Program Overview

Pupil Personnel Services, School Counseling Program

The School Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services Credential program prepares school counselors to act as social justice advocates and agents of change in urban schools and diverse multicultural settings. We endorse the use of data-informed decision-making and evidence-based practices to effect systemic change in schools and the community.

Program Summary

The program's learning outcomes are aligned with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Pupil Personnel Services School Counseling Program Standards and Performance Expectations. These Standards focus on the following areas:

• Outcome 1: Plan, implement, and evaluate an urban school counseling program aligned with the ASCA National Model.
• Outcome 2: Collaborate and consult with stakeholders such as parents and guardians, teachers, administrators, and community leaders to create learning environments that promote educational equity and success for every student.
• Outcome 3: Apply knowledge and skills of direct services at multiple tiers of support including individual and group counseling, academic advising, and instruction and classroom management, to meet the needs of a diverse urban student population.
• Outcome 4: Demonstrate an awareness of how cultural values and biases impact the counselor-student relationship, and develop culturally responsive interventions that consider school, institutional, community, and environmental factors that enhance and impede student success.
• Outcome 5: Understand and use research methods, program evaluation, and accountability strategies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the school counseling program, and to advocate for all students in order to close achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps.
• Outcome 6: Identify and apply professional and personal qualities and skills of effective servant leaders through self-assessment related to school counseling skills and performance.

Course of Study (Curriculum and Field Experience)

The program consists of a minimum of 60 units. A program planner will be provided to each student upon admission. Each Fall and Spring semester, students typically enroll in 5 courses. Summer enrollment is optional; there is limited availability of summer courses. School Counseling program courses are typically offered weeknights from 4:00-6:45PM or from 7:00-9:45PM, subject to change.

Required Courses

• COUN 506 - Counseling in School Settings (3 units)
• COUN 507 - Career and Academic Counseling in K-12 Settings (3 units)
• COUN 510 - Law and Ethics for Counselors (3 units)
• COUN 513 - Introduction to Clinical Interviewing (3 units)
• COUN 515 - Counseling Theories (3 units)
• COUN 555 - Cross-Cultural Counseling (3 units)
• COUN 602 - College Counseling for Equity and Access in K-12 Schools
• COUN 604 - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for School Counselors (3 units)
• COUN 605 - Mental Health and Crisis Response in Schools (3 units)
• COUN 606 - School Counseling Curriculum and Instructional Design (3 units)
• COUN 607 - School Counseling Practicum (3 units)
• COUN 638 - Group Counseling (3 units)
• COUN 643A - Counseling Field Work (School Counseling) (3 units)
• COUN 644A - Advanced Counseling Field Work (Advanced School Counseling) (3 units)
• COUN 695C - Integrative Seminar in Professional School Counseling (3 units)
• EDP 400 - Introduction to Educational Research (3 units)
• EDP 520 - Quantitative Research Methods in Education (3 units)
• EDP 536 - Collaborative Consultation in the Schools (3 units)
• EDP 596 - Program Evaluation in Education (3 units)
• EDP 604 - Seminar in Human Development (3 units)

Culminating Experience

• Thesis Option - EDP 698 (6 units, completed over 2 semesters)
• Comprehensive Examination (0 units, taken in last semester)

Assessment of Candidates

While completing program practicum requirements, typically year 1 second semester, candidates are assessed for program competencies by their university supervisor by the end of practicum. The practicum assessment consists of eight items and a five-point scale used to assess the extent to which candidates met expectations on program competencies.

Faculty Qualifications

The faculty consists of experienced professionals in the field of school counseling, with a range of expertise and qualifications.

Faculty Distribution Table

• Full-Time: 2
• Part-Time: 8
• Vacancies: 0

Annotated List of Faculty

• Rachel Andrews, M.A. - COUN 644A - Advanced School Counseling
• Amy Dauble-Madigan, M.A.Ed. - COUN 643A - School Counseling Field Work, COUN 644A - Advanced School Counseling Field Work
• Enrique Espinoza, Ph.D. - COUN 644A - Advanced School Counseling Field Work
• Laura Forrest, Ph.D. - COUN 638 - Group Counseling
• Diane Hayashino, Ph.D. - COUN 555 - Cross Cultural Counseling
• Steven Long, M.A., PPS - COUN 515 - Counseling Theory, COUN 607 - School Counseling Practicum
• Claudia Lopez, M.S., LMFT, MPA - COUN 555 - Cross Cultural Counseling
• Caroline Lopez-Perry, Ph.D. - COUN 510 - Laws and Ethics for Counselors, COUN 606 - Current Issues in Professional School Counseling, COUN 638 - Group Counseling, COUN 643A - School Counseling Field Work, COUN 644A - Advanced School Counseling Field Work, COUN 695C - Integrative Seminar in Professional School Counseling
• Jacob Olsen, Ph.D. - COUN 506 - Counseling in School Settings, COUN 507 - Career and Academic Counseling in K12 Settings, COUN 510 - Laws and Ethics for Counselors, COUN 513 - Introduction to Clinical Interviewing, COUN 515 - Counseling Theory, EDP 596 - Program Evaluation in Education
• Wendy Settles Crockett, M.S., PPS - COUN 607 - School Counseling Practicum
• Cam-An Vo-Navarro, M.A. - COUN 507 - Career and Academic Counseling in K12 Settings, COUN 643A - School Counseling Field Work, COUN 644A - Advanced School Counseling Field Work

Fieldwork and Clinical Practice

The program includes fieldwork and clinical practice experiences, which provide students with hands-on experience in school counseling settings.

Fieldwork and Clinical Practice Overview Table

• Program: School Counseling
• Total Hours: 900

Course Number/Title and Hours

• COUN 607 School Counseling Practicum: 100 hours
• COUN 643A School Counseling Fieldwork: 400 hours
• COUN 644A School Counseling Fieldwork: 400 hours

Credential Recommendations

School Counseling candidates receive initial and ongoing advising through their program coordinator and advisors from the College of Education Graduate Office as they progress through the program. Candidates can also monitor their program progress through the MyCSULB Student Center Academic Requirements Report.

Credential Recommendation Process

Candidates receive a credential evaluation (program status report), completed by a credential analyst, indicating their current program status and requirements that are outstanding and required prior to credential recommendation. At the end of the final semester, the program coordinator will provide a program completion document to the Credential Center. A credential analyst will complete a final evaluation and confirm that all program and state requirements have been met prior to credential recommendation, including the Master's Degree in School Counseling.