School Counselors collaborate with many stakeholders to ensure a quality school counseling program-American School Counseling Association

We Follow the National ASCA Model

When you learn, teach, when you get, give -Maya Angelou

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Our School Counseling Program Mission

The South Bronx Preparatory School Counseling Program provides every student with culturally competent resources to develop academic, personal/emotional, and college/career access skills with a focus on closing achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps.
South Bronx Preparatory: A College board School

Terry Quiros Email: TQuiros@schools.nyc.gov Miyoshi Watson Email: miyoshi.watso@gmail.com

(School Counselors are) preparing students for access and success in a wide array of post secondary options.- ED Trust

Scott Galassi

Email: SGalassi@schools.nyc.gov

360 East 145 Street Bronx NY 10454 (718)-292-2211

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Now is the accepted time not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day of future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime W.E.B. Du Bois
American School Counseling Association National Standards
Academic Development College/Career Development Personal/Social Development

What is a School Counseling Program?

A comprehensive program is comprehensive in scope, preventative in design and developmental in nature. The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs is written to reflect a comprehensive approach to program foundation, delivery, management and accountability.

The United States Department of Education describes The achievement gap refers to the difference in academic performance between different ethnic groups. The opportunity gap refers to situations when students of different ethnic groups to not have access to rigorous program such as honors or AP courses. A funding gap occurs when programs that include students from different ethnic groups do not receive adequate financial support for such programs to thrive.

ACCESS Academic Career College/PostSecondary Emotional Social/Cultural Skills program for every K-12

Benefits of a School Counseling Program for Students

Ensures every student receives the benefit of the school counseling program by designing content Monitors data to facilitate student improvement Provide strategies for closing the achievement gap because some students need more Promotes rigorous academic curriculum for every student Ensures equitable access to educational opportunities Fosters advocacy for students Supports development of skills to increase students success

Ethical Standards for School Counselors

Each person has the right to be respected, be treated with dignity and have access to a comprehensive school counseling program Each person has the right to receive the information and support needed to move forward toward self -direction and self-development and affirmation within one's group identities Each person has the right to understand the
~Taken from The ASCA National Model~