SCHOOL COUNSELOR or GUIDANCE COUNSELOR

SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR?

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR  (OUTDATED)  SCHOOL COUNSELOR  (CURRENT)  Outdated professional title  Current professional description  Optional in schools  Mandatory in schools  No professional organization  American School Counselors Association  www.schoolcounselor.org  Extra courses taken   Master's degree required Worked mostly with class scheduling, college and career concerns Trained in handling mental, emotional, behavioral, social, as well as academic and career concerns  Worked mostly within the school campus Collaborates with all stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community members No professional standards School Counseling is a specified profession with ethics and standards that are required to be followed  "Guidance" is a service all educators and many other adults provide to students  "School Counseling" is a profession that encourages students   to learn strategies and skills empowering them to problem solve,   remove barriers and more forward.