SARAH SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM
International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme
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Dual Immersion School
Vision Statement
A comprehensive school counseling program where students acquire academic, career, and personal/social skills in a welcoming and inclusive community.
Mission Statement
In a caring culture of equity, trust and collaboration every student will become critical thinkers, and responsible citizens in a global community.
Philosophy
The Sarah Smith Elementary School Counseling Program believes that all students can achieve their highest potential in a learning environment that emulates a safe and caring community. The services provided through the counseling program will be comprehensive, preventive and developmental. The program is designed, developed, implemented and evaluated by a state certified school counselor who adheres to the ethical standards set forth by the American School Counseling Association.
Beliefs
International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme
&
Dual Immersion School
Vision Statement
A comprehensive school counseling program where students acquire academic, career, and personal/social skills in a welcoming and inclusive community.
Mission Statement
In a caring culture of equity, trust and collaboration every student will become critical thinkers, and responsible citizens in a global community.
Philosophy
The Sarah Smith Elementary School Counseling Program believes that all students can achieve their highest potential in a learning environment that emulates a safe and caring community. The services provided through the counseling program will be comprehensive, preventive and developmental. The program is designed, developed, implemented and evaluated by a state certified school counselor who adheres to the ethical standards set forth by the American School Counseling Association.
Beliefs
The professional school counselors serving Sarah Smith Elementary School believe:
- All students have dignity and and worth
- Every student can learn and achieve academic excellence when nurtured in a respectful environment.
- Every student has the right to have access to a developmental and comprehensive school counseling program.
- Character education and social emotional learning is essential to a student's development.
- School counselors are an integral part of collaborative teams working towards ensuring student success.
- Provide instruction in the academic, personal/social & career domains in order to support student achievement
- Ensure that all student's gender, ethnic, cultural and racial differences are considered in the planning and implementation of the school counseling program.
- Provide a data-driven, developmental counseling program to meet the needs of all students through a guidance curriculum, individual student planning, responsive services, and systems support.
- Provide equal access counseling services in order to close the achievement gap by providing knowledge, skills and opportunities for every student.
- Shall abide by the professional ethics of school counseling as set forth by the American School Counseling Association.
- Shall participate in professional learning opportunities to maintain a quality school counseling program