New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter C - Teacher › Part 80 - Requirements for Teachers' Certificates and Teaching Practice › Subpart 80-3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING SERVICE APPLIED AND QUALIFIED FOR ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 2004, THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP SERVICE APPLIED FOR ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 2, 2007, AND AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR APPLIED AND QUALIFIED FOR ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 2, 2023 › Section 80-3.12 - Satisfaction of education requirements for certification as a school counselor through individual evaluation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
This section prescribes requirements for meeting the
						education requirements for school counselor certificates through individual
						evaluation. A candidate must have achieved a 3.0 cumulative grade point average
						or its equivalent in the program or programs leading to any degree used to meet
						the requirements for a certificate under this section. All other requirements
						for the certificate, including but not limited to, examination and/or
						experience requirements, as prescribed in this Subpart must also be met.
(a) A candidate seeking to fulfill the
					 education requirement for an initial certificate through individual evaluation
					 of education requirements shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Degree completion. The candidate shall
					 possess a baccalaureate degree from a regionally or nationally accredited
					 institution of higher education or from an institution authorized by the
					 Regents to confer degrees and whose programs are registered by the
					 department.
(2) The candidate shall
					 complete study in child abuse identification, school violence and harassment,
					 bullying and discrimination prevention and intervention, as prescribed in
					 sections 80-1.4 and
					 80-1.13  of this Part.
(3) The candidate shall complete 48 semester
					 hours of graduate coursework that includes study in each of the following eight
					 core content areas:
(i) foundations in
					 professional school counseling;
(ii) career development and college
					 readiness;
(iii) supportive school
					 climate and collaborative work with school, family and community;
(iv) equity, advocacy and diversity in
					 programming and in support for students;
(v) child growth, development and student
					 learning;
(vi) group and individual
					 counseling theories and techniques for prevention, intervention and responsive
					 services;
(vii) best practices for
					 the profession and in-school counseling programming; and
(viii) research and program development to
					 advance the school counseling program, its components and the
					 profession.
(4)
					 Practicum and internship. The candidate shall satisfactorily complete one of
					 the following:
(i)
(a) a college-supervised practicum of a
					 minimum of 100 clock hours in a school counseling program that shall consist
					 of:
(1) a minimum of 40 clock hours in group
					 counseling, individual counseling and school counseling core curriculum lesson
					 delivery; and
(2) a minimum of 60
					 clock hours on developing, implementing and evaluating key school counseling
					 program elements such as:
(i) student
					 outcomes and standards;
(ii)
					 curriculum;
(iii) individual
					 student needs and plans;
(iv)
					 responsive services;
(v)
					 consultation with others on behalf of student;
(vi) time management;
(vii) school counseling program
					 goals;
(viii) data
					 analysis;
(ix) action
					 plans;
(x) calendars/schedules;
					 and
(xi) advisory panels, councils
					 and committees; and
(b) a college-supervised internship of a
					 minimum of 600 clock hours in a school counseling program that shall consist
					 of:
(1) a minimum of 240 clock hours of
					 supervised direct student service hours in group counseling, individual
					 counseling and school counseling core curriculum lesson delivery;
(2) a minimum of 360 supervised clock hours
					 focused on developing, implementing and evaluating key school counseling
					 program elements such as:
(i) student outcomes
					 and standards;
(ii)
					 curriculum;
(iii) individual
					 student needs and plans;
(iv)
					 responsive services;
(v)
					 consultation with others on behalf of student;
(vi) time management;
(vii) school counseling program
					 goals;
(viii) data
					 analysis;
(ix) action
					 plans;
(x) calendars/schedules;
					 and
(xi) advisory panels, councils,
					 and committees;
(3) a
					 minimum of 300 clock hours of the internship must be in the elementary grades
					 (K-8) and a minimum of 300 clock hours of the internship must in the secondary
					 grades (9-12).
(ii) a registered program leading to the
					 provisional and/or permanent school counselor certificate pursuant to part 52
					 of this Title.
(iii) a master's or
					 higher degree program in school counseling accredited by the Council for the
					 Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) from an
					 institution of higher education that is accredited by an institutional
					 accrediting agency recognized for this purpose by the United States Department
					 of Education from another state or territory of the United States or the
					 District of Columbia, provided that such program leads to initial certification
					 as a school counselor, or similar school counselor certification, in the
					 jurisdiction where the institution of higher education is
					 located.