Specialization Requirements for Certification in Guidance and Counseling (Grades PK-12) - Specialty Class Beginning July 1, 1990
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6A-4.0181Specialization Requirements for Certification in Guidance and Counseling (Grades PK-12) - Specialty Class Beginning July 1, 1990
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 45 No. 150, August 2, 2019 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
Based on public comment the rule has been amended as follows:
(1) No change.
(2) Plan Two. A master’s or higher degree with a graduate major in counseling other than guidance and counseling or school counseling as specified in subsection (1) of this rule that includes a minimum of six-hundred (600) clock hours of supervised internship with school-aged children and their families in a setting other than a prekindergarten, an elementary or a secondary school with at least nine (9) semester hours of graduate credit to include the following specified areas:
(a) through (d) No change.
(3) Applicants using Plan Two shall submit verification from the employing school district to attest that a school counselor with a state-issued professional certificate as specified in Rule 6A-4.004, F.A.C., will be assigned as the applicant’s mentor during the first two (2) years of employment as a school counselor. Plan Three. A master’s or higher degree with a major in an education field and verification of three (3) years of full-time teaching experience as specified in paragraph 6A-4.002(5)(a), F.A.C., with thirty (30) semester hours of graduate credit to include the following specified areas:
(a) Principles, philosophy, organization and administration of a comprehensive school counseling program in prekindergarten, elementary and secondary schools;
(b) Student appraisal and evaluation methods in prekindergarten, elementary and secondary schools including interpretation and analysis of standardized tests and other assessment results that assist students in career exploration, academic skills and personal and social skill development;
(c) College and career planning for prekindergarten, elementary and secondary school students including college and career exploration and knowledge of financial and financing postsecondary options;
(d) Learning and human development theories;
(e) Counseling theories appropriate for students in prekindergarten, elementary and secondary schools;
(f) Individual counseling techniques appropriate for students in prekindergarten, elementary and secondary schools;
(g) Group counseling techniques appropriate in prekindergarten, elementary and secondary schools including psycho-educational and counseling for large and small groups;
(h) Consultation skills and techniques for conferring with groups such as agencies, teachers and parents;
(i) Legal, ethical, advocacy, equity and current policy issues affecting prekindergarten, elementary and secondary school counselors and school counseling programs, including confidentiality practices appropriate to school counseling;
(j) Counseling interventions provided through a multi-tiered system of supports framework for use with prekindergarten-, elementary- or secondary-level special populations, such as students with exceptional needs; students who are ethnically, racially, culturally or linguistically diverse; students of varying socioeconomic status; students exposed to trauma; and students at risk of dropping out, to include knowledge of the unique needs of these populations;
(k) Social and cultural diversity including coverage of multicultural counseling competencies and strategies for eliminating barriers to prekindergarten, elementary and secondary student achievement; and
(l) Program evaluation and accountability including evidence-based practices, qualitative and quantitative research methods, needs assessment, data analysis and interpretation, and use of data in prekindergarten, elementary and secondary school counseling.
(4) Plans Two and Three require verification submitted by employer to attest that a school counselor with a state-issued professional certificate as specified in Rule 6A-4.004, F.A.C., will be assigned as the applicant’s mentor during the first two (2) years of employment as a school counselor.
