Saturday, November 7, 2009

Professional Development

University of Phoenix has a few online courses relevant for school counselors. Counseling 532: Overview of School Counseling is a "how to" course for the ASCA National Model. It takes you through each component of the model; assignments vary from creating an annual calendar to writing a proposal to be presented to the school board. It is an amazing course if you want to explore the model or if you are thinking about taking on a comprehensive guidance program.If you compare the model framework to our ethical standards you will discover a very strong connection between the two documents. It makes sense that what we do would be tied to expectations of how we behave. We are fortunate to have both documents to guide us in our professional practice.
I encourage you to maintain professional and personal growth through coursework, in-services, conferences, and networking.
Think spring!