Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Student Counseling
School Counseling
Mission Statement
The mission of the CMS PreK-12 School Counseling Program is to provide comprehensive counseling services to maximize academic achievement, career development, and social emotional learning of every student.
School Counselors in Charlotte -Mecklenburg Schools
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) PreK-12 School Counseling Program provides comprehensive counseling services to maximize students' academic achievement, career development, and social-emotional learning.
Our school counselors are vital members. Their fundamental role is to assist all students in academic achievement, personal/social development, and career development. There are approximately 280 counselors at CMS elementary, middle and high schools.
Through a comprehensive school counseling program, CMS counselors provide a variety of services, including:
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Classroom guidance
- Academic, college, and career counseling
- Assisting students in developing an academic plan
- Interpreting standardized test results
- Grief and crisis counseling
- Responding to and assisting with crises
- Developing confidential relationships with students
- Advocating for students
- Promoting and monitoring student success in a collaborative manner
- Helping students overcome barriers to learning
- Providing preventive and interventive strategies for student success
- Facilitating parent/teacher conferences
- Serving as a resource to students of available community opportunities
- Serving as a resource for school staff and parents
- Serving as a resource for community referrals
- Providing parent and community outreach
- Fostering a positive school environment by embracing and promoting diversity