School Counseling Learning Outcomes

Goal 1: Students will demonstrate empathy, professionalism, maturity, and a dedication to advocacy and social justice as they work collaboratively with individuals in counseling settings. They will understand and adhere to the relevant professional ethical codes and department program dispositions.

SLO 1: Students will act as competent professionals in their specific specialty area.
SLO 2: Students will demonstrate culturally relevant interactions and interventions.
SLO 3: Students will demonstrate self awareness and an understanding of their identity as well as a commitment to ongoing personal development.
SLO 4: Students will demonstrate working knowledge of and adhere to the ACA code of ethics as well as other relevant professional codes of ethics.

Goal 2: Students will demonstrate knowledge of theoretical foundations and relevant research in the areas of individual and group counseling, human development, multicultural, and career counseling.

SLO 5: Students will understand and apply both individual and group counseling theories.
SLO 6: Students will demonstrate knowledge of and apply theories of human development across the lifespan .
SLO 7: Students will demonstrate knowledge of all aspects of diversity including: race, ethnicity, social class, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and how they impact counseling.
SLO 8: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the importance of work in American culture and the key theories and models that guide career development.

Goal 3: Students will demonstrate competency in counseling skills through a combination of coursework and professionally supervised clinical experiences grounded in current national and state standards.

SLO 9: Students will demonstrate appropriate use of microskills in supervised clinical settings.
SLO 10: Students will exhibit advanced counseling skills, techniques and interventions
SLO 11: Students will know state and national licensure/certification requirements for their specialty area.

Goal 4: Students will demonstrate competency and relevant skills in assessment, consultation, applied research, and program evaluation in clinical mental health, school and rehabilitation counseling settings.

SLO 12: Students will be able to identify, analyze and interpret data in a systematic manner.
SLO 13: Students will be able to interpret and convey assessment and program evaluation results effectively to stakeholders.
SLO 14: Students will demonstrate the ability to be critical consumers of research and appropriately translate research to practice.

Goal 5: Students will develop and demonstrate advocacy and leadership skills through their professional engagement and co-curricular learning activities.

SLO 15: Students will join and become active in relevant professional organizations.
SLO 16: Students will engage in service/professional activities on campus or in the surrounding communities.

Program Concentration Specific Goals School Counseling Program

Goal 1: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the foundations of School Counseling including: knowing history and development of school counseling, models of school counseling programs, models of P-12 comprehensive career development, models of school-based collaboration and consultation, assessments specific to P-12 education

SLO17: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history of school counseling and the identity, role and function of school counselors today
SLO18: Students will be able to identify and demonstrate key models of comprehensive school counseling
SLO19: Students will be able to apply models of school based consultation and collaboration

Goal 2: School Counseling Students will gain a working understanding of their professional identity, their roles and functions in schools

SLO 20 : Students will identify the roles of school counselors in schools today
SLO 21: Students will demonstrate competencies in leadership and collaboration in schools
SLO 22: Students will develop skills and understanding college and career readiness
SLO 23: Students will gain skills in crisis management and interventions in schools.
SLO 24: Students will demonstrate competencies in identifying risk factors impacting school social, emotional and academic wellbeing
SLO 25: Students will demonstrate knowledge of resources and referral systems
SLO 26: Students will demonstrate competencies in advocacy, legislation impacting practice and legal and ethical decision making

Goal 3: School Counseling students will demonstrate skills necessary to be effective professional school counselors in practice

SLO 27: Students will be able to effectively understand how to design and develop a comprehensive school counseling program
SLO 28: Students actively design and implement lesson plans, individual and small group interventions using differentiated instructional strategies
SLO 29: Students will demonstrate proficiency in implementing developmentally appropriate personal, career and post secondary counseling,
SLO 30: Students will know how to use data to build equity driven school counseling programs