Counseling and Post-Secondary Success

Counseling & Post-Secondary Success, part of SFUSD's College and Career Readiness & collaboration with the Division of Student and Family Services, supports SFUSD's mission and vision for Strong Schools, Bright Future by providing high leverage supports to graduate students with the skills necessary to be college and career ready. We focus on removing barriers that inhibit student academic success via policy and institutional practices with special attention to our most vulnerable student populations.

School counselors play an essential role in creating an equitable, inclusive school culture promoting success for all. School counselors help all students:

• apply academic achievement strategies
• manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills
• plan for postsecondary options (higher education, military, work force)

Reference: ASCA Role of School Counselor 

SFUSD strives to deliver counseling services that follow the American School Counselor Association National Model. The model guides the development of school counseling programs that:

• are based on data-informed decision making
• are delivered to all students systematically
• include a developmentally appropriate curriculum focused on the mindsets and behaviors all students need for postsecondary readiness and success
• close achievement and opportunity gaps
• result in improved student achievement, attendance and discipline

Reference: ASCA National Model