COUN 6011. Instructional Leadership. This course will focus on the "hard and soft"skills of instructional leadership, counseling and micro-counseling. The teaching and learning process will be the focus of student work. Students will learn how to observe and coach for excellence in teaching and learning. The reflective practice model will serve as a basis for theory and skill development.

COUN 6113. Action Research and Data Analysis for High Performing Schools. This course will center on the analysis of data with emphasis on student achievement and whole school accountability. Data-driven decision making will be examined. Students will look at research methodologies with a focus on action research and the role of the leader in facilitating action research in the field.

COUN 6133. Principles of Curriculum. This course will focus on national, state, and local curriculum standards. Students will gain an understanding of the alignment issues of curriculum, instruction, and assessment as they prepare a curriculum artifact based on the principles of curriculum.

COUN 6143. Organizational Change. This course will examine theories of change looking at research and case studies of first and second order change. Students will gain strategies as leaders of change as schools work to move closer to higher performance. Students will study a current change taking place in a school.

COUN 6152. Professional Portfolio. This course will examine the role of the student portfolio and the teaching portfolio. The main focus will be the professional portfolio for the candidate’s completion of their degree program.

COUN 6213. Developmental Counseling: Theory and Application. This course provides an overview of the basic tenets of lifespan development and how they relate to school counseling. Developmental Counseling contains a balance of research, theoretical clarity, and practical application as students move through the stages of lifespan development.

COUN 6224. Counseling Skill Development I. Students will examine basic skills and characteristics involved in becoming effective school counselors; will articulate, practice, and demonstrate basic mastery of these skills and characteristics; will develop a systematic approach to the counseling process; and will assess personal strengths and limitations related to becoming professional school counselors.

COUN 6233. School Counseling Programs. This course will review the basic concepts and principles of elementary, middle, and secondary school counseling programs.  Specific focus will be on program accountability, development, and leading school-based counseling programs.

COUN 6243. Group Counseling Strategies in the Schools. Students will be expected to draw relationships among the concepts and principles of individual, family, and group counseling and apply that knowledge to a school setting.

COUN 6254. Assessment and Career/Academic Advising. This course prepares pre-service counselors to facilitate the public schools role in career development, planning, and decision making within the educational context.

COUN 6263. Teaming, Collaboration, and Advocacy. This course emphasizes the values, knowledge, and skills required for effective advocacy and brokering of services through consultation and collaboration. Use of data to identify needs, remove barriers and mobilize resources from the school and the community in order to increase options for students are primary themes through the course. Special attention is placed on equal access of all students to rigorous educational experiences.

COUN 6303. Counseling Skill Development II. Students will examine intermediate skills and characteristics involved in becoming effective school counselors. Students will articulate, practice, and demonstrate mastery of these skills and characteristics; will develop a systematic approach to the counseling process; and will further assess personal strengths and limitations related to becoming professional school counselors.

COUN 6304. School Counseling Internship. This course provides graduate students an opportunity to engage in supervised, on-the-job experiences in a school setting. The internship includes scheduled on-campus group supervision designed to provide guidance, analysis, and evaluation of this capstone field experience.