisions to the school counseling program. Provides professional development at the district, state, or national level. Objectives Contributes to positive working conditions. Collaborates with colleagues to improve the profession. Promotes professional growth of individual school staff members on the application of best practices. Strives to improve and enhance the profession within the school by sharing best practices with colleagues. Strives to improve and enhance the profession within the school by staying current on evidence-based literature on school counseling. Strives to improve and enhance the profession within the school by helping to establish a positive school climate. Enhances the profession at the district/state and/or national level by conducting presentations. Enhances the profession at the district/state and/or national level by writing articles Enhances the profession at the district/state and/or national level by serving on boards, committees, or task forces. Objectives Participates in the implementation of initiatives to improve educational outcomes for students. Promotes awareness of and responsiveness to learning styles, cultural diversity, and individual learning needs. Advocates for adequate time for direct and indirect counseling services at the school level. Advocates for equitable student-centered school procedures and practices that positively impact student learning. Collects, analyzes, and communicates at the school level data that demonstrate the program’s impact on students’ education and development. Participates in district initiatives that address diverse learning needs and improve education. Communicates at the district, state, and/or national level data that demonstrate the program’s impact on students’ education and development. Advocates at the district, state and/or national level for equitable student-centered policies, procedures, and legislation that positively impact student learning. Objectives Understands the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Understands the Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Understands the Standards for Professional Conduct. Understands the Laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Demonstrates and upholds the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Demonstrates and upholds the Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Demonstrates and upholds the Standards for Professional Conduct. Demonstrates and upholds the laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Supports colleagues’ understanding of ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Supports colleagues’ understanding of Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Supports colleagues’ understanding of Standards for Professional Conduct. Supports colleagues’ understanding of laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of Standards for Professional Conduct. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of Laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Objectives Encourages an environment that is inviting, respectful, supportive, inclusive and flexible. Creates an environment that is inviting, respectful, supportive, inclusive, and flexible. Models and teaches stakeholders behaviors that lead to positive and nurturing relationships. Contributes to the development of curricula to teach behaviors that lead to positive and nurturing relationships. Broadly disseminates curricula that lead to positive and nurturing relationships. Objectives Recognizes the influences of culture, demographics and socio-economic status on a student’s development and engagement. Articulates knowledge of diverse cultures and its role in shaping global issues. Collaborates with teachers to ensure that the presentation of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study is relevant to a diverse student population. Selects and/or develops materials and activities that counteract stereotypes and incorporate histories and contributions of diverse cultures. Incorporates different points of view in the school counseling program and services to students. Delivers programs and activities based on student needs, including individual and group differences. Provides professional development on strategies to address individual and group differences in curricula. Promotes global awareness and its relevance to the development of the whole child. Objectives Understand the need for students to set academic, personal/ social and career goals. Values the differences and contributions of each student. Maintains and communicates high expectations for Academic rigor. Maintains and communicates high expectations for Achievement of NC Standard Course of Study. Maintains and communicates high expectations for Progress toward high school graduation. Maintains and communicates high expectations for College and career readiness. Helps students develop academic, personal/social and career goals. Collaborates with other stakeholders to assist students in achieving academic, personal/social and career goals. Objectives Collaboratively identifies and prioritizes student needs based on data, referrals, observations, and other sources of information. Provides appropriate services to meet individual student, small group, and classroom needs. Collaborates with others to create a customized plan of action that guides follow-up services to meet students’ varied needs. Adapts services based on the academic, personal/social, and career needs of students. Adapts services to address the customized plan of action. Objectives Communicates effectively with all stakeholder groups regardless of barriers. Promotes and builds trust, understanding, and partnerships with stakeholder groups. Encourages student and family involvement. Develops and utilizes community partnerships and resources. Seeks solutions to overcome barriers that stand in the way of effective family Promotes and builds trust, understanding and partnerships among district, state, and/or national stakeholder groups. Objectives Understands the importance of aligning evidence-based school counseling programs with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Implements an evidence-based school counseling program aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Uses evidence-based research and other data to advocate for equitable access for all students to rigorous curricula. Uses evidence-based research and other data to adapt the school counseling program in order to promote equitable access to rigorous curricula. Uses evidence-based research and other data to develops strategies to assist students in making connections between their personal interests and needs and the curriculum. Implements and/or assists school staff in implementing instructional and other strategies to assist students in making connections between their personal interests and needs and the curriculum. Leads professional development in strategies to assist students in making connections between their personal interests and needs and the curriculum. Communicates effective practices beyond the school level. Objectives Understands the connections between theories and evidence-based research about human development, student learning, and student success (academic, career, and personal/social development). Applies theories and research about human development and student learning in counseling programs and services designed to enhance student success. Collaborates in the development of innovative approaches based on evidence-based research theories about human development, student learning, and student success. Leads professional development on connections between theories and research about human development and student success. Communicates beyond the school level innovative practices that show promise of improving student success. Objectives Understands how the school counseling program relates to other content areas/disciplines. Collaborates with school staff to help them understand how the North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards are related to their content areas/disciplines. Provides assistance to school staff as they integrate the North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards into their content areas/disciplines. Shares outcome results of the integration of the North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards and/or the American School Counselor Association National Model to develop and enhance students’ 21st Century skills. Objectives Understands the need for a comprehensive school counseling program to be relevant to students. Accesses data regarding the effectiveness of the school counseling program. Develops a comprehensive school counseling program based on data to meet student needs, skills, and interests. Builds on student needs, skills, and interests to incorporate 21st Century skills and content into the school counseling program. Shares strategies that show promise for incorporating 21st Century skills and content into the school counseling program. Objectives Understands the influences that affect individual student learning. Addresses the achievement gap by assessing student strengths and needs. Provides resources to staff to enhance student strengths and address student needs. Seeks strategies to mitigate barriers to student learning. Mitigates barriers to student learning. Objectives Understands the need for a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses the needs of all students including underserved, underperforming and under-represented populations. Understands how significant adults in the lives of students impact student success. Plans appropriate programs using academic, behavior, and attendance data including student diversity. Implements strategies designed to help significant adults advocate for their students. Collaborates and consults with stakeholder groups to create program plans that support students’ academic, career, and personal/social development. Promotes the effectiveness of the comprehensive school counseling program to stakeholder groups. Assists significant adults in advocating for students. Presents results data at the district, state and/or national levels that demonstrate the impact of the school counseling program on students’ academic, career, and personal/social development. Objectives Assists students, individually and/or in groups, with developing academic, personal/social, and career goals. Develops a plan for the effective use of time based on program priorities, student needs, raising achievement, and closing gaps. Provides a wide range of evidence-based developmentally appropriate prevention, intervention, and responsive services. Implements a plan for the effective use of time based on program priorities, student needs, raising achievement, and closing gaps. Employs appropriate and available technology to enhance service delivery. Monitors plan implementation to assure the majority of time is spent in providing direct and indirect student services. Monitors plan implementation to assure services provided are based on program priorities, student needs, raising achievement, and closing gaps. Monitors plan implementation to assure adapts program plans and activities based on results of monitoring activities. Shares results of monitoring activities. Objectives Helps students learn problem-solving techniques that incorporate critical thinking and other 21st Century Skills. Assists students in using problem solving, critical thinking and other 21st Century skills to make healthy and responsible choices. Addresses issues that interfere with the students’ ability to problem solve, think critically, and use other 21st Century skills. Shares outcome and results data indicating students’ acquisition of critical thinking, problem-solving, and other 21st Century skills. Objectives Listens responsively to students, colleagues, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in order to identify issues and barriers that impede student success. Understands the importance of students developing effective communication skills. Uses a variety of methods to assist students in developing effective communication skills. Models effective communication skills. Assists students in determining the most appropriate communication strategies to use in a variety of situations. Promotes the development of effective communication skills throughout the school community. Shares effective communication techniques at the district, state, and/or national level. Objectives Thinks systematically and critically about the impact of the comprehensive school counseling program on student academic, career, and personal/social development. Develops and maintains a written plan of data driven goals and strategies for effective delivery of the school counseling program. Seeks feedback from stakeholder groups on the effectiveness of service delivery and needed changes. Determines the effectiveness of service delivery based on data. Uses results to improve and enhance the school counseling program. Collaborates with stakeholder groups to implement necessary changes. Objectives Participates in high quality professional development specific to school counseling. Understands the need to align professional growth activities with the North Carolina Professional School Counseling Standards and the American School Counselor Association National Model. Participates in high quality professional development that is based on needs identified by school data. Participates in high quality professional development that reflects 21st Century skills and knowledge. Participates in high quality professional development that addresses individual professional growth goals. Aligns with State Board of Education priorities and school and district goals. Applies new knowledge and skills gained through professional development activities. Develops focused and rigorous professional development activities. Leads focused and rigorous professional development at the district, state, and/or national level. Objectives Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve student academic, career, and personal/social development. Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve the school counseling profession. Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve understands the need to engage in active reflection about practice (e.g., written journals, professional learning communities, discussions with colleagues and mentors). Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve the school counseling profession. Collaborates with students, staff, parents, and other stakeholders to implement improvements to student academic, career, and personal/social development. Engages in active reflection about practice. Monitors the impact of adaptations to professional practice on student academic, career, and personal/social development. Shares results of monitoring activities. Leverages resources to integrate monitoring findings into ongoing practices. Contributes to enhancement of the school counseling profession. Developing: Collaborates with school staff to create a positive learning community. Identifies data that aligns the school counseling program with the school improvement plan. Chooses professional development activities that foster their own professional growth. Proficient: Analyzes data from multiple sources to determine the impact of the school counseling program on students and the school. Creates data driven goals and strategies that align with the school improvement plan. Provides input in the selection of professional development for the school staff. Participates in decision making procedures critical to the success of students. Accomplished: Routinely reviews and modifies school counseling program with the administrator. Shares student and program outcome data with stakeholders. Makes recommendations for program revisions. Mentors and supports colleagues on issues related to counseling students. Provides professional development within the school that addresses student needs. Distinguished: Leads the development of revisions to the school counseling program. Provides professional development at the district, state, or national level. Developing Contributes to positive working conditions. Collaborates with colleagues to improve the profession. Proficient: Promotes professional growth of individual school staff members on the application of best practices. Accomplished: Strives to improve and enhance the profession within the school by sharing best practices with colleagues. Strives to improve and enhance the profession within the school by staying current on evidence-based literature on school counseling. Strives to improve and enhance the profession within the school by helping to establish a positive school climate. Distinguished: Enhances the profession at the district/state and/or national level by conducting presentations. Enhances the profession at the district/state and/or national level by writing articles Enhances the profession at the district/state and/or national level by serving on boards, committees, or task forces. Developing Participates in the implementation of initiatives to improve educational outcomes for students. Proficient: Promotes awareness of and responsiveness to learning styles, cultural diversity, and individual learning needs. Advocates for adequate time for direct and indirect counseling services at the school level. Advocates for equitable student-centered school procedures and practices that positively impact student learning. Accomplished: Collects, analyzes, and communicates at the school level data that demonstrate the program’s impact on students’ education and development. Participates in district initiatives that address diverse learning needs and improve education. Distinguished: Communicates at the district, state, and/or national level data that demonstrate the program’s impact on students’ education and development. Advocates at the district, state and/or national level for equitable student-centered policies, procedures, and legislation that positively impact student learning. Developing: Understands the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Understands the Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Understands the Standards for Professional Conduct. Understands the Laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Proficient: Demonstrates and upholds the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Demonstrates and upholds the Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Demonstrates and upholds the Standards for Professional Conduct. Demonstrates and upholds the laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Accomplished: Supports colleagues’ understanding of ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Supports colleagues’ understanding of Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Supports colleagues’ understanding of Standards for Professional Conduct. Supports colleagues’ understanding of laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Distinguished: Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of Code of Ethics for NC Educators. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of Standards for Professional Conduct. Promotes at the district, state, and/or national level support for and understanding of Laws, policies, and procedures applicable to the school counselor position. Developing Encourages an environment that is inviting, respectful, supportive, inclusive and flexible. Proficient: Creates an environment that is inviting, respectful, supportive, inclusive, and flexible. Models and teaches stakeholders behaviors that lead to positive and nurturing relationships. Accomplished: Contributes to the development of curricula to teach behaviors that lead to positive and nurturing relationships. Distinguished: Broadly disseminates curricula that lead to positive and nurturing relationships. Developing Recognizes the influences of culture, demographics and socio-economic status on a student’s development and engagement. Articulates knowledge of diverse cultures and its role in shaping global issues. Proficient: Collaborates with teachers to ensure that the presentation of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study is relevant to a diverse student population. Selects and/or develops materials and activities that counteract stereotypes and incorporate histories and contributions of diverse cultures. Accomplished: Incorporates different points of view in the school counseling program and services to students. Delivers programs and activities based on student needs, including individual and group differences. Distinguished: Provides professional development on strategies to address individual and group differences in curricula. Promotes global awareness and its relevance to the development of the whole child. Developing Understand the need for students to set academic, personal/ social and career goals. Values the differences and contributions of each student. Proficient: Maintains and communicates high expectations for Academic rigor. Maintains and communicates high expectations for Achievement of NC Standard Course of Study. Maintains and communicates high expectations for Progress toward high school graduation. Maintains and communicates high expectations for College and career readiness. Accomplished: Helps students develop academic, personal/social and career goals. Distinguished: Collaborates with other stakeholders to assist students in achieving academic, personal/social and career goals. Developing Collaboratively identifies and prioritizes student needs based on data, referrals, observations, and other sources of information. Proficient: Provides appropriate services to meet individual student, small group, and classroom needs. Accomplished: Collaborates with others to create a customized plan of action that guides follow-up services to meet students’ varied needs. Distinguished: Adapts services based on the academic, personal/social, and career needs of students. Adapts services to address the customized plan of action. Developing Communicates effectively with all stakeholder groups regardless of barriers. Proficient: Promotes and builds trust, understanding, and partnerships with stakeholder groups. Encourages student and family involvement. Accomplished: Develops and utilizes community partnerships and resources. Seeks solutions to overcome barriers that stand in the way of effective family. Distinguished: Makes recruitment, hiring, and pPromotes and builds trust, understanding and partnerships among district, state, and/or national stakeholder groups. Developing Understands the importance of aligning evidence-based school counseling programs with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Proficient: Implements an evidence-based school counseling program aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Uses evidence-based research and other data to advocate for equitable access for all students to rigorous curricula. Uses evidence-based research and other data to adapt the school counseling program in order to promote equitable access to rigorous curricula. Uses evidence-based research and other data to develops strategies to assist students in making connections between their personal interests and needs and the curriculum. Accomplished: Implements and/or assists school staff in implementing instructional and other strategies to assist students in making connections between their personal interests and needs and the curriculum. Distinguished: Leads professional development in strategies to assist students in making connections between their personal interests and needs and the curriculum. Communicates effective practices beyond the school level. Developing Understands the connections between theories and evidence-based research about human development, student learning, and student success (academic, career, and personal/social development). Proficient: Applies theories and research about human development and student learning in counseling programs and services designed to enhance student success. Accomplished: Collaborates in the development of innovative approaches based on evidence-based research theories about human development, student learning, and student success. Distinguished: Leads professional development on connections between theories and research about human development and student success. Communicates beyond the school level innovative practices that show promise of improving student success. Developing Understands how the school counseling program relates to other content areas/disciplines. Proficient: Collaborates with school staff to help them understand how the North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards are related to their content areas/disciplines. Accomplished: Provides assistance to school staff as they integrate the North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards into their content areas/disciplines. Distinguished: Shares outcome results of the integration of the North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards and/or the American School Counselor Association National Model to develop and enhance students’ 21st Century skills. Developing Understands the need for a comprehensive school counseling program to be relevant to students. Accesses data regarding the effectiveness of the school counseling program. Proficient: Develops a comprehensive school counseling program based on data to meet student needs, skills, and interests. Accomplished: Builds on student needs, skills, and interests to incorporate 21st Century skills and content into the school counseling program. Distinguished: Shares strategies that show promise for incorporating 21st Century skills and content into the school counseling program. Developing Understands the influences that affect individual student learning. Proficient: Addresses the achievement gap by assessing student strengths and needs. Provides resources to staff to enhance student strengths and address student needs. Accomplished: Seeks strategies to mitigate barriers to student learning. Distinguished: Mitigates barriers to student learning Developing Understands the need for a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses the needs of all students including underserved, underperforming and under-represented populations. Understands how significant adults in the lives of students impact student success. Proficient: Plans appropriate programs using academic, behavior, and attendance data including student diversity. Implements strategies designed to help significant adults advocate for their students. Accomplished: Collaborates and consults with stakeholder groups to create program plans that support students’ academic, career, and personal/social development. Promotes the effectiveness of the comprehensive school counseling program to stakeholder groups. Assists significant adults in advocating for students. Distinguished: Presents results data at the district, state and/or national levels that demonstrate the impact of the school counseling program on students’ academic, career, and personal/social development. Developing Assists students, individually and/or in groups, with developing academic, personal/social, and career goals. Develops a plan for the effective use of time based on program priorities, student needs, raising achievement, and closing gaps. Proficient: Provides a wide range of evidence-based developmentally appropriate prevention, intervention, and responsive services. Implements a plan for the effective use of time based on program priorities, student needs, raising achievement, and closing gaps. Employs appropriate and available technology to enhance service delivery. Accomplished: Monitors plan implementation to assure the majority of time is spent in providing direct and indirect student services. Monitors plan implementation to assure services provided are based on program priorities, student needs, raising achievement, and closing gaps. Monitors plan implementation to assure adapts program plans and activities based on results of monitoring activities. Distinguished: Shares results of monitoring activities. Developing Helps students learn problem-solving techniques that incorporate critical thinking and other 21st Century Skills. Proficient: Assists students in using problem solving, critical thinking and other 21st Century skills to make healthy and responsible choices. Accomplished: Addresses issues that interfere with the students’ ability to problem solve, think critically, and use other 21st Century skills. Distinguished: Shares outcome and results data indicating students’ acquisition of critical thinking, problem-solving, and other 21st Century skills. Developing: Listens responsively to students, colleagues, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in order to identify issues and barriers that impede student success. Understands the importance of students developing effective communication skills. Proficient: Uses a variety of methods to assist students in developing effective communication skills. Models effective communication skills. Accomplished: Assists students in determining the most appropriate communication strategies to use in a variety of situations. Promotes the development of effective communication skills throughout the school community. Distinguished: Shares effective communication techniques at the district, state, and/or national level. Developing: Thinks systematically and critically about the impact of the comprehensive school counseling program on student academic, career, and personal/social development. Proficient: Develops and maintains a written plan of data driven goals and strategies for effective delivery of the school counseling program. Accomplished: Seeks feedback from stakeholder groups on the effectiveness of service delivery and needed changes. Determines the effectiveness of service delivery based on data. Uses results to improve and enhance the school counseling program. Distinguished: Collaborates with stakeholder groups to implement necessary changes. Developing: Participates in high quality professional development specific to school counseling. Understands the need to align professional growth activities with the North Carolina Professional School Counseling Standards and the American School Counselor Association National Model. Proficient: Participates in high quality professional development that is based on needs identified by school data. Participates in high quality professional development that reflects 21st Century skills and knowledge. Participates in high quality professional development that addresses individual professional growth goals. Aligns with State Board of Education priorities and school and district goals. Accomplished: Applies new knowledge and skills gained through professional development activities. Distinguished: Develops focused and rigorous professional development activities. Leads focused and rigorous professional development at the district, state, and/or national level. Developing: Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve student academic, career, and personal/social development. Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve the school counseling profession. Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve understands the need to engage in active reflection about practice (e.g., written journals, professional learning communities, discussions with colleagues and mentors). Proficient: Actively investigates and considers new ideas that improve the school counseling profession. Collaborates with students, staff, parents, and other stakeholders to implement improvements to student academic, career, and personal/social development. Engages in active reflection about practice. Accomplished: Monitors the impact of adaptations to professional practice on student academic, career, and personal/social development. Distinguised: Shares results of monitoring activities. Leverages resources to integrate monitoring findings into ongoing practices. Contributes to enhancement of the school counseling profession. PDF Preview
