Oregon TSPC requires that school counseling candidates demonstrate competency in classroom based guidance. 50 total hours of your field experience must come from classroom-based counseling interventions in a school setting, including curriculum, instruction, and assessment. These hours may be direct or indirect, or from practicum or internship, or a combination. (We will document these on your hours sheet).
School counseling core curriculum is often delivered through such strategies as:
▪ Instruction – School counselors provide direct instruction, team teach or assist in teaching the school counseling core curriculum, learning activities or units in classrooms. They may also provide follow-up to small groups or individual students as needed.
▪ Group activities – School counselors conduct planned activities outside the classroom to promote academic, career, social/emotional development or community involvement, such as college and career fairs, post-secondary site visits, student team building/leadership workshops, community/business tours. (Oregon Department of Education's Framework for Comprehensive Counseling Programs, page 49)
The following is a list of ideas/suggestions to help you meet the requirement for 50 hours of in classroom-based counseling interventions required to document on your hours sheet.
Building/ implementing & teaching /assessing SEL lessons and lesson planning for core curriculum at either site
Building/ implementing & teaching /assessing career exploration lessons (both include co-teaching/ observing)
PBIS interviews
All work completed for your Action Research
Any psychoeducational groups, small group instruction (study skills, executive functioning, career related skills)
Facilitation of restorative circles in the classroom
State testing assistance
Parent nights/ financial aid nights
Remember that you can include indrect hours as well (prep-time etc)