VISION STATEMENT
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MISSION STATEMENT 

The counseling department at Marshall Elementary School provides a comprehensive and multicultural school counseling program, focusing on academic, personal/social and career development within a supportive, caring and nurturing environment, so that all children achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.

• KA.1:  Recognize responsibilities of being a student worker in school.
• KC.1:  Identify areas of interest.
• KC.2:  Develop awareness of careers in the community.
• KP.1:  Recognize and appreciate one's unique abilities.
• KP.2:  Identify and understand the meaning of various feeling words.
• KP.3:  Develop awareness of empathy.
• KP.4:  Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior in school.

• KP.5:  Use appropriate communication skills to ask for help when needed.

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• 1A.1:  Develop skills and positive work habits (including task completion) to successfully meet school requirements. 
• 1A.2:  Understand that mistakes are essential to the learning process.
• 1A.3:  Understand the importance of goal setting.
• 1C.1:  Develop an understanding of roles and contributions of workers in school, home, and community.
• 1C.2:  Identify personal skills, abilities, and interests in the areas of academic, career, and personal/social development.
• 1P.1:  Describe how to express feelings in constructive ways (i.e. "I statements.")
• 1P.2:  Develop an awareness of the importance of personal safety (i.e. Know telephone number, home address, emergency contact information, Stranger Danger).
• 1P.3:  Identify situations requiring adult professional help.
   

• 2A.1:  Develop awareness of goal-setting steps.
• 2A.2:  Recognize the relationship between goal setting and accomplishing work.
• 2A.3:  Work independently to achieve academic success.
• 2A.4:  Identify and utilize test-taking skills.
• 2C.1:  Learn about the variety of traditional and non-traditional occupations in a changing work place.
• 2C.2:  Identify resource people in the school and community and understand how to seek their help.
• 2P.1:  Identify forms of communication (e.g., listening, speaking, body language, etc.)
• 2P.2:  Develop awareness of individual differences.
• 2P.3:  Define "friend" and describe what is meant by "friendship."
• 2P.4:  Recognize how personal behavior affects group dynamics.
• 2P.5:  Recognize peer pressure and bullying situations.
• 2P.6:  Recognize different coping strategies to deal with situations.

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• 3A.1:  Set realistic short-term goals.
• 3A.2:  Recognize the relationship between learning/achievement and personal effort.
• 3A.3:  Identify and utilize study, organizational, and test-taking skills.
• 3A.4:  Display a positive work ethic (persistence, self-motivation, punctuality, etc.)
• 3A.5:  Identify how group participation contributes to learning.
• 3C.1:  Demonstrate how a positive outlook regarding self, education and work enhances potential and increases productivity.
• 3C.2:  Recognize that skills, abilities, and interests are considerations in the choice of careers.
• 3C.3:  Understand that jobs with similar characteristics may be grouped as job families or career clusters.
• 3P.1:  Identify different modes of interpersonal communication (verbal, non-verbal).
• 3P.2:  Positively communicate thoughts, feelings, and needs to others in a variety of situations.
• 3P.3:  Demonstrate and accept responsibility for individual behavior and how it affects others.
• 3P.4:  Demonstrate self-control.
• 3P.5:  Demonstrate how to communicate positively in a conflict situation.
• 3P.6:  Explain the skills needed to function effectively in groups.
• 3P.7:  Identify the decision-making process.

• 3P.8:  Understand that diversity exists in the United States of America and appreciate the similarities and differences of all ethnic backgrounds.
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• 4A.1:  Identify and describe how decision-making, problem-solving, and coping skills support or interfere with academic achievement.
• 4A.2:  Identify and utilize effective test-taking skills.
• 4A.3:  Demonstrate time management and organizational skills.
• 4A.5:  Understand how personal learning styles can impact school achievement.
• 4C.1:  Identify hobbies and interests.

• 4C.2:  Relate each step of the decision-making/problem-solving process to career development (awareness, exploration, and preparation).
• 4P.1:  Evaluate methods of expressing feelings.
• 4P.2:  Identify and describe the steps in a decision-making/problem-solving process.
• 4P.3:  Identify factors that influence personal decisions.
• 4P.4:  Generate alternative solutions to problems and consider/evaluate consequences.
• 4P.5:  Demonstrate the decision-making process.
• 4P.6:  Recognize that group members may have differing opinions.
• 4P.7:  Demonstrate different coping strategies for various situations and life changes.
• 4P.8:  Identify factors that impact personal safety and well-being (i.e. substance abuse, etc.).
• 4P.9:  Demonstrate self-reliance.

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• 5A.1:  Set realistic long-term goals.
• 5A.2:  Apply personal learning style.
• 5A.3:  Recognize the benefits of individual initiative and teamwork.
• 5C.1:  Compile a list of personal abilities.
• 5C.2:  Describe how personal strengths in school work affect future goals and career options.
• 5C.3:  Understand that the changing workplace requires lifelong learning and acquiring new skills.
• 5C.4:  Acquire employability skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, and organization.
• 5C.5:  Identify career choices through various means of exploration.
• 5C.6:  Describe changes as inevitable and necessary to adapt to new situations, (e.g., middle school).
• 5P.1:  Describe how verbal and non-verbal behavior influence interpersonal relationships.
• 5P.2:  Demonstrate how to communicate with others.
• 5P.3:  Demonstrate appreciation and respect for similarities and differences in opinions.
• 5P.4:  Describe strategies for getting along with others.
• 5P.5:  Demonstrate how to disagree with other without provoking them.
• 5P.6:  Demonstrate appropriate responses to ease a conflict situation.
• 5P.7:  Demonstrate effective responses to peer pressure and bullying situations.
• 5P.8:  Identify and analyze group dynamics in a variety of situations.