Section 5-E1657. SCHOOL COUNSELOR

 

1657.1For certification as a school counselor, the following shall be required:

 

(a)A master’s degree in counseling from an accredited institution;

 

(b)A minimum of two (2) successful academic years of full-time experience in teaching. One year could be satisfied by full-time work experience in a non-school setting;

 

(c)Completion of graduate level requirements that include the following:

 

(1)Philosophy and principles underlying guidance and other pupil personnel services;

 

(2)The theory and practice of counseling, including work with exceptional and culturally diverse students;

 

(3)Educational and psychological measurement;

 

(4)Career development theory including career planning and decision-making techniques and the use of occupational and educational information;

 

(5)Understanding the individual (i.e., the nature and range of human characteristics);

 

(6)Group counseling and group guidance processes;

 

(7)Research and evaluation;

 

(8)Elementary, middle, and secondary school counseling; and

 

(9)No less than three hundred (300) clock hours of graduate level university supervised field experience in counseling in a school setting, pre-K-12. One hundred (100) of these required hours (twenty (20) hours per year) may be granted prior to classroom teaching experiences. The hours of field experience shall be performed in pre- practicum, practicum, or internship and shall include demonstration of skills/competencies in the following:

 

(A)Individual, group, play, therapy, family therapy, consultation, career development, measurement and evaluation, placement and follow-up, computer literacy, and multicultural education;

 

(B)This field experience requirement may be met by completion of a degree in school counseling from a program approved by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program (CACREP) or a National Board of Certified Counselors (NBC(C) certificate; or

 

(C)Completion of a degree in school counseling from a program approved by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program (CACREP) or a National Board of Certified Counselors (NBC(C) certificate.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6935-36 (October 1, 1993).