LEAD Counseling

​The LEAD Counseling Program is a fully implemented comprehensive school counseling program that is an integral part of a school district's total educational program. 

​The LEAD Counseling Department is grounded on the principles of both the  Missouri Comprehensive School Counseling Program and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model.

Components of LEAD Counseling Program
  • DIRECT SERVICES - Interactions between school counselors and students.
  • INDIRECT STUDENT SERVICES - Interactions with others, on behalf of the student, including referrals for additional assistance, consultation and collaboration with parents, teachers, other educators and community organizations. It also includes management activities and services required to support a district’s comprehensive school counseling program, as well as the other educational programs of a district.
  1. SCHOOL COUNSELING CURRICULUM - Consists of educational activities in classroom lessons and large group presentations that help students attain the Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) in the areas of social/emotional, career, and academic development. The curriculum is systematically presented by school counselors in collaboration with teachers through classroom lessons and other learning activities.
  2. ​INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PLANNING - Consists of ongoing systemic activities to help all students establish personal goals to plan, monitor, and manage their own learning as well as their personal and career development. It addresses their grade to grade transition through school and it helps each of them to develop their post-secondary college and career plans.
  3. RESPONSIVE SERVICES - Consists of activities to meet immediate needs and concerns of students.
  4. SYSTEM SUPPORT - Consists of management and evaluation activities and services that establish, maintain, enhance and support the district's total school counseling program. ​​

Types of LEAD Counseling Services
The LEAD Counseling Department strives to enable students to reach their academic and human potential. To attain this goal, we offer the following services:
  • ​Individual academic planning and advisement
  • Crisis counseling 
  • Academic counseling
  • Individual Career and Academic Plan development
  • ​Individual counseling 
  • Small group and large group counseling
  • Assistance with course selection and scheduling 
  • College information and planning 
  • Post-secondary information and planning 
  • Career exploration
  • Meetings and collaboration with students, parents, teachers, administrators 
  • ​Classroom presentations on school counseling related topics