School Counseling Credential
Program Intro
The School Counseling credential prepares candidates to be highly trained in both mental health and education. School counselors help children and youth succeed academically, socially and emotionally. They collaborate with educators, parents and other professionals to create safe, healthy and supportive learning environments for all students that strengthen connections between home and school.
The Metcalf School of Education enjoys an excellent reputation with school districts across the Inland Empire and maintains strong relationships with district faculty, staff and administrators. As a result, 91猫先生 educators are competitively positioned in the education marketplace.
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Why Study School Counseling at 91猫先生?
- 91猫先生鈥檚 program is grounded in the American School Counseling Association鈥檚 National Model, ensuring alignment with nationally recognized best practices in comprehensive, data-informed school counseling.
- The program offers a high degree of course equivalence, allowing qualified students to maximize previously completed graduate-level coursework and progress efficiently toward credential completion.
- Designed for working professionals, the program meets just once a week, providing a predictable schedule that balances academic rigor with professional and personal commitments.
- Through robust fieldwork and practicum experiences, 91猫先生's graduates are workforce-ready while building strong, local school district connections that support career placement and long-term professional success.
What You'll Learn
Graduates of the School Counseling Credential program will:
- Thrive as school counselors by incorporating and cultivating wisdom in their learning and professional skill sets in order to faithfully encourage, educate and inspire youth.
- Be equipped, guided by faith, with the knowledge, resources and professional dispositions needed to serve school communities with humility, compassion and grace.
- Honor and embrace the diversity of all youth through a model of unconditional love, developing needs-based prevention and intervention programs grounded in faith and rooted in systemic change.
- Evaluate and apply a biblical, Christian mindset as a beacon of hope and diligence while cultivating a spirit of learning, service and collective responsibility to provide leadership, guidance and support for students and their families.
Program Details
PPS 528: School Counseling Leadership and Advocacy
This course prepares students to serve as advocates for students in the school settings. Leadership styles are explored in order to build capacity around what effective leadership looks like. Students are challenged to analyze several leadership and advocacy-based dilemmas related to school counseling.
PPS 508: The ASCA National Model
This course allows students to identify components that make up the ASCA National Model as well as analyze the different domains they will serve in. By examining several evidence-based best practices, students are able to disaggregate several forms of school data in order to increase student achievement.
PPS 541: Group Counseling
This course prepares students to learn the foundational skills of facilitating a small group as part of a comprehensive school counseling program. This course uses theory and application in the form of role plays, mock scenarios and experiential experiences to teach students how to be an effective group facilitator in today's diverse schools.
Pedro Caro, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, School Counseling
Program Director, School Counseling
Office Phone: 951-552-8351
E-mail: pcaro@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Yeager Center B241
Career Possibilities
The School Counseling Credential program equips you to make a meaningful difference in students' lives. You'll develop the counseling skills, practical experience and professional preparation needed to support students' academic progress, personal growth and future goals within K-12 school settings.
- School Counselor
- MTSS Counselor
- College Advisor
- Student Assistance Program Counselor
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Next Steps
Join our community. At 91猫先生, you鈥檒l be challenged to become an individual whose skills, integrity, and sense of purpose glorify God and distinguish you in the world.