ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM  

MISSION STATEMENT & BELIEFS

 

 

The mission of the Arcadia High School Counseling Program is to provide a comprehensive, developmental counseling program addressing the personal/social, academic and career development of all students. School counselors are professional school advocates who provide support to maximize student potential and academic achievement.  In partnership with other educators, parents or guardians and the community, school counselors facilitate the support system to ensure all students in the Arcadia Unified School District have access to and are prepared with the knowledge and skills to contribute at the highest level as productive members of society.

 

The Arcadia High School Student Support Team operates under the belief that:

·        The Arcadia High School counseling program addresses prevention, intervention and student developmental needs.

·        All students have dignity and worth.

·        All students have the right to participate in a comprehensive school counseling program.

·        The school counseling team provides immediate access to a counselor through the Counselor of the Day program.

·        All students’ ethnic, cultural, racial and sexual differences and special needs are considered in planning and implementing a school counseling program.

·        All students grades 9-12 shall have access to a full-time credentialed master’s degree level school counselor to deliver the counseling program.

 

And that the Arcadia High School Comprehensive School Counseling Program should:

·        Be based on specified goals as identified by the National Standard for School Counseling for all students grades 9-12.

·        Be planned and coordinated by the Student Support Team in coordination with other school, parent and community representatives.

·        Use data to drive program development and evaluation and to identify those students who are either underachieving or are under served by the school counseling program.

·        Be evaluated by a Student Support Team Supervisor on specified goals.

·        Actively involve the Student Support Team members to monitor students’ results.

 

And that all Counselors at Arcadia High School:

·        Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.

 

 

 

 

Arcadia High School, 180 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA  91007