School Counselor Name Change

The name change reflects the evolution of our profession. In the early 1900s, we were vocational guidance counselors and we focused on guiding people towards career choices. Our jobs, and the systems we work in, have become more complex. Our knowledge base has become more complex as well. It is more fitting, and more in line with what we do, to be called school counselors. We no longer call teachers "school marms" because their jobs have evolved. Home Ec. has changed to FACS; Shop has changed to Industrial Tech; Librarian has changed to Library Media Specialist. All of these changes are because of the way the jobs have evolved. We are school counselors...we have evolved WAY beyond the guidance counselor of old.