PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT

Mission Statement

The consortium is a coalition of leaders at the state department level who have oversight responsibility for the implementation of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs within their respective states or territories.  The organization’s mission is to support state level leaders in their efforts to fully implement comprehensive guidance and counseling programs.  Objectives of the Consortium include but are not limited to:

• Supporting the professional development of state guidance leaders through the Leadership Academy

• Providing opportunities that enable state leaders to collaborate on and support projects of mutual priority

• Offering technical assistance to states in developing short and long-term goals that support the full implementation of comprehensive school guidance and counseling programs.

• Supporting research efforts that provide evidence of guidance and counseling program effects  and disseminating that evidence to educational, government, and business entities

• Collaborating with other organizations and agencies with common and related goals including but not limited to:

o   State Guidance Supervisors

o   American School Counselor Association

o   Association for Career and Technical Education

o   National Career Development Association

o   U.S Office of Adult and Vocational Education

o   National Center for School Counseling Outcomes Research

o   National Center for Transforming School Counseling

o   National Office of School Counseling Advocacy

o   State Counselor Educators

o   United States Military