Bryant Elementary Counselors

Kindergarten & 1st Grade Counselor - Palmetta Hodges

2nd & 3rd Grade Counselor - Erika Washington

4th &  5th Grade Counselor - Roxan Scott

Mission Statement

The mission of the Bryant Elementary Counseling Program is to assist all students in achieving academic success by providing guidance in the areas of academic, career, and personal/social development; counseling to help them overcome challenges that interfere with learning; collaborating with staff, parents and the community to educate students to become confident, responsible productive citizens.

Philosophy Statement

We believe that all students:

• Are capable of learning and achieving success
• Have the right and opportunity to participate in the school counseling program that supports academic, career, and personal/social growth
• Have equal access to a quality education that is developmentally appropriate and challenging
• Have the right to a safe, positive and orderly environment

And that a comprehensive school counseling program should:

• Reach every student
• Be preventative in nature
• Be an integral part of the total educational program
• Utilize ASCA Standards as the foundation for guidance curriculum that supports academic, career, and personal/social development
• Be implemented by credentialed school counselors and conducted in collaboration with other educators, families, and community
• Use data to drive program plans and activities
• Seek improvement each year based on results data
• Be evaluated annually by a building administrator using performance criteria specifically developed for school counselors

And that all school counselors will:

• Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselors Association
• Participate in professional learning activities that are essential to maintaining a quality school counseling program