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1 | | (5) providing a core counseling curriculum that serves |
2 | | all students and addresses the knowledge and skills |
3 | | appropriate to their developmental level through a |
4 | | collaborative model of delivery involving the school |
5 | | counselor, classroom teachers, and other appropriate |
6 | | education professionals, and including prevention and |
7 | | pre-referral activities; |
8 | | (6) making referrals when necessary to appropriate |
9 | | offices or outside agencies; |
10 | | (7) providing college and career development |
11 | | activities and counseling; |
12 | | (8) developing individual career plans with students , |
13 | | which includes planning for post-secondary education, as |
14 | | appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career |
15 | | and technical education coursework in high school as |
16 | | described in paragraph (55) ; |
17 | | (9) assisting all students with a college or |
18 | | post-secondary education plan, which must include a |
19 | | discussion on all post-secondary education options, |
20 | | including 4-year colleges or universities, community |
21 | | colleges, and vocational schools , and includes planning |
22 | | for post-secondary education, as appropriate, and engaging |
23 | | in related and relevant career and technical education |
24 | | coursework in high school as described in paragraph (55) ; |
25 | | (10) intentionally addressing the career and college |
26 | | needs of first generation students; |
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1 | | (11) educating all students on scholarships, financial |
2 | | aid, and preparation of the Federal Application for |
3 | | Federal Student Aid; |
4 | | (12) collaborating with institutions of higher |
5 | | education and local community colleges so that students |
6 | | understand post-secondary education options and are ready |
7 | | to transition successfully; |
8 | | (13) providing crisis intervention and contributing to |
9 | | the development of a specific crisis plan within the |
10 | | school setting in collaboration with multiple |
11 | | stakeholders; |
12 | | (14) educating students, teachers, and parents on |
13 | | anxiety, depression, cutting, and suicide issues and |
14 | | intervening with students who present with these issues; |
15 | | (15) providing counseling and other resources to |
16 | | students who are in crisis; |
17 | | (16) providing resources for those students who do not |
18 | | have access to mental health services; |
19 | | (17) addressing bullying and conflict resolution with |
20 | | all students; |
21 | | (18) teaching communication skills and helping |
22 | | students develop positive relationships; |
23 | | (19) using culturally-sensitive skills in working with |
24 | | all students to promote wellness; |
25 | | (20) addressing the needs of undocumented students in |
26 | | the school, as well as students who are legally in the |
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1 | | United States, but whose parents are undocumented; |
2 | | (21) contributing to a student's functional behavioral |
3 | | assessment, as well as assisting in the development of |
4 | | non-aversive behavioral intervention strategies; |
5 | | (22) (i) assisting students in need of special |
6 | | education services by implementing the academic supports |
7 | | and social-emotional and college or career development |
8 | | counseling services or interventions per a student's |
9 | | individualized education program (IEP); (ii) participating |
10 | | in or contributing to a student's IEP and completing a |
11 | | social-developmental history; or (iii) providing services |
12 | | to a student with a disability under the student's IEP or |
13 | | federal Section 504 plan, as recommended by the student's |
14 | | IEP team or Section 504 plan team and in compliance with |
15 | | federal and State laws and rules governing the provision |
16 | | of educational and related services and school-based |
17 | | accommodations to students with
disabilities and the |
18 | | qualifications of school personnel to provide such |
19 | | services and accommodations; |
20 | | (23) assisting in the development of a personal |
21 | | educational plan with each student; |
22 | | (24) educating students on dual credit and learning |
23 | | opportunities on the Internet; |
24 | | (25) providing information for all students in the |
25 | | selection of courses that will lead to post-secondary |
26 | | education opportunities toward a successful career; |
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1 | | (26) interpreting achievement test results and guiding |
2 | | students in appropriate directions; |
3 | | (27) counseling with students, families, and teachers, |
4 | | in compliance with federal and State laws; |
5 | | (28) providing families with opportunities for |
6 | | education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the |
7 | | student's educational assessment; |
8 | | (29) consulting and collaborating with teachers and |
9 | | other school personnel regarding behavior management and |
10 | | intervention plans and inclusion in support of students; |
11 | | (30) teaming and partnering with staff, parents, |
12 | | businesses, and community organizations to support student |
13 | | achievement and social-emotional learning standards for |
14 | | all students; |
15 | | (31) developing and implementing school-based |
16 | | prevention programs, including, but not limited to, |
17 | | mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and |
18 | | emotional education programs and services, and |
19 | | establishing and implementing bullying prevention and |
20 | | intervention programs; |
21 | | (32) developing culturally-sensitive assessment |
22 | | instruments for measuring school counseling prevention and |
23 | | intervention effectiveness and collecting, analyzing, and |
24 | | interpreting data; |
25 | | (33) participating on school and district committees |
26 | | to advocate for student programs and resources, as well as |
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1 | | establishing a school counseling advisory council that |
2 | | includes representatives of key stakeholders selected to |
3 | | review and advise on the implementation of the school |
4 | | counseling program; |
5 | | (34) acting as a liaison between the public schools |
6 | | and community resources and building relationships with |
7 | | important stakeholders, such as families, administrators, |
8 | | teachers, and board members; |
9 | | (35) maintaining organized, clear, and useful records |
10 | | in a confidential manner consistent with Section 5 of the |
11 | | Illinois School Student Records Act, the Family |
12 | | Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and the Health |
13 | | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; |
14 | | (36) presenting an annual agreement to the |
15 | | administration, including a formal discussion of the |
16 | | alignment of school and school counseling program missions |
17 | | and goals and detailing specific school counselor |
18 | | responsibilities; |
19 | | (37) identifying and implementing |
20 | | culturally-sensitive measures of success for student |
21 | | competencies in each of the 3 domains of academic, social |
22 | | and emotional, and college and career learning based on |
23 | | planned and periodic assessment of the comprehensive |
24 | | developmental school counseling program; |
25 | | (38) collaborating as a team member in Response to |
26 | | Intervention (RtI) and other school initiatives; |
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1 | | (39) conducting observations and participating in |
2 | | recommendations or interventions regarding the placement |
3 | | of children in educational programs or special education |
4 | | classes; |
5 | | (40) analyzing data and results of school counseling |
6 | | program assessments, including curriculum, small-group, |
7 | | and closing-the-gap results reports, and designing |
8 | | strategies to continue to improve program effectiveness; |
9 | | (41) analyzing data and results of school counselor |
10 | | competency assessments; |
11 | | (42) following American School Counselor Association |
12 | | Ethical Standards for School Counselors to demonstrate |
13 | | high standards of integrity, leadership, and |
14 | | professionalism; |
15 | | (43) knowing and embracing common core standards by |
16 | | using common core language; |
17 | | (44) practicing as a culturally-skilled school |
18 | | counselor by infusing the multicultural competencies |
19 | | within the role of the school counselor, including the |
20 | | practice of culturally-sensitive attitudes and beliefs, |
21 | | knowledge, and skills; |
22 | | (45) infusing the Social-Emotional Standards, as |
23 | | presented in the State Board of Education standards, |
24 | | across the curriculum and in the counselor's role in ways |
25 | | that empower and enable students to achieve academic |
26 | | success across all grade levels; |
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1 | | (46) providing services only in areas in which the |
2 | | school counselor has appropriate training or expertise, as |
3 | | well as only providing counseling or consulting services |
4 | | within his or her employment to any student in the |
5 | | district or districts which employ such school counselor, |
6 | | in accordance with professional ethics; |
7 | | (47) having adequate training in supervision knowledge |
8 | | and skills in order to supervise school counseling interns |
9 | | enrolled in graduate school counselor preparation programs |
10 | | that meet the standards established by the State Board of |
11 | | Education; |
12 | | (48) being involved with State and national |
13 | | professional associations; |
14 | | (49) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an |
15 | | in-service training program for school counselors |
16 | | conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and sexual |
17 | | violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth, |
18 | | which shall include training concerning (i) communicating |
19 | | with and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual |
20 | | violence and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) |
21 | | connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual violence |
22 | | and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate in-school |
23 | | services and other agencies, programs, and services as |
24 | | needed, and (iii) implementing the school district's |
25 | | policies, procedures, and protocols with regard to such |
26 | | youth, including confidentiality; at a minimum, school |
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1 | | personnel must be trained to understand, provide |
2 | | information and referrals, and address issues pertaining |
3 | | to youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of |
4 | | domestic or sexual violence; |
5 | | (50) participating, at least every 2 years, in an |
6 | | in-service training program for school counselors |
7 | | conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic |
8 | | reactions and management; |
9 | | (51) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an |
10 | | in-service training on educator ethics, teacher-student |
11 | | conduct, and school employee-student conduct for all |
12 | | personnel; |
13 | | (52) participating, in addition to other topics at |
14 | | in-service training programs, in training to identify the |
15 | | warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in |
16 | | adolescents and teenagers and learning appropriate |
17 | | intervention and referral techniques; |
18 | | (53) obtaining training to have a basic knowledge of |
19 | | matters relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
20 | | (AIDS), including the nature of the disease, its causes |
21 | | and effects, the means of detecting it and preventing its |
22 | | transmission, and the availability of appropriate sources |
23 | | of counseling and referral and any other information that |
24 | | may be appropriate considering the age and grade level of |
25 | | the pupils; the school board shall supervise such training |
26 | | and the State Board of Education and the Department of |
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1 | | Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such |
2 | | training; and |
3 | | (54) participating in mandates from the State Board of |
4 | | Education for bullying education and social-emotional |
5 | | literary ; and . |
6 | | (55) promoting career and technical education by |
7 | | assisting each student to determine an appropriate |
8 | | postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills, |
9 | | strengths, and goals and assisting the student to |
10 | | implement the best practices that improve career or |
11 | | workforce readiness after high school. |
12 | | School districts may employ a sufficient number of school |
13 | | counselors to maintain the national and State recommended |
14 | | student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. School districts may have |
15 | | school counselors spend at least 80% of his or her work time in |
16 | | direct contact with students. |
17 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits other qualified |
18 | | professionals, including other endorsed school support |
19 | | personnel, from providing the services listed in this Section.
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20 | | (Source: P.A. 101-290, eff. 8-9-19.)
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