Introduction

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.

The general outcomes of public education in Hawaii sought for all learners include the following general skills and dispositions:

1. Being responsible for one's own learning
2. Working with others
3. Using complex thinking and problem-solving skills
4. Recognizing and generating quality performance and quality products

Standards

Standard 1: Focuses on the Learner
Standard 2: Creates and maintains a safe and positive learning environment
Standard 3: Adapts to learner diversity
Standard 4: Fosters effective communication in the learning environment
Standard 5: Demonstrates knowledge of content
Standard 6: Designs and provides meaningful learning experiences
Standard 7: Uses active learning strategies
Standard 8: Uses assessment strategies
Standard 9: Demonstrates professionalism
Standard 10: Fosters parent and school community relationships
Code of Ethics

Click on any of the above standards to read the criteria for that standard.