Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 8 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subtitle 2 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOL › Chapter 54 - TEACHER LICENSING STANDARDS › Subchapter 6 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Appendix C - SCHOOL COUNSELOR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS INTRODUCTION

Current through June, 2024
The effective school counselor focuses on students'
						long-term academic, career, and personal/social development; effective school
						counselor demonstrates the basic skills and dispositions to promote students'
						autonomy, literacy, responsibility to self and others, and lifelong learning.
						With developmentally appropriate counseling and guidance, the ultimate goal is
						for students to become positive, courageous, confident, competent, and caring
						human beings. The educational system must develop citizens who can govern
						themselves and have a global perspective. The citizens must be flexible,
						resourceful and able to deal with open-endedness, complexity. The effective
						school counselor promotes students' autonomy, literacy, responsibility to self
						and others, and lifelong learning through developmentally appropriate
						counseling and guidance.
Standard 1:
The professional school
						counselor plans, organizes and delivers the school counseling program.
1.1 A program is designed to meet the needs of the
						school.
1.2 The professional school counselor demonstrates
						positive interpersonal relationships with students.
1.3 The professional school counselor demonstrates
						positive interpersonal relationships with educational staff.
1.4 The professional school counselor demonstrates
						positive interpersonal relationships with parents or guardians.
Standard 2:
The professional school
						counselor is able to implement a school guidance curriculum through the use of
						effective instructional skills and careful planning of structured group
						sessions.
2.1 The professional school counselor is able to teach
						school guidance units effectively.
2.2 The professional school counselor is able to develop
						materials and instructional strategies to meet student needs and school
						goals.
2.3 The professional school counselor collaborates with
						staff involvement to ensure the effective implementation of the school guidance
						curriculum.
Standard 3:
The professional school
						counselor implements the individual planning component by guiding individuals
						and groups of students and their parents or guardians through the development
						of educational and career plans.
3.1 The professional school counselor, in collaboration
						with parents or guardians, helps students establish goals and develop and use
						planning skills.
3.2 The professional school counselor demonstrates
						accurate and appropriate interpretation of assessment data and the presentation
						of relevant, unbiased information.
Standard 4:
The professional school
						counselor provides responsive services through the effective use of individual
						and small-group counseling, consultation and referral skills.
4.1 The professional school counselor counsels individual
						students and small groups of students with identified needs and
						concerns.
4.2 The professional school counselor consults
						effectively with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators and other
						relevant individuals.
4.3 The professional school counselor implements an
						effective referral process with administrators, teachers and other school
						personnel.
Standard 5:
The professional school
						counselor provides system support through effective school counseling program
						management and support for other educational programs.
5.1 The professional school counselor provides a
						comprehensive and balanced school counseling program in collaboration with
						school staff.
5.2 The professional school counselor provides support
						for other school programs.
5.3 The professional school counselor develops and
						distributes a calendar which identifies counseling activities and
						programs.
Standard 6:
The professional school
						counselor discusses the counseling department management system and the program
						action plans with the school administrator.
6.1 The professional school counselor discusses the
						qualities of the school counselor management system with the other members of
						the counseling staff and/or school administrator.
6.2 The professional school counselor discusses the
						anticipated program results when implementing the action plans for the school
						year.
Standard 7:
The professional school
						counselor collects and analyzes data to guide program direction and
						emphasis.
7.1 The professional school counselor uses school data to
						make decisions regarding student choice of classes and/or special
						programs.
7.2 The professional school counselor uses data from the
						counseling program to make decisions regarding program revisions.
7.3 The professional school counselor understands and
						uses data to establish goals and activities to support academic
						achievement.
Standard 8:
The professional school
						counselor monitors the students on a regular basis as they progress in
						school.
8.1 The professional school counselor is accountable for
						monitoring students' progress.
8.2 The professional school counselor implements
						monitoring systems appropriate to the individual school.
8.3 The professional school counselor develops
						appropriate interventions for students as needed and monitors their
						progress.
Standard 9:
The professional school
						counselor develops a system for evaluating the results of the counseling
						program.
9.1 The professional school counselor collects data and
						analyzes results attained from school counseling activities.
9.2 The professional school counselor works with members
						of the counseling team, if applicable, and with the principal to clarify how
						programs are evaluated and how results are shared.
9.3 The professional school counselor uses program
						assessment to make changes as needed in the school counseling program and
						calendar for the following year.
9.4 The professional school counselor shares the results
						of the program assessment with stakeholders.
Standard 10:
The professional school
						counselor is an advocate for students, a leader, collaborator, and a systems
						change agent.
10.1 The professional school counselor promotes academic
						success of students.
10.2 The professional school counselor promotes equity
						and access for students.
10.3 The professional school counselor takes a leadership
						role within the school setting and/or community.
10.4 The professional school counselor understands reform
						issues and works to close the achievement gap.
10.5 The professional school counselor collaborates with
						teachers, parents and the community to promote academic success of
						students.
10.6 The professional school counselor is a member of
						effective teams and encourages collaboration among all school staff.
10.7 The professional school counselor uses data to
						recommend systemic change in policy and procedures that limit or inhibit
						academic achievement.