Accreditation Standard #4.10School Employs Guidance Counseling Personnel or Plan
The school employs a guidance counselor or contracted consultant for high schools dependent upon the full-time equivalent student population. A written guidance plan is followed for the provision of counseling services for elementary and middle schools.
Explanatory Standards
- Guidance Counseling Personnel Requirements
The school employs a full-time guidance counselor for high schools with 300+ full-time equivalent (FTE) students, a part-time counselor for 100–299 FTE students, and a contracted consultant for 1–99 FTE high school students.
A counselor or consultant satisfies one of the following criteria:
- Is certified in guidance or is certifiable; or
- Has a degree in a suitable area with sufficient experience or training in guiding students in educational matters to warrant their appointment; in such cases, to warrant assignment to this important task, the school head shall verify in writing for submission to the visiting team chair the reasons for the appointment.
- College Counseling Personnel Requirements
A person assigned as a full time or part time college admissions counselor satisfies one of the following criteria:
- Is certified in guidance or is certifiable; or
- Has a degree in a suitable area with sufficient experience or training in guiding students in educational matters to warrant their appointment; in such cases, to warrant assignment to this important task, the school head shall verify in writing for submission to the visiting team chair the reasons for the appointment.
- Guidance Counseling Written Plan
A written guidance plan is followed specifying personnel and procedures used to provide counseling services for elementary and middle schools.
ArtifactWritten guidance plan