Friday, April 16, 2010

State Guidance and Counseling Requirements/ STANDART EVALUASI BK

4. The program shall provide developmentally appropriate educational, vocational, career,
personal and social information to assist pupils in problem solving and in making
decisions.
5. The program shall include pupil appraisal, post-secondary planning, referral, research,
and pupil follow-up activities.
Questions and Answers
1. Must guidance and counseling services be provided for every student in the
district?
Yes, each pupil in the school district must have an opportunity to be equally served in a
planned, written, and sequential program of school guidance and counseling services. This
requirement is designed to ensure that developmentally appropriate guidance and
counseling services are provided at both the elementary and secondary levels. School
districts are expected to develop services for all students K-12 and staff them appropriately
and fully.
2. Must there be a written guidance and counseling plan for the district?
Yes, the district shall have written evidence that is guidance and counseling program is
developmentally based, systematically planned, and provided by DPI-licensed guidance and
counseling personnel. The plan should provide evidence that the guidance and counseling
program is sequential and articulated across all grades. It is also recommended that the
plan include long- and short-range goals and objectives based on the developmental needs
of children and adolescents. The program is expected to be organized in a manner that
maximizes the services provided by a school counselor and integrates the guidance
resources available through other pupil services staff, teachers, administrators, parents, and
the community. The program should address the learning, personal, social, career, and
vocational developmental needs of students and should be subject to continuous,
systematic evaluation and revision.
3. Must DPI-licensed school counselors be employed by the district to carry out
guidance and counseling services?
Yes, the district shall have written evidence that its guidance and counseling program is
planned and provided by DPI-licensed guidance and counseling personnel. Individuals with
the school counseling license have the preparation necessary to provide the planning,
design, and delivery of specific personal/social, educational, career/vocational/employability
counseling and guidance services. As a minimum, licensed counselors should be
acknowledged as core planners and providers, but not have exclusive responsibility or
obligation to either plan or deliver the district’s total guidance and counseling program.
There is no minimum amount of required time that guidance and counseling personnel
should spend in a particular school building or a required counselor/pupil ratio.
4. Do specific counselor/pupil ratios exist that must be observed by the district?
No. Assignment of school counselors to school buildings and counselor/pupil ratios are at
the discretion of the school district in accord with the district’s guidance and counseling
program implementation plan. Suggested counselor/pupil ratios based on national research
studies are published in the department’s School Counseling Programs: A Resource and

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