School Counseling Services
Carver Educational Services Center, Room 211
301-279-3584

Carver Educational Services Center, Room 167
301-279-3584

School counseling services are provided at each elementary, middle and high school within MCPS and are supported by the School Counseling Services Unit staff located in the Carver Educational Services Center.

Counselor of the Year Information:

The School Counselor of the Year Award honors the best of the best -- school counselors who are running a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at either the elementary, middle, or high school level.

To view the nomination and application package for the 2012 School Counselor of the Year, click on:
Counselor of the Year 2012 Application (PDF)

Our Mission
Professional school counselors are leaders who advocate, collaborate, and facilitate individual and system change to ensure every student has the knowledge and skills necessary for academic success and personal growth.

Our Guiding Principles
The Comprehensive School Counseling Program:

• Reaches every student
• Is comprehensive in scope
• Is preventative in design
• Is developmental in nature
• Is culturally competent
• Champions equity, access, and social justice
• Is an integral part of a total educational program for student success
• Addresses measurable student standards in the areas of academic, personal, interpersonal, career, and healthy development
• Includes classroom guidance, responsive counseling, individual planning and system support
• Is conducted in collaboration with all stakeholders
• Uses data to drive program decisions
• Monitors student progress
• Measures both process and outcome results and analyzes critical data elements
• Seeks improvement each year based on results data
• Shares successes with stakeholders
• Is clearly aligned with the mission of the schools
• Is based on national standards