Guidance and Counseling

Student competencies from the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs include:

• Intrapersonal Effectiveness
  • Positive student self-concept
  • Effective executive functioning skills
  • Appropriate behavior to the situation and environment
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Effective interactions with diverse populations
  • Effective and appropriate communication skills
  • Recognition of personal boundaries, individual rights and privacy needs of others
  • Effective conflict resolution skills
  • Development of healthy relationships
• Post-secondary Planning and Career Readiness
  • Motivation to succeed in personal endeavors
  • Demonstration of career exploration skills
  • Possession of the knowledge and skills to gather information for post-secondary education and career planning
  • Demonstration of awareness of the importance of post-secondary education
  • Understanding of the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community
• Personal Health and Safety
  • Incorporation of wellness practices into daily living
  • Demonstration of resiliency and positive coping skills
  • Possession of assertiveness skills necessary for personal protection