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The mission of the West Delaware School District Professional School Counseling Program is to provide a comprehensive, developmental counseling program addressing the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students to allow them to be productive members of society. All students will have access to knowledge and be prepared with skills to perform to their full potential with a positive attitude. This occurs through the partnership of counselors with other educators, families, and the community.
 * WDCCSD Professional School Counselors Mission Statement:**

To implement the school counseling program at West Delaware County Community School District, the counselors are committed to the following. We believe: -should have access to a school counselor to discuss personal concerns -should have access to information about occupational and educational planning -have the right to assistive in identifying their needs in the personal /social domain -should have the opportunity to make choices within the constraints of the educational progress with the assistance of a professional school counselor.
 * WDCCSD Professional School Counselors Belief Statements**:
 * All students have the right to be served by the school counseling program.
 * The school counseling program shall be based on stated goals and related student benchmarks.
 * The school counseling program should be consistent with expected development stages of learning.
 * School counseling program activities shall be planned and coordinated by the stages of learning.
 * The school counseling program shall be managed by state-certified counselors.
 * All students:
 * An ongoing program of counselor competency training/retraining is necessary to maintain a quality school counseling program.
 * The professional mandates and guidelines proposed by the national and state school counselor association shall continue to set standards for the school counseling program.