The National Standards for School Counseling Programs facilitate student development in three board areas: academic development, career development and personal/social development. (Following are the nine national standards.)
School counseling programs are collaborative efforts benefiting students, parents, teachers, administrators and the overall community. School counseling programs are an integral part of students' daily educational environment, and school counselors are partners in student achievement.
Galloway Township Public Schools have one counselor in each of the elementary schools and one for each grade level at the middle school. The school counselors provide individual and small group counseling as well as classroom lessons on particular subjects related to the areas of: Careers/Study Skills, Social Skills, and Stress Management. Specific topics are addressed at each grade level such as: listening, attention, working with others, manners, personal space, feelings, sharing, telling vs. tattling, empathy, honesty, what is a good friend?, anger, self-control, what can you do?, conversation skills, relaxation, cliques/exclusion, solving friendship problems, organization, stress release ; gossip/rumors-how to stop, body language, how/why to study, telling NOT snitching, respecting others/differences, getting ready for Middle/High School, coping with loss and making good choices.