North Carolina General Statutes 115C-316.1. Duties of school counselors
(a) School counselors shall implement a comprehensive developmental school counseling program in their schools. Counselors shall spend at least eighty percent (80%) of their work time providing direct services to students. Direct services do not include the coordination of standardized testing. Direct services shall consist of:
(1) Delivering the school guidance curriculum through large group guidance, interdisciplinary curriculum development, group activities, and parent workshops.
(2) Guiding individual student planning through individual or small group assistance and individual or small group advisement.
(3) Providing responsive services through consultation with students, families, and staff; individual and small group counseling; crisis counseling; referrals; and peer facilitation.
(4) Performing other student services listed in the Department of Public Instruction school counselor job description that has been approved by the State Board of Education.
(b) School counseling program support activities do not include the coordination of standardized testing. During the remainder of their work time, school counselors may assist other staff with the coordination of standardized testing. ?(2013-360, s. 8.35(a); 2014-100, s. 8.33(a).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 115C-316.1
- board: means a city board of education, county board of education, or a city-county board of education. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3