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The Board of Education
requires that a planned program of guidance and counseling be an integral part
of the educational program of the school to assist pupils in making and
implementing informed educational and occupational choices including academic,
career and personal/social development.
A program of guidance
and counseling shall be offered to all pupils in this school district and shall
be the responsibility of the classroom teacher, who may draw upon the service
of other, more specialized staff members as required.
The Chief School
Administrator is directed to implement a guidance program that carries out the
purposes of this policy and:
1. Involves
teaching staff members at all appropriate levels;
2. Honors
the individuality of each pupil;
3. Is
integrated with the total educational program;
4. Is
coordinated with available resources of the community;
5. Provides
for cooperation of school staff with parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and shares
parents’ or legal guardians’ concern for the development of their children;
6. Provides
for the means of sharing information among appropriate staff members in the
pupil’s interest;
7. Is
available equitably to all pupils and prohibits biased counseling and the use
of materials that discriminate among pupils on the basis of their race, color,
creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, affectational
or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or disability; and
8. Establishes
a referral system that utilizes all the aid the school and community offer,
guards the privacy of the pupil, and monitors the efficacy of such referrals.
N.J.A.C. 6A:19-1.2;
6A:8-2.2
N.J.A.C. 6A:7-1.7;
6A:8-3.2
Adopted: 12 March
2007
Revised: 9
February 2009