La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXI-705

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 4, April 20, 2024

Section CXXXI-705 - Counselor K-12 (Counselor in a School Setting)

A. Eligibility Requirements Prior to June, 30, 2017. For candidates who completed all courses and degree requirements by June 30, 2017, the endorsement add-on requirements include:

1. graduate degree in school counseling from an institution accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602 or a graduate degree with the equivalent hours and courses required for a graduate degree in school counseling; and

2. graduate training that includes 24 semester hours of professional courses distributed so that at least one course will be taken in each of the following basic areas:

a. Principles and Administration of School Counseling Programs;

b. career and lifestyle development;

c. individual appraisal;

d. counseling theory and practice;

e. group processes;

f. human growth and development;

g. social and cultural foundations in counseling; and

h. supervised practicum in a school setting.

B. Eligibility requirements after June 30, 2017:

1. completion of a standards-based graduate degree program in counseling from a college or university accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602 and approved by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program (CACREP), and candidates completing counseling programs not in the specialty area of school counseling must complete six credit hours of school counseling courses from a CACREP-accredited program;

2. practicum/internship requirements:

a. complete a practicum in counseling from a CACREP-accredited program to include 100 contact hours; and

b. complete an internship in counseling from a CACREP-accredited program to include 600 contact hours in a school setting; and

3. pass the PRAXIS examination in school guidance and counseling (0421 or 5421).

C. Renewal Requirements. Certification is issued for a period of five years. For purposes of maintaining a valid counseling certificate, any school counselor receiving initial or renewal certification after July 1, 2013, must successfully meet the standards of effectiveness for at least three years during the five-year validity period in accordance with Bulletin 130 and R.S. 17:3902.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXI-705

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1823 (October 2006), amended LR 33:819 (May 2007), LR 38:43 (January 2012), LR 38:3138 (December 2012), LR 39:1465 (June 2013), Amended LR 431313 (7/1/2017), Amended LR 45231 (2/1/2019), Amended, LR 45526 (4/1/2019), Amended LR 451461 (10/1/2019), Amended LR 461383 (10/1/2020), Amended LR 48445 (3/1/2022), Repromulgated LR 481051 (4/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), (11), (15), 17:7(6), 17:10, 17:22(6), 17:391.1-391.10, and 17:411.