Standards in Practice

Four sets of school counseling standards define the school counseling profession. These standards help school counselors develop, implement and assess their school counseling program to improve student outcomes. For examples on how to put these four guiding documents into practice on some of the issues currently affecting school counselors, see the following Standards in Practice documents:

• Election Conversations: The School Counselor's Role (PDF) (8/2023)
• Back to School: The School Counselor's Role (PDF) (8/2023)
• Eliminating Racism and Bias in Schools: The School Counselor's Role (PDF) (8/20)

Current Issues in Education

• School Counselor Shortages (9/23)
• Critical Race Theory (PDF) (9/21)