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About Us
The primary purpose of the Department of Counselor Education is to provide
professional preparation in guidance, counseling, and student personnel
work. The graduate program encompasses both a School Counseling Specialization
Credential and a Master of Arts degree program. On line course information
may be obtained at the SJSU web catalog.
Vision
The Department of Counselor Education
in College of Education at San Jose State University is a professional
community of faculty, students and staff engaged in supportive partnerships
to serve a community of culturally diverse children, youth, and families.
By pursuing scholarly and reflective inquiry, our community aims to promote,
enhance, and increase access to gain a meaningful, lifelong education.
Faculty, staff, and graduates are compassionate professionals who interact
in ethical ways and are mindful of our roles and responsibilities in a
democratic society.
Mission
The mission of the Department of Counselor Education is to prepare guidance
and counselor candidates who will enhance quality and excellence for all
students and human being in an increasingly diverse, technologically complex,
and global community.
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Department
of Counselor Education Program Evaluation and Assessment |
Evaluation Design and Rational
The Department of
Counselor Education actively involves all stakeholders in the evaluation
process. Candidates, faculty, field supervisors, alumni, members of
the professional community (through various partnerships) and other
advisory consulting members provide constant and continuous input
to evaluate
and improve the department and its programs. An assessment system
with different components
operating together has been used to collect feedback. Figure 1 below
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Figure 1. Department Evaluation Components
Student
Competency |
Faculty |
Program |
Knowledge |
Instruction |
Curriculum |
Skills |
Scholarship |
Coordination |
Attitude |
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Management |
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The evaluation
procedure involves gathering, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating,
and decision making among students, faculty, field supervisors. Evaluation
data are collected from the following sources:
- End
of course evaluation (SOTE)
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Annual surveys of program graduates as follow up study
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Institutional program review
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Faculty promotion, retention, and post tenure review
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Faculty review of courses and the PPS credential program (regular
department meetings)
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Community and district partner’s review and input through
various projects
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| The systematic evaluation plan (see
Table 2) indicates the department seeks constant and continual review
and modification of the program in order to build an excellent learning
environment. The evaluation is used to make decisions about the learning
of individual students and to improve instruction, curriculum, and
the overall program coordination. |
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2. Department of Counselor Education Program Evaluation System
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Who |
What |
Criteria |
How |
When |
By Whom |
Use
of Data |
| Student Competency (including Internship
PPSC student) |
Knowledge, skills & attitude |
Admission |
Academic Performance |
Transcript |
Prior to Admission |
Chair and Graduate Coordinator |
Admission Decision |
| Personal Professional Quality |
Recommendation Letters |
Prior to Admission |
Chair and Graduate Coordinator |
Admission Decision |
| Professional Goal Statement |
Prior to Admission |
Chair and Graduate Coordinator |
Admission Decision |
| Midpoint |
Course Performance |
Grads and GPA |
Every Class |
Instructor |
Meet Expectation |
| Course Completion |
Interview |
After 1st or 2ed Sem. |
Advisor |
Monitoring Progress |
| Exit Review |
Comprehensive Knowledge |
Comprehensive Exam |
End of Program |
Advisor |
Determine Graduation and Recommend.
for PPS |
| Overall Performance |
Field Experience |
End of Field Experience |
Field Supervisor and University Supervisor |
| Program Completion |
Transcript and PPSC Worksheet |
End of Program |
Advisor and Dept. Chair |
| CBEST |
Test Report |
Beginning & End of Program |
Advisor and Dept. Chair |
| Faculty Qualification |
Instruction |
Teaching Effectiveness |
Student Observation of Teaching Effectiveness
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End of Selected Course |
Students |
Faculty Promotion and Retention |
| Scholarship |
Research, Publication, Grant, Project |
RPT & FAR (Faculty Activity Report) |
Every Two Yrs |
Dept., college & univ. RPT Cmt.
Chair, Dean, & President |
| Post Tenure Review |
Every Five Yrs |
Chair and Dean |
| Program |
Curriculum |
Overall Quality and Areas for Improvement |
Student Feedback |
On going |
Faculty & Chair |
Program, Curriculum and Instruction
Panning and Improvement |
| Coordination |
Alumni Survey |
Follow up |
Dept. |
| Partners Feedback |
Continuous |
Partnership Project Directors &
Chair |
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| Data Resources
Utilizing partnership projects to obtain
community feedback has been the department’s strategy to improve
the quality of its instruction and curriculum. The Counselor Education
faculty have been moving forward with the development of several
partnerships for program improvement. The intensive involvement
of advisory consultants who are associated with several critical
project partnerships allows for continual and ample formative and
summative evaluation. The Department fostered
- Counselor Education
Transformation Partnership 1997-1999
- School-to-Career
school, college and university partnership 1998-2001
- GEAR UP Partnership
with San Jose Unified School District, 1998-2004
- GEAR UP Partnership
with east side three school districts, 1999-2005
The department also invites students
to provide meaningful and timely feedback based on their learning
experience in the department. Every semester a comprehensive program
evaluation survey is distributed to the students while they are
completing their comprehensive exam. Data from the exam are reported
to all faculty at the first-semester department meeting for program
improvement. The data results are available for review at the college
document room.
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| Program Improvement
With feedback from community partners, the faculty
sought to concentrate on
- Selecting didactic, practicum,
and field supervision in school-community partnerships with a
focus on strategic interventions with children, youth, and families,
especially those from the low socioeconomic community
- Increasing interactive television
delivery of curriculum to five field-based centers and utilizing
mainstream internet instruction throughout the San Jose State
University service area, including the Greater Monterey Regions
as far south as King City.
- Intensifying school-community
relations and organizational development strategies for improved
effectiveness with at-risk and delinquent youths and underrepresented
children and families.
- Having an active Internship
Credential Program, which allows school districts to diversify
the existing counseling staff with bilingual and other personnel
that meet the needs for diverse and special needs children and
youth.
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Internship Program
All evaluation procedures including data collection
and using the data to improve program coordination will apply to
the internship credential program. There are some unique differences
for the Internship Program.
- Admission: The candidate has
to meet all of the following requirements to qualify for the Internship
Credential Program:
1. being admitted into the EDCO program at the
university
2. has completed two graduate level courses in EDCO program or related
programs
3. has a district recommendation for a full position
4. has submitted a statement or resume regarding prior experiences
and personal qualification to perform as a full-time school counselor
5. has a committee which includes a university faculty member, district
PPS supervisor, and a representative of the school union
6. has passed the CBEST
7. has a Certificate of Clearance
8. has a plan to complete the program within the internship timeline
9. has an agreement for supervision and evaluation during the program
- Supervision
and Evaluation: Candidates in the Internship Program are required
to participate in Field Work Supervision every semester while
they are in the program to ensure timely feedback through supervision
and evaluation of their performance.
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Student Learning Outcomes |
A. Leadership
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| A1 Advocate skills and attitude for student to support equity and social justice |
| A2 Skills and knowledge to support collaboration with teachers, parents, administrators |
| A3 Skills to develop intervention and prevention counseling programs |
| A4 Knowledge of ethical practices |
B. Effective Assessment and Counseling Skills
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| B1 Individual assessment and counseling |
| B2 Group assessment and counseling |
| B3 Family assessment and counseling |
| B4 Counseling with communities and coummunity agencies |
| B5 Counseling with communities and community agencies |
C. Intercultural Effectiveness
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| C1 Knowledge and skills of communication in multilingual multicultural community |
D. Reflective Thinker
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| D1 Recognize social, cultural, biological and educational environment affect student growth & academic performance |
| D2 Critical evauation of psychological and counseling theories |
| D3 Critical evaluation of current counseling practices |
| D4 Critical approach to scientific inquiry |
E. Lifelong Learning
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| E1 Participate in professional organizations |
| E2 Ongoing professional development |
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