Guidance Curriculum
Through a guidance curriculum, a school counselor guides students in developing their full
educational potential and serves as a critical Tier I support for all students. This curriculum
helps students develop competencies that align with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills
appropriate for their developmental level. The guidance curriculum is delivered systematically
by school counselors in collaboration with other professional educators. The curriculum
includes K-12 classroom lessons and group activities.

Individual Student Planning
Through Individual Student Planning, a school counselor guides each student in planning,
monitoring, and managing their educational, career, personal, and social development. To
achieve this, school counselors work with other educational professionals to implement
systemic activities that guide students in creating future goals and plans.

Responsive Services
Through the responsive services component, school counselors intervene on behalf of any
student whose immediate personal concerns or problems put the student's continued
educational, career, personal, or social development at risk. This can include preventive,
remedial, or crisis situations. Responsive services are implemented through individual or small-
group counseling, as well as through crisis response.

System Support

System support is the foundation of the comprehensive school counseling program (CSCP).
School counselors plan, organize, implement, manage, and evaluate their school counseling
program to increase efficiency and efficacy. In addition, school counselors coordinate with
providers in the broad network of interrelated services offered in the school, district, and
community to ensure individual student needs are met.