School Counseling
As part of the education team, school counselors foster development in career, academic, and social/emotional areas for ALL students by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program.
The menu of options below provides information to assist South Dakota school counselors.
The South Dakota Department of Education and South Dakota School Counselor Association created the School Counselor Annual Professional Evaluation Tool for school counselor advocacy and as a common evaluation tool to be used for professional school counselors. This tool is aligned to the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching.
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.
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.
- CareerReadySD
- Council on College Admission in South Dakota
- K-12 SD DLR Career Development Resources
- K-12 SD DOE Career Development Resources
- Mental Health
- Our Dakota Dreams
- SDMyLife
- South Dakota Counseling Association
- South Dakota Mapping Your Future
- South Dakota School Counselor Association
- South Dakota School Counselor Association Mentoring Program
- South Dakota State Library Resources for School Counselors
- South Dakota Suicide Prevention
Questions? Contact Andrea Effling at (605) 220-3813.