School Counseling - Niagara University

School Counseling from Niagara University is a Campus Master Counseling and Personnel Services degree that prepares you for a Education career. The mission of the Niagara University school counseling program is to educate professional school counselors . Graduates of the school counseling program will be able to address the academic, career, and personal/social needs of pre-k to 12 students. Our graduates will be ethical, reflective practitioners skilled in serving diversity in the schools by providing effective, evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies. The Niagara University school counseling program has a strong commitment to social justice in the school environment, ethical responsibility and to leadership in the school counseling profession. Niagara University?s school counseling program educates graduate students to become school counselors at the elementary, middle or secondary level. Through intensive course study (48 credit hours) and 700 clock hours of field work, students are totally prepared to create and work within comprehensive and developmental school counseling programs, which focus on the needs of all students in three areas of development: academic, career and personal/social. In January 2005, Niagara University?s College of Education school counseling program became a part of the network of the National Center for Transforming School Counseling (NCTSC), which is focused on preparing school counselors to become change agents focusing on eliminating the barriers that hinder student achievement. As a result of this partnership, graduating school counselors are prepared to meet expectations of their new roles in schools by developing skills in counseling , consultation, collaboration, leadership, advocacy, teaming, and effective use of technology and data. View more details on Niagara University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling and Personnel Services courses.