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Mission Statement
The mission of the Kentucky School Counselor Association (KSCA) is to represent professional school counselors and promote ethical practices and professionalism. KSCA empowers professional school counselors with knowledge, skills, connections and resources to support academic, career and personal/social development of all students.
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The Kentucky School Counselor Association is a non-profit organization that represents Kentucky school counselors. We are made up of an elected board, appointed positions, and community liasons. We support school counselors through professional development, resources, and advocacy at the state and national level. We empower school counselors to lead systemic change by delivering to all students an ASCA National Model Program, aligned with state standards for academic, personal/social, and career development.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
1. Collaboration: To connect school counselors with each other, to strengthen our vision for student learning and organizational growth.
2. Leadership: to promote membership and develop leadership within the membership.
3. Professinal Development: To provide prefessional growth opportunities through conferences and publications, and to recognize exemplary school counselors who utilize professional development gained to implement successful school counseling programs.
4. Advocacy: To promote legislation, policy, and procedures to enhance school counseling and ensure that key stakeholders and decision makers not only see and hear our vision and voice for the school counselor role and programs, but understand the school counselor profession.
WORK PLAN GOALS
1. Professional School Counselors are skilled educators who are held to high standards and are integral to student achievement.
2. Legislative policy supports student advocacy and fully funded comprehensive school counseling programs that are integral to student achievement.
3. Relevent research and data usage substantiate and support comprehensive school counseling programs as integral to student achievement.
4. Professional and ethical standards promote excellence in comprehensive school counseling.
5. Stategic partnerships with stakeholders and other organizations support and benefit Professional School Counselors and comprehensive school counseling programs as integral to student achievement.
6. School counseling leaders at local, state, and national levels create systemic change to implement and support comprehensive school counseling programs.
7. Organizationl structure and administrative functions facilitate the accomplishment of the Ends Statements.
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