Contents

1. 1 MISSION STATEMENT
2. 2 PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY AND AIMS 
3. 3 CAMPUS QUICK LINKS
4. 4 CONTACT INFORMATION
   1. 4.1 Map to SPU

Welcome

Whether you are a current student or a potential one, this site provides an overview of the Department of Counselor Education (CE) program offerings as well as information about what's going on in the department. Be sure to visit all of our web pages, including Resources.

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MISSION STATEMENT

Our task is to prepare individuals for service and leadership as school counselors in K-12 settings. Students who complete our program will reflect God’s excellence, grace, mercy, and goodness as representatives of Seattle Pacific University.

PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY AND AIMS 

As faculty and students we will seek to model principles such as honesty integrity, compassion, self-discipline, congruence, redemption, commitment, and community. These endeavors will be facilitated by a faculty who strives to create and model a teaching/learning environment suitable for learners with diverse backgrounds, learning preferences, and life experiences, so that our graduates will be able to serve all students in the school setting.

Based on the above mission statement and program philosophy, the key program objectives are

• educate students in the profession’s history, developmental, systems, and counseling theory, research and best practices;
• prepare students for excellence in the professional use of skills in counseling, collaboration, consultation and referral, coordination of comprehensive school counseling programs, and evaluation/assessment;
• provide students with experience in the ongoing and direct application of classroom learning to the school counseling context;
• instruct students to effectively assist children and youth (including those with special needs and diverse backgrounds) and their families; 
• help students integrate a Christian worldview and its principles in their service as professional school counselors.