DPJHS counseling program wins award third year in a row
Deer Park Junior High won the Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas Award for the third year in a row.
In 2005, the Texas School Counselor Association began a program called CREST to recognize schools with outstanding counseling programs. For the 2011-12 school year, 36 schools are recognized for excellence in school counseling.
Schools receiving CREST awards have demonstrated a commitment using the school guidance and counseling program to improve the lives and achievement of students in academic, career and personal social domains.
CREST is a continuous improvement document that gives a school counseling program an opportunity to demonstrate effective communication and a commitment to getting results. CREST helps counselors evaluate their counseling programs, promote their programs to the stake-holders in their districts, demonstrate the effectiveness of their guidance and counseling programs through empirical means, and implement the Texas and National models for School Counseling Programs.
CREST looks at the counseling program in eight areas: Principal’s Support, School Counseling Advisory Committee, School Climate and Safety, Student Results, Major Achievements, Measurements, Community Partnerships and Resources, Parent Collaboration and Technical Details.
The guidance support team prepares a document that highlights these areas and communicates just what the counseling program is doing to help students succeed. These documents are sent to reviewers throughout the state of Texas to be judged according to pre-set standards of excellence.
Congratulations to Deer Park Junior High for being one of a group of only 36 schools from across the state to win the CREST Award for Counseling Excellence for 2011.