CMC 613Prof Orient.-School Counseling

Catalog

PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION TO SCHOOL COUNSELING. This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge to students in the profession of school counseling and support their professional identity development. Students will gain foundational knowledge of all facets of the professional duties and responsibilities of school counselors including: roles of school counselors, the history school counseling, the structure and organization of the American educational system, the role of consultation in schools, advocacy in promoting educational equity and access, accreditation, national certification, and the school counseling certification process. Students will create their individualized professional goals plan, which will include degree attainment, the path to certification, and practice advocacy as an emerging school counselor. Registration is limited by program of study.