Mission
Statement
Students
leaving
Parkside
Middle
School
will
do
so
socially
and
emotionally
healthy
and
prepared
to
embrace
a
culturally
diverse
setting.
Our
students
will
demonstrate
good
citizenship
as
future
leaders
within
their
communities
and
be
able
to
effectively
navigate
and
positively
contribute
in
an
ever-changing
and
growing
technological
world.
Vision Statement
The
Parkside
Middle
School
Counseling
team
will
deliver
a
comprehensive
program
that
focuses
on
providing
a
safe
and
welcoming
environment
for
all
students.
Students
will
have
the
support
necessary
to
explore
their
social
and
emotional
learning
in
order
to
cultivate
academic
success.
The
school
counseling
program
will
prepare
students
to
be
confident,
responsive,
reflective,
innovative,
and
engaged
citizens.
The
School
Counselors
welcome
family
and
community
member
engagement
in
providing
this
comprehensive
support.
Philosophy
The Counselors at Parkside Middle School believe:
- All students have the right to a comprehensive school counseling program that is developmentally appropriate and supportive of their academic, personal, social, and career goals.
- All students can learn and when supported by a student - focused learning environment can achieve optimal success.
- Learning requires the active participation, engagement, mutual respect and individual accountability of students, teachers, staff, parents and the community together.
- Learning is a lifelong process that is either positively or negatively affected by one's own mindset, and that a positive mindset can be learned.
The School Counseling Program at Parkside Middle School will:
- Ensure that all students have access to a safe, nurturing, student- centered environment into which a growth mindset philosophy is integrated, promoting optimal success and achievement.
- Be preventative in nature, incorporating research based practices, strategies and techniques.
- Utilize data to identify student needs in the creation of school counseling program and school wide goals that will address specific developmental competencies, and be reviewed at least annually review to ensure such goals are met.
- Base its Guidance Curriculum and activities upon the Prince William County Guidance Curriculum and the ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors standards of student success to meet the academic, personal, social, and career goals of all students and to close identified achievement gaps.
All School Counselors at Parkside Middle School will:
- Advocate for the needs and success of all students while promoting the development of self-advocacy skills within all students.
- Adhere to the ASCA Ethical Standards.
- Continually assess program goals and the needs of our school community to ensure that the goals of the school and of the school counseling program are being met.
- Collaborate with families, teachers, staff and community to assist in meeting the developmental needs of all students.
- Participate in the continuation of our professional learning through ongoing professional development activities.