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Professional Responsibility (Standard 8)

Meeting (Lg.)

Those who have high thoughts are ever striving; they are not happy to remain in the same place. Like swans that leave their lake and rise into the air, they leave their home and fly for a higher home.

-Dhammapada
MO- UMKC: School Counseling Program Goals
Goal: GOAL VIII: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (MOSTEP STANDARD: 1.4.4.3) (NCATE 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, 1F)The professional school counselor is committed to ongoing professional development and growth and possesses professional and responsible work habits. (Relevant Courses: Courses in which the student participates in fulfilling this requirement: CPCE 502, CPCE 504, CPCE 531/532, CPCE 550, CPCE 553, CPCE 575A/B)

Reflection

I believe that an educator is never finished being the educated.  After graduate school, it will be very easy for me to become out of the loop in the profession of counseling but I can maintain and continue to improve my abilities as a counselor through professional organizations.  This profession will require me to be especially linked in when it comes to legal and ethical issues, consultation, and communication and even new developments in the brain research that will affect student development and my understanding of how to best counsel my students. 

Through professional organizations, professional development, and research, I will maintain my awareness of the growth in the profession and make an effort to achieve growth within my program that is parallel to and even greater than that of the school counseling community as a whole.  I will also work to provide professional development to my school to further advocate for our programs as well as to encourage growth in classroom instruction in the way of building relationships with students.

My Professional Development

File Attachments:
  1. Comparison Contrast Charts Comparison Contrast Charts
    A Marzano Strategy That Works is comparing and contrasting two different ideas. This set of web documents and graphic organizers can help a counselor plan a lesson that will involve teaching the students to consider similarities and differences between two concepts. (Created by Deb Woodard)
  2. Higher Order Thinking Higher Order Thinking
    This is the chart that I use on a regular basis to create questions in my lessons. It is also the tool our administration uses when they do walk-through's in our classrooms. They are looking for our ability to engage students in each level of understanding as well as our ability to help them develop skills necessary for higher level thinking. This is important for a school counselor when she is teaching her guidance curriculum. (Document acquired through Northgate Middle School)
  3. Lucy Leadership Lucy Leadership
    Lucy Leadership is a picture to show the model of leadership expected in a school counselor. Lucy was created by Susan Dunham, Alexis Garcia, Megan Harris, Courtney Johnson, and Sarah Miller.
  4. Marzano Strategies: What Works in Schools Marzano Strategies: What Works in Schools
    This is a chapter from one of Robert Marzano's books that describes how to make progress in a school program and it directly involves the school counselor.
  5. Reflection of Covey's 7 Habits Reflection of Covey's 7 Habits
    This reflection of Sean Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" covers ideas and thoughts as well as possible activities for use with counseling. This book would be an excellent tool for a counseling group.
  6. Reflection of What Works with Children and Adolescents Reflection of What Works with Children and Adolescents
    This reflection covers strategies and activities to use with children and teens. Many of these activities are great for group sessions as well as whole class sessions.
Web Links:
  1. American Counseling Association American Counseling Association
    The ACA is an organization that provides professional development opportunities for counselors and also provides lots of information on how to best serve students.
  2. American School Counseling Association American School Counseling Association
    ASCA is a professional organization that offers professional development and continuing education for counselors.
  3. Missouri State Teacher's Association Missouri State Teacher's Association
    This is the website for the Missouri State Teacher's Association which I am currently a part of. This site provides access to multiple professional development articles, conferences, and activities for teachers as well as other educators.
  4. National Education Association National Education Association
    The National Education Association (NEA) website link. This website provides information about how to be a member, news in the field of education, and provides many resources for educators to experience professional growth.

Learning Goals & Evaluations

File Attachments:
  1. Learning Goals Practicum 2 Learning Goals Practicum 2
    In my second practicum, I set learning goals for myself. As elementary was fairly new for me, my goals were extremely helpful in developing my skills.
  2. Self Evaluation of Learning Goals Self Evaluation of Learning Goals
    In response to my learning that took place during the second practicum at Topping Elementary, I wrote a reflection to address each of the goals listed in the previous attachment.
Author: Courtney Johnson
Last modified: 4/24/2012 3:15 AM (EDT)