• South Dakota Comprehensive School Counseling Program Model
• Advocacy and Promoting Your School Counseling Program
• South Dakota Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success: K-12 College, Career, and Life-Readiness Competencies for Every Student
• South Dakota School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
• Model Templates
  • South Dakota Model Implementation Chart
  • School Data Summary
  • School Counseling Lesson Plan
  • Use of Time 5-Day Calculator
  • School Counseling Program Assessment
  • School Counselor Performance Appraisal
  • Classroom and Group Mindsets and Behaviors Results Report

The resources listed below are focused on annual evaluation for school counselors. Administrators are encouraged to use either type of evaluation tool when conducting school counselor evaluations.

• Aligned with South Dakota School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
  • School Counselor Performance Appraisal
• Aligned to the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching
  • South Dakota School Counselor Annual Evaluation Supporting Document
  • South Dakota School Counselor Annual Evaluation Report

An educator with a School Counselor Education Specialist Certificate is eligible to be a school counselor in an education setting from early childhood through grade twelve.

• School Counselor Certification

The National Certified School Counselor (NCSC) certification through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NCC) is recognized as national board certification for South Dakota school counselors.

• National Board Certification

• CareerReadySD
• Council on College Admission in South Dakota
• K-12 SD DLR Career Development Resources
• K-12 SD DOE Career Development Resources
• Mapping Your Future
• Mental Health
• Our Dakota Dreams
• SDMyLife
• South Dakota Counseling Association
• South Dakota School Counselor Association
• South Dakota School Counselor Association Mentoring Program
• South Dakota State Library Resources for School Counselors
• South Dakota Suicide Prevention

• 14 Tips for New School Counselors
• Advocacy and Promoting Your School Counseling Program
• Appropriate Duties within a School Counselor's Role
• School Counseling Annual Calendar Template
• School Counselor: A Title that Matters
• South Dakota Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success: K-12 College, Career, and Life-Readiness Competencies for Every Student
• South Dakota School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
• Who are South Dakota School Counselors?
• SD DOE Contact Sheet for School Counselors