MEC 8017 School Counselor Leadership Seminar
Strong leadership is the foundation for a school counselor to be effective in advocacy and collaboration work not only for children, families, and school communities, but for the advancement of the school counseling profession . The American School Counselor Association underscored the importance of leadership by placing it as one of the four major themes along with collaboration, advocacy, and systemic change. This seminar is designed to facilitate leadership and advocacy development. It explores leadership styles and advocacy models to help counselor candidates understand and prepare for future leadership roles within the context of the K-12 school setting. Candidates will gain critical knowledge of qualities, principles, skills, and styles of effective leadership and an understanding of the important role of the school counselor as a systems change agent as it relates to child advocacy and social justice work.
Prerequisite
MED 6102, MEC 6511, MEC 6400, MEC 6402, MEC 6607, MEC 7213, MEC 7502, MEC 7503, MEC 7701, MEC 7500, MEC 7501, MEC 7202, passing scores on Praxis II (#5421), all clearances and at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.