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Category 2: Behavior Standards

School counselors provide culturally sustaining instruction, appraisal and advisement, and counseling to help all students demonstrate:

Learning Strategies
Processes and tactics students employ to aid in the cognitive work of thinking, remembering or learning.
Self-Management Skills
Continued focus on a goal despite obstacles (grit or persistence) and avoidance of distractions or temptations to prioritize higher pursuits over lower pleasures (delayed gratification, self-discipline, self-control). ​
Social Skills
Acceptable behaviors that improve social interactions, such as those between peers or between students and adults.

Learning Strategies

Self-Management Skills

Social Skills

LS 1. Critical-thinking skills to make informed decisions.
SMS 1. Responsibility for self and actions
SS 1. Effective oral and written communication and listening skills
LS 2. Creative approach to learning, tasks and problem solving
SMS 6. Ability to identify and overcome barriers
SS 2. Positive, respectful and supportive relationships with students who are similar to and different from them
LS 3. Time-management, organizational and study skills
SMS 2. Self-discipline and self-control
SS 3. Positive relationships with adults to support success
LS 4. Self-motivation and self-direction to learning.
SMS 3. Independent work
SS 4. Empathy
LS 5. Media and technology skills to enhance learning
SMS 4. Delayed gratification for long-term rewards
SS 5. Ethical decision-making and social responsibility
LS 6. High-quality standards for tasks and activities
SMS 5. Perseverance to achieve long- and short-term goals
SS 6. Effective collaboration and cooperation skills
LS 7.  Long- and short-term academic, career and social/emotional goals
SMS 7. Effective coping skills
SS 7. Leadership and teamwork skills to work effectively in diverse groups
LS 8. Engagement in challenging coursework
SMS 8. Balance of school, home and community activities
SS 8. Advocacy skills for self and others and ability to assert self, when necessary
LS 9. Decision-making informed by gathering evidence, getting others' perspectives and recognizing personal bias
SMS 9. Personal safety skills
SS 9. Social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the situation and environment
LS 10. Participation in enrichment and extracurricular activities
SMS 10. Ability to manage transitions and adapt to change
SS 10. Cultural awareness, sensitivity and responsiveness.
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  • HOME
    • OUR PROGRAM >
      • MISSION
      • MINDSETS & BEHAVIORS >
        • 1. Mindset Standards
        • 2. Behavior Standards
  • COURSE SELECTION (Registration)
    • 7th Grade >
      • Registration Presentation 7
      • Academics 7
      • Electives 7
      • HONORS 7
      • Independent PE
      • Selecting Classes through Infinite Campus 7
    • 8th grade >
      • Registration Presentation 8
      • Academics 8
      • Electives 8
      • HONORS 8
      • Independent PE
      • Selecting Classes through Infinite Campus 8
    • High School >
      • CVHS
      • MHS
  • ACADEMIC
    • AASA >
      • TestNav System Layout
      • TestNav Tools >
        • Calculators
        • Expandable View
        • Highlighter
        • Math Drawing
        • Spellcheck
        • Text and Notetaking
        • Toolbar
    • LEARNING INVENTORIES >
      • Barsch Inventory
      • Gardner Inventory of Multiple Intelligence
    • Motivation & Goal Setting
    • Memory
    • Note Taking
    • Organization and Management
    • Taming Test Anxiety
  • COLLEGE/CAREER
    • Learn >
      • Academics
      • Academic Record
      • Accreditation
      • Admissions, Retentions, Placements
      • Applying to College
      • Campus Life
      • Choosing the Right School
      • Electives
      • ECAP
      • G.P.A.
      • Rigor
      • MyFutureAZ
      • Transcript
      • School Costs
    • Explore >
      • AzCIS
      • CAREER CLUSTERS
      • College Search Wizard
      • JOB SEARCH
      • SALARY FINDER
      • SKILLS PROFILER
      • MyFutureAZ
      • THRIVE! @ GPS
  • SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
    • ANXIETY >
      • Anxiety Disorder >
        • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
        • OCD
        • Panic Disorder
        • PTSD
        • Separation Anxiety
        • Social Anxiety
        • Specific Phobias
      • Diagnosis & Treatment
    • BODY IMAGE
    • BULLY PREVENTION >
      • Bully Prevention >
        • Reporting
    • DEPRESSION >
      • Coping Statements
    • GRIEF AND LOSS >
      • Grief & Loss >
        • Complicated Grief
        • How to Help
        • Healing
    • STRESS >
      • Managing Stress >
        • Developing a Stress Management Plan >
          • I. Stress Mgmt Plan
          • II. Stress Mgmt Plan
          • III. Stress Mgmt Plan
          • IV. Stress Mgmt Plan
      • Stress Overload
    • SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
    • SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION >
      • Awareness >
        • Risk Factors
        • Warning Signs
      • Intervention >
        • Help for Self
        • Help for a Friend
      • Grief >
        • Newly Bereaved
      • Healing >
        • Toward Recovery
  • CONTACTS
    • Counselors
    • Social Worker
    • DISTRICT >
      • Buses and Transportation
      • District Policies, Handbooks & Awareness Videos
      • Enrollment Information
      • Health Services
      • Parent University
      • Safety & Security Updates
      • Tech Support
    • COMMUNITY >
      • Community Info and Referral
      • Community Resource Guide
      • Crisis Counseling
      • Crisis Line
      • Domestic Violence & Exploitation >
        • Hotlines/Reporting
      • Community Health >
        • Support Groups
      • Housing & Shelter >
        • Emergency Shelter
      • Mental Health & Substance Abuse >
        • Community Bridges
        • Counseling
        • SAMHSA Treatment Locator
        • Substance Use
        • Support Groups
      • Peer to Peer
      • Suicide Prevention >
        • American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
        • Jem Foundation
  • Schedule Change Requests