- Iowa City Community School District
- Guidance Curriculum
Welcome to the School Counseling Program
What is School Counseling?
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What is School Counseling?
The Iowa City Community School District has a K-12 school counseling program. The purpose of the program is to provide students with personal, social, educational, and career development. The school counseling program collaborates with students, school personnel, parents, and community members to provide a positive school climate and deliver programs which assist all students in the aforementioned areas.
The school counseling program of the District is based on the belief that all students should participate in activities and instruction that will assist in their optimal development. The program is seen as an integral part of the educational process. It is for each and every student.
The Elementary School Counseling Program provides education, prevention and intervention activities, which are integrated into all aspects of a student’s school experience. Research-based, developmentally appropriate curriculum focuses on knowledge, attitudes and skills students need to acquire in academic, career and social-emotional development, which serve as the foundation for future success.
At the secondary level, students and families benefit from counselor advocacy and collaboration with school staff. Counselors are an integral part of ensuring student academic and personal success. These are achieved through providing supports that are primarily individualized for each student. Every student is assigned a specific counselor to work with them throughout their secondary school career.
Please visit your student’s specific school website for more detailed information.
What does your school counselor do?
Mission, Vision & Beliefs
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Iowa City Community School District School Counseling department is to provide a developmental, comprehensive, and data-driven school counseling program to all students. School counselors help all students in the areas of academic achievement, career, and social/emotional development. The program evolves to ensure that all students can graduate college and career ready, with skills and knowledge which will allow them to become responsible, life-long learners capable of valuable and fulfilling lives in our society of global and technical connection.
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Vision Statement
Students in the Iowa City Community School District graduate college and career ready, possessing the ability to be life-long learners and to use positive life skills. They have the potential to be valuable citizens in our society of global and technical connection, prepared to strive for personally fulfilling lives.
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Belief Statements
- All students can learn and become valuable members of society.
- All students have dignity and worth. All students benefit from a learning environment of mutual respect, and have the right to an emotionally and physically safe school environment.
- Positive home/school/community relationships promote student success.
- All students’ ethnic, cultural, racial, sexual, religious, and developmental differences and special needs are valued and considered in planning and implementing the school counseling program.
- All students have the right to participate in a comprehensive developmental school counseling program delivered by state certified school counselors.
- Everyone in the school environment is responsible for ensuring that students receive support for their development in the areas of academics, career, and social-emotional growth.
