M.Sc / P.G. Dip Professional School Counselors Studies Objectives

Learning Objectives and Competencies

In addition to the overall objectives of Professional counseling and its programs, candidates will acquire the following knowledge and competencies in the School Counseling program:

• Have an understanding of human growth and development through the lifespan with specific knowledge of the learning process of students in Pre-K through grade 12.
• Be capable of implementing strategies and developing programs that enhance the learning of all students.
• Be knowledgeable about the world of work, career theory, and career development and effectively work with parents, teachers, and community resources to promote career development in students.
• Understand the developmental needs of students with the focus of social and personal skills as moral development and use individual and group strategies to promote optimum development to assist students starting from k-12 in making healthy decisions regarding relationships with peers, parents, and authority figures.
• Be skilled in individual counseling and knowledgeable of various counseling theories and strategies. Graduates are aware of the limitations of counseling in the school setting and recognize when and how to make appropriate referrals.
• Utilize System database of students to aid students in the planning of their academic, career, and personal-social domains.
• Conceptualize the role of the counselor as a consultant when working with families, school personnel, and other service providers on behalf of students.
• Be able to act as a facilitator of change within the educational system and engage in planning and management tasks to support the counselling program.
• Be aware of the past history of the counseling field as well as Continued Professional Development in Indian Perspective as a member of ISCA
• Understand human development through the lifespan and organize programs and other intervention strategies to promote optimum growth and development of students and families.
• Be aware of national and state standards on best practices in counselling and organizes the school counseling program to be consistent with such standards. and in particular K-12 educational settings. The program prepares school counselors to maximize the potential of all students through comprehensive developmental school counseling programs, and develops skills as competent school counselors and effective consultants, collaborators, advocates and leaders in an ever-changing global society.

School Counselor Job Description, Career as a School Counselor, Salary, Employment – Definition and Nature of the Work,& DISCLAIMER.

School Counselors work with students, professionals, parents, and administrators to help ensure that students’ educational, vocational, and emotional needs are being met. School counsellors provide crisis intervention services and individual and group counseling to help all students develop their educational, social, career, and personal strengths and become responsible and productive citizens. School counsellors have strong desires to help students with educational, emotional, and vocational needs.

They are patient, and resourceful, and inspire respect, trust, and confidence. School counsellors possess leadership skills, and excellent listening skills, and are able to work both independently and as part of a team.

These professionals follow a code of ethics in their jobs. They are trained to put into perspective the wide range of minor and major problems that they encounter in their caseloads.

Job Outlook, prestige and perks of School Counsellors

Employment of all counselors is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2012. Advancement opportunities are available in larger schools and school systems as directors or supervisors. Some school psychologists and special education administrators began their careers as counselors.

By becoming a School counselor you are opening up doors to varying opportunities and great rewards. School counselors in over 53 countries of the world are enjoying the perks and prestige associated and becoming a vital link and integral component of education system not only now in India but in most of the developed and developing countries of the world.

This Blended learning approach adopted for these professionally designed varied courses by the institute, is to offer comprehensive school counselors program guided and influenced by the Distinguished Advisory comprising experts, Educationists from U.K, USA, and India and premier professional bodies from U K AND USA.

Introduction of Counselling services for students in 12^th Plan.

Health Ministry’s plans to train mental health professional and introduction of psychological counseling services for students in 12th plan, both are remarkable and exciting.

The CBSE and Raghvan committee (constituted by the Supreme Court) made counseling services mandatory in all the CBSE affiliated schools AND NOW MHRD mandated for all centrally funded IITs, IIMs,NITs. Within this framework, including RTE; it is worth consideration to recognize that each school is a community, comprising students, their teachers, and administrative staff, the parents who entrust their loved ones to the school. The ultimate goal of schooling, and of the schools themselves, has since been established to be the promotion of students’ competencies; their abilities to successfully meet the major developmental demands of the global market and the society.

DISCLAIMER–The IISP,SC &G HAS FULL RIGHTS TO MODIFY AND SUBSTITUTE CHANGES IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE COURSES,INCORPORATING SUPPORTING MATERIAL AND RESOURCES AND PRESENT STUDY MODULES AT ANY GIVEN TIME FOR /WITHOUT ASSIGNING ANY REASONS THEREOF-LIKEWISE SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP FIX AND SETTING UP IS STUDENT OWN INITIATIVE AND RESPONSIBILITY,WHEN THE IISP ,IF REQUIRED MAY ALTERNATIVELY RESORT TO DISSERTATION ON CASE STUDIES FOR EVALUATION BY THE ACADEMIC COUNSELLING .