As part of National School Counseling Week, IUSD is celebrating and highlighting the important work of our school counselors. Thank you for your leadership, dedication, advocacy and support for our students. You truly make a positive impact within IUSD and beyond!
The IUSD Board of Education, including Paul Bokota, Lauren Brooks, Jeff Kim, Katie McEwen and Cyril Yu, is proclaiming Feb. 6-10 National School Counseling Week. See the proclamation below.
Did you know?
School counselors are active school leaders:
As members of school leadership and student support teams, school counselors collaborate with family members, principals, teachers and other support staff to develop and implement school-wide programs, classroom and individual student activities to improve student outcome
School counselors are certified and licensed educators:
All school counselors in the state of California must earn a graduate degree specializing in school counseling along with their bachelor’s degree. As part of the master’s in counseling program, school counselors are required to complete six units of practicum and field study. In California, school counselors need to complete at least 900 hours of combined practicum and fieldwork.
To learn more about school counseling services and for contacts by school, visit iusd.org/counseling.
