Knowledge:
(A) Understands the relationship of the school counseling program to the academic mission of the school;
(B) Understands the concepts, principles, strategies, programs, and practices designed to close the achievement gap, promote student academic success, and prevent students from dropping out of school; and
(C) Understands curriculum design, lesson plan development, classroom management strategies, and differentiated instructional strategies for teaching counseling- and guidance-related material.
Skills and Practices:
(A) Conducts programs designed to enhance student academic development;
(B) Implements strategies and activities to prepare students for a full range of postsecondary options and opportunities; and
(C) Implements differentiated instructional strategies that draw on subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge and skills to promote student achievement.
Supporting Artifacts:
Academic Development: Knowledge: B: In my Social and Cultural Perspectives in Education and School Counseling course, I wrote a discussion board post, reviewing required readings on inequity, achievement gaps, and how to address these barriers to success for all students. This post can be found here.
Academic Development: Knowledge: C: I completed a course in which I learned classroom management strategies, how to design and implement lesson plans, and techniques to measure effectiveness. The syllabus can be found here. I received an A in this course.
Academic Development: Skills and Practices: A: As an elementary school counselor during the school years of 2015/16 and 2016/17, I enhanced student academic performance in multiple ways, including by implementing lessons in every classroom, designed to explicitly teach students skills needed for learning.
Academic Development: Skills and Practices: B: As an elementary school counselor for the Sweet Home School District, I participated in the East Linn County Career and College Readiness Collaborative and worked with the other counselors in the district to foster vertical alignment in Career and College Readiness programs across the district.
(A) Understands the relationship of the school counseling program to the academic mission of the school;
(B) Understands the concepts, principles, strategies, programs, and practices designed to close the achievement gap, promote student academic success, and prevent students from dropping out of school; and
(C) Understands curriculum design, lesson plan development, classroom management strategies, and differentiated instructional strategies for teaching counseling- and guidance-related material.
Skills and Practices:
(A) Conducts programs designed to enhance student academic development;
(B) Implements strategies and activities to prepare students for a full range of postsecondary options and opportunities; and
(C) Implements differentiated instructional strategies that draw on subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge and skills to promote student achievement.
Supporting Artifacts:
Academic Development: Knowledge: B: In my Social and Cultural Perspectives in Education and School Counseling course, I wrote a discussion board post, reviewing required readings on inequity, achievement gaps, and how to address these barriers to success for all students. This post can be found here.
Academic Development: Knowledge: C: I completed a course in which I learned classroom management strategies, how to design and implement lesson plans, and techniques to measure effectiveness. The syllabus can be found here. I received an A in this course.
Academic Development: Skills and Practices: A: As an elementary school counselor during the school years of 2015/16 and 2016/17, I enhanced student academic performance in multiple ways, including by implementing lessons in every classroom, designed to explicitly teach students skills needed for learning.
Academic Development: Skills and Practices: B: As an elementary school counselor for the Sweet Home School District, I participated in the East Linn County Career and College Readiness Collaborative and worked with the other counselors in the district to foster vertical alignment in Career and College Readiness programs across the district.