management systems and accountability. A portion of the ASCA National Model Management System included counselor assignment. Several options for counselor assignment incorporated alphabet-type assignments, grade-level assignments, and specialty-area loci or even-rotating foci. ASCA recommended that school counselors spend 80% of their time directly interacting with students. This is
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meant to protect counselors from non-counseling activities such as testing coordination and classroom coverage. Accountability
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was an increasing focus of the ASCA National Model and would be of extreme importance to all school counselors.
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The Mississippi Comprehensive Guidance Program has been
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established as a tool to guide how counselors provide services
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and implement programs in Mississippi to maximize student potential in school communities. The emphasis of a comprehensive program is addressing the needs of all students. The four major
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components of the Mississippi Comprehensive Guidance Program that allow counselors to address both group and individual needs are guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning,
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and system support.
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In the fall of 2010, the new Mississippi Comprehensive Counseling
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model will be implemented in Mississippi to give school counselors
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a guide to assist them in their daily tasks. The model was written by a statewide counselor committee, validated by Institutions
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of Higher Learning (IHL) members in the field, and endorsed by the State Board of Education. Exciting changes have occurred
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with the passing of the new Career Readiness Preparatory Option
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that will be offered in Mississippi. Mississippi will provide one diploma and three different ways to be a successful graduate.
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The key to success is the marketing of the various diplomas, and with the correct counseling and teachers as mentors program in districts as models for assistance with the planning, development, implementation, and assessment, a student should be successful in whichever path is chosen. 8