Program Outcomes

Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice

To train  school counselors (SCs) to be ethical and competent with a strong counselor identity in accordance with American School Counselor Association (ASCA) ethical standards and state-level expectations, in order to prepare for careers as counseling professionals who advocate on behalf of the profession and promotes equity and access for PK-12 students. 

Social and Cultural Diversity

To train SCs to cultivate knowledge and self-awareness of socially, culturally, and spiritually appropriate skills and practices in professional counseling that promote social justice, advocacy efforts, and minimize barriers between counselors and PK-12 students.

Human Growth and Development

To train SCs in theories, etiology of human growth and development, relevant environmental factors, and ethical strategies to promote optimum wellness for diverse PK-12 students across the lifespan.

Career Development

To train SCs to know and apply career development theories, decision-making models, vocational, and occupational information and to develop strategies for supporting and advocating for clients in relation to their unique career development, industry information, and identified opportunities within a global economy.

Counseling and Helping Relationships

To train SCs to understand and demonstrate essential and applicable counseling techniques and culturally relevant strategies as well as theories, models, and skills to support prevention, intervention, consultant and collaboration with and on behalf of PK-12 students.

Group Counseling and Group Work

To train SCs to implement knowledge of  appropriate strategies for effectively forming and facilitating group counseling and group work in the educational setting with a diverse range of PK-12 students.

Assessment and Testing

To train SCs in knowledge of ethical and appropriate assessment strategies, which including case conceptualization,  data collection, progress monitoring, and referral to properly support PK-12 student development and success, across multicultural perspectives.

Research and Program Evaluation

To train SCs to evaluate and incorporate ethically and culturally relevant evidence-based research findings when selecting strategies for prevention, intervention, and program evaluation, through the use of data-driven school counseling practices.

School Counseling

To train SC's in knowledge of foundational and contextual dimensions of school counseling as a specialty area, including leadership, advocacy, collaboration and systemic change.

Professional Practice

To train SCs to cultivate and implement culturally relevant counseling skills and strategies for best practice through supervised practicum and internship experiences and an integration of the knowledge and skills needed to provide appropriate counseling services across the domains of academic, college & career readiness and social-emotional development and learning.

State Specific Educational Requirements

To train SC's in the specific and added educational requirements, necessary for certification/licensure, that may be outlined by their intended state of certification/licensure.