Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION |
Subtitle F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES |
Chapter 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES |
Subchapter A. SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS |
Sec. 33.005. DEVELOPMENTAL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS
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A school counselor shall work with the school faculty and staff, students, parents, and the community to plan, implement, and evaluate a developmental guidance and counseling program. The counselor shall design the program to include:
(1) a guidance curriculum to help students develop their full educational potential, including the student's interests and career objectives;
(2) a responsive services component to intervene on behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or social development at risk;
(3) an individual planning system to guide a student as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own educational, career, personal, and social development; and
(4) system support to support the efforts of teachers, staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the educational, career, personal, and social development of students.