Berkeley County School District and its counselors align school counseling practices with the goals and South Carolina Comprehensive Developmental School Counseling Program. To accomplish the program goals, the South Carolina Comprehensive Developmental School Counseling Program is an integral part of the school system’s total educational program. The program includes sequential activities in the elementary, middle, and high schools.

The ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies are also utilized as a guide to meet the needs of K-12 students. 

In Berkeley County School District, it is our mission to implement a comprehensive school counseling program to assist students, families, teachers, administrators and other school staff in facilitating and supporting student-driven learning experiences. We will help our students create a future we dare to imagine and make a positive difference. 

Claria Sophia Monsen
Administrative Assistant
monsenc@bcsdschools.net
843-899-8941

CONTACT OUR TEAM
This directory contains contact information for each of our school counselors and is searchable by school/location.

The Profile of the South Carolina Graduate is made of world-class knowledge, world-class skills and life and career characteristics. Our school counselors are  expected and encouraged to consider the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate in creating and implementing school counseling curriculum as it is addresses the academic, and career development needs of all students.

The Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and Counseling Program components organize the work of school counselors into four major components -- school counseling curriculum, individual planning, responsive services and system support.

BCSD School Counseling Program Services
A comprehensive developmental School Counseling program is an essential component of the total instructional program, which provides all students the opportunity for optimum development. Our program components organize the work of school counselors into activities and services. The components are as follows:

School Counseling Curriculum includes structured experiences presented systematically through classroom and group activities from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. The curriculum emphasizes choice making, self-understanding, career exploration and preparation, and the improvement of study skills.

Individual Planning includes counseling activities to assist all students to plan, monitor, and manage their own academic achievement as well as their personal and career development. Individual planning emphasizes test interpretation, informal counseling, educational counseling including pre-college and post-secondary vocational-technical planning, and career planning.

Responsive Services includes counseling or referral activities to meet the immediate needs and concerns of students. Responsive services includes personal counseling; crisis counseling; agency referral; consultation with parents, teachers, and other professionals, support groups; and problem solving.

System Support includes indirect guidance management activities that maintain and enhance the total guidance program. Responsibilities in this component include staff and community relations, special research projects, committees, professional development, and student support.

The Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation, presented by the American School Counselor Association, recognizes schools committed to delivering a data-informed school counseling program and an exemplary educational environment. Since the program’s inception, nearly 1,000 schools have been designated as RAMP recipients.

2015 RAMP Recipients 
Westview Middle School (Re-RAMP)

2013 RAMP Recipients
Cane Bay High School
Westview Middle School
Sangaree Elementary