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Your Heritage School Counseling Department is currently working toward the distinction of "Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP)." Being a RAMP'd program demonstrates to administrators, the school board, and the community at large that we're committed to delivering a comprehensive, data-driven school counseling program.

American School Counselor National Model

School counseling programs are collaborative efforts benefitting students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the overall community. School counseling programs should be an integral part of students' daily educational environment, and school counselors should be partners in student achievement.

The question has been posed, "What do school counselors do?" The more important question is, "How are students different as a result of what school counselors do?" To help answer this question, the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) created the ASCA National Model, which is the framework for a comprehensive, data-driven school counseling program.

ASCA National Model. (2019). Retrieved January 2, 2019, from https://www.schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors-members/asca-national-model.