Endorsement requirements:

1. Option I. The candidate must have:

   • a. An earned master's degree from an approved counselor education program that shall include at least 100 clock hours of clinical experiences in the preK-6 setting and 100 clock hours of clinical experiences in the grades 7-12 setting; and

   • b. Two years of successful, full-time teaching experience or two years of successful experience in guidance and counseling in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Two years of successful, full-time experience in guidance and counseling under a Provisional License may be accepted to meet this requirement.

2. Option II. The candidate must have:

   • a. An earned master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university and certification from an approved counselor education program; and

   • b. Two years of successful, full-time teaching experience or two years of successful, full-time experience in guidance and counseling in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Two years of successful, full-time experience in guidance and counseling under a nonrenewable Provisional License may be accepted to meet this requirement.

The school counselor preK-12 program shall ensure that the candidate has completed two years of successful, full-time teaching experience or two years of successful full-time experience in school counseling in a public or an accredited nonpublic school. Two years of successful, full-time experience in school counseling in a public or an accredited nonpublic school under a nonrenewable Provisional License may be accepted to meet this requirement. The program shall ensure that the candidate must demonstrated the following competencies:

• 1. The ability to support students by cooperatively working with parents and guardians and teachers.
• 2. Understanding of the principles and theories of human growth and development throughout the lifespan and their implications for school counseling.
• 3. Understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education and their implications for school counseling programs.
• 4. Understanding of lifespan career development.
• 5. Understanding of the skills and processes for counseling students to include:
• a. Individual and group counseling for academic development;
• b. Individual and group counseling for career development; and
• c. Individual and group counseling for personal and social development.
• 6. Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes for providing developmental group counseling, including:
• a. Academic development;
• b. Career development; and
• c. Personal and social development.
• 7. Understanding of the skills and processes related to the school counseling program at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels, including:
• a. Characteristics of learners at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels;
• b. Program planning;
• c. Coordination; and
• d. Consultation.
• 8. Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes of student appraisal and assessment relative to school counseling programs, including:
• a. Individual assessment; and
• b. Group assessment.
• 9. Understanding of the school counseling professional, including:
• a. Legal considerations;
• b. Ethical considerations; and
• c. Professional issues and Standard.
• 10. Understanding of the skills and processes of research and evaluation aimed at improving school counseling programs.
• 11. Understanding work-based learning methods of instruction such as internship, job shadowing, cooperative education, mentorship, service learning, clinical, and youth apprenticeship,
• 12. Understanding of and proficiency in grammar, usage, and mechanics and their integration in writing.
• 13. Understanding of and proficiency in pedagogy to incorporate writing as an instructional and assessment tool for candidates to generate, gather, plan, organize, and present ideas in writing to communicate for a variety of purposes.
• 14. The program shall include at least 100 clock hours of a school counselor internship and practicum experience in the preK-6 setting and 100 clock hours of internship and practicum experience in the grades 7-12 setting.