The goal of School Counseling Department is to provide and foster a comprehensive school counseling program that includes responsive services, school-wide programming, and social-emotional learning.

CCSD has full-time professional school counselors in all elementary, middle, and high schools. School counselors provide students with important services to develop the whole child and address the three domains of student development: academic, social/emotional, and career. In addition, the PreK-12 program is designed to ensure that school counselors provide direct and indirect services to all students. School counselors work to positively impact school attendance, behavior, academics, and achievement; thus serving as school leaders, student advocates, consultants, and collaborators to help remove barriers that hinder school performance.. 

As a part of whole child development, CCSD works to develop students not only academically, but socially and emotionally. CCSD follows the CASEL (Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning) model for SEL (social-emotional learning) instruction. This includes basing what we are teaching on the five core SEL competencies in multi-tiered ways.  

We provide:

• Tier 1 SEL Instruction (during morning meetings in elementary schools and advisement in middle and high schools)

  • Programs include:

    • Second Step (early learning centers and elementary schools)

    • 7 Mindsets (middle and high schools)

    • Leader in Me (select schools) 

• Tier 2 SEL supports

  • School-based mental health supports

  • School counselor- or school social worker-led groups

  • Individual counseling support 

  • Behavior intervention support

  • MTSS

• Tier 3 SEL Supports - individualized based on the student.  

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, commonly referred to as "Section 504," is a nondiscrimination statute enacted by the United States Congress. The purpose of Section 504 is to prohibit discrimination and to assure that disabled students have educational opportunities and benefits equal to those provided to non-disabled students.

For more information regarding Section 504, please click the links below to view information on rights of parents and students under Section 504, as well as procedural safeguards.

• Section 504 Procedural Safeguards

• Notice of Rights of Students and Parents Under Section 504

• Dual Enrollment Information

• REACH Scholarship Program Information

To reach out to your student’s school counselor, please find their contact information in the dropdown lists below.