Counseling for College Prep (Online Course)

The Counseling for College Prep course will explore various aspects of supporting your students in their post-graduation aspirations. While students’ backgrounds, situations, and dreams are all different, this online guidance counselor course will discuss how your role is similar for each. You will explore how becoming a student’s host can help them see that life can be different and what it takes to support them to succeed.

You will also explore building a toolbox of resources to use for college counseling to support students’ discovery and planning processes—no matter their background. You will learn to assemble a network of other professionals that can help, including at a national and local community level.

What you will learn

• Apply the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) model to advocate for college readiness for every student in a school setting.
• Analyze current best practices for promoting college readiness.
• Demonstrate how to plan, organize, and deliver college and alternative options to all students.
• Demonstrate advocacy for younger students, in early and ongoing exposure to comprehensive K-12 college and post-secondary program experiences.
• Demonstrate the basics of financial planning counseling for college and alternative post-secondary educational experiences.

How you will benefit

• You will walk away with resources and plans for supporting graduation advocacy for every student.
• This course will provide tools and guidance for improving your school’s current graduation and post-secondary planning efforts for every student.
• The assignments will help you carry out improvement initiatives and to build your toolbox for supporting your students and their families, as you complete them.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Instructor: Self-Study
Course Hours: 24.00