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CPS receives Gysbers Success Designation
Columbia Public Schools’ guidance department has been
selected as the recipient of the Gysbers Success Designation Award by the
Guidance and Counseling Services Section of the Missouri Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri School Counselor
Association. This award recognizes the district’s commitment to fully
implementing a comprehensive guidance and counseling program focusing on the
academic, career and personal/social development of all students. Full
implementation signifies that the program incorporates a results-based approach
in the evaluation of its program using relevant student data to demonstrate the
impact of guidance interventions on student outcomes.
The Gysbers Success Designation is a state award named in
honor of Dr. Norman C. Gysbers. Dr. Gysbers is a retired Curators
Professor of Educational/School & Counseling Psychology at the University
of Missouri – Columbia and has been a major contributor to the field of
guidance and counseling. He is considered by many to be the ‘Father of modern
guidance and counseling’ and is best known for his work in comprehensive school
counseling and for his many national leadership positions.
“There is a growing body of evidence at both the state and
national levels that more fully implemented comprehensive guidance and
counseling programs make a value-added contribution to student achievement and
other positive student outcomes. The work of your school counselors in
the delivery of Columbia Public School’s comprehensive guidance and counseling
program is further testament to those findings,” said Dr. M. Rene’ Yoesel,
director of Guidance and Counseling with the Missouri Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education. “Fully implementing a comprehensive guidance and
counseling program does not occur without the support of the central office and
building administrators, teachers, parents and students. This award
recognizes that Columbia Public School District has demonstrated that
commitment through its willingness to provide the resources that allow school
counselors to devote their time to working with students to promote their
academic, career and personal/social development. Your entire staff and
community can be proud of the work being done by the school counselors in your
District. We convey our sincere congratulations to you and your District
Guidance and Counseling Department.”
Columbia Public Schools will be recognized at the fall
conference of the Missouri School Counselor Association.