5.4. School counselors deliver direct and
indirect services through the WVTSS framework, a multi-tiered system of support
that promotes equity and access for all students and fosters student wellbeing,
achievement, and success.
5.4.a. School
counselors provide direct student services to help students develop the
knowledge, attitudes, and skills outlined in the West Virginia Pre-K Standards
and the WVCCRDSSS. The following are direct services provided through the CSCP.
5.4.a.1. Instruction. School counseling
instruction is a direct service that includes teaching a school counseling
curriculum by incorporating student standards from the West Virginia Pre-K
Standards or the WVCCRDSSS. Instruction occurs in classrooms, large groups,
small groups, or individually. School counselors may provide instruction
through direct instruction, team teaching, or assisting in learning activities.
The focus of instruction is to assist students in developing needed skills for
improvement in social-emotional wellbeing, achievement, attendance, or
discipline.
5.4.a.2. Appraisal.
Appraisal is a direct service provided by school counselors to individual
students to analyze and assess students' abilities, interests, skills, and
achievement through the appraisal of student tests, inventories, universal
screeners, or other data. This process involves the interpretation, assessment,
and feedback leading to the development of academic, career, and
social/emotional plans.
5.4.a.3.
Advisement. Advisement is a direct service provided to individual students
through which school counselors make recommendations based on the appraisal of
tests, inventories, and other data to help students make decisions for their
future.
5.4.a.4. Personalized
Student Planning. Personalized student planning is a direct student service
that provides students with opportunities to plan, monitor, and manage their
academic, college and career, and social/emotional development. Personalized
planning allows students to develop academic and social/emotional skills,
identify interests, maximize strengths, minimize weaknesses, set and reach
personal and educational goals, and realize their career aspirations. The
school counselor works closely with the school leadership team to plan ongoing
opportunities during the school day for career exploration and self-discovery
at all programmatic levels. The Personalized Education Plan (PEP), described in
Policy 2510, is part of the personalized student planning process and is
developed for each student, starting in 8th grade.
The PEP is developed in consultation with the student's parent and/or guardian,
school counselor, and/or teacher advisor and is used to guide, personalize, and
maximize each student's learning experience.
5.4.a.5. Counseling. Counseling is a direct
service provided through individual counseling or group counseling to provide
professional assistance and support. Counseling is provided during transitions,
heightened stress, critical change, crisis (crisis response), or other
situations impeding student success. It is short-term and based on counseling
theories and techniques that are effective in a school setting to promote
academic, career, and social/emotional development.
5.4.b. School counselors provide indirect
student services to support student success and promote equity and access for
all students. School counselors work with parents/guardians, teachers,
administrators, school staff, community stakeholders, and other partners to
address the needs of students in the school. The following are indirect
services delivered through the CSCP.
5.4.b.1.
Consultation. Consultation is an indirect service that involves providing
information, opinions, and recommendations to individuals who support students'
needs. It also involves seeking information from an expert about student needs.
School counselors both offer and seek consultation.
5.4.b.2. Collaboration. Collaboration is an
indirect service school counselors provide when working with multiple
individuals on a common goal and sharing responsibility for the associated
tasks. Refer to the West Virginia School Counseling Model for examples of
collaboration that occur within the CSCP.
5.4.b.3. Referral. Referral is an indirect
service a school counselor provides when a student's needs extend beyond the
school counseling roles, training, and/or responsibilities. School counselors
provide instructional, advisement, and counseling services through brief,
targeted approaches. When students need support beyond short-term services or
counseling, a school counselor's ethical duty is to refer students and
parents/guardians to school or community resources for additional assistance or
information.
