Vision: Empowering students to be authentic, successful, and responsible members of the school and community through delivery of a comprehensive, ASCA aligned, School Counseling program.

Mission: The mission of the Roncalli STEM Academy Counseling Center is to create a data driven program designed to close achievement gaps through  individual, small-group, large-group, classroom, and virtual services. 

Core Beliefs: 

Roncalli STEM Academy School Counselors believe: 

• All students deserve to be treated with dignity and worth. 
• All students will have equitable access to a comprehensive school counseling program administered by licensed school counselors. 
• All students have the ability to achieve success with equitable access to advocacy and support.
• Each student can achieve academic, career and social/emotional success when given appropriate and timely support and interventions as well as relevant instruction. 
• Each student has the right to a safe and nurturing high-quality instructional environment that supports and enhances academic achievement and leadership. 
• All students’ ethnic, cultural, racial, gender differences and special needs should be recognized and respected throughout the implementation of the school counseling program, and school counselors should continuously engage in professional development that supports the unique cultural needs of those students. 
• All students should be empowered through advocacy and leadership that helps them learn to become resilient self-advocates in face of adversity.
• Students will learn leadership and self-advocacy in practice alongside school counselors to help them overcome challenges in all areas and environments. 
• School counselors will serve as leaders and collaborators alongside staff, parents/guardians, and stakeholders to assess individual and systemic barriers for students success and will advocate for positive reform so that schools feel inclusive and safe for all students. 
• School counselors will create positive and respectful relationships with other school staff through consultation, staff development, and collaboration. 
• School counselors will seek consultation or collaboration opportunities from other knowledgeable staff members such as teachers, special education providers, school psychologists, social workers, and administrators when necessary to ensure high-quality instruction and program delivery is provided. 
• The school counselor will abide by the Ethical Standards set forth by the American School Counseling Association. 
• School counselors will use multiple data points to design, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve the comprehensive school counseling program. 

ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors

ASCA National Model Overview

Mission Statement

The mission of the Roncalli STEM Academy Counseling Center is to provide a comprehensive counseling program available to all students. We will establish and support a clear focus on student learning where we are all accountable to our students and where students are engaged learners who profit from their success.

Vision Statement

All students will achieve success in school and will be prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.

• School counselors are advocates for every student.
  All students have significance, worth, and the potential to achieve success.
• All students – regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation – shall have equal access to all services (academic, career, and personal/social) provided by the counseling program and the school.
• The school counseling program serves a central role in meeting students’ developmental needs through interventions in academic, career, and personal/social domains.
• Student needs can be best met through a data-driven comprehensive school counseling program in collaboration with all stakeholders.
• School counselors are leaders and agents of change in school culture and academic achievement.
• The school counseling program provides valuable resources to be used in collaboration with educational stakeholders to increase equity and access to opportunity.
• Learning experiences should be designed around the students’ needs in such a way as to make them personally meaningful to students. 
• All students learn best when positive relationships are present and fostered by all educational stakeholders.
• School counselors develop positive relationships and recognize the unique strengths and abilities possessed by each individual student as tools to achieve their goals.
• A comprehensive school counseling program is tailored to meet students’ educational and developmental needs as identified through assessments, delivered using evidence-based programs, and evolved through data analysis of outcomes.
• The American School Counselor Association ethical standards should guide the work of the school counseling program and school counselors.

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