School Guidance Counselor Resources, Bibliography & Helpful Links:

Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University Master's of Arts: School Counseling

Central Michigan University Off Campus Programs Bulletin 2006-2007

CMU Master of Arts in Counseling Program Plan

CED Advisor

State of Michigan Licensing Requirements:

SCL requirements

School Counselor Endorsement with Previous Master's Degree

State Certification Requirements

State of Michigan Comprehensive Guidance Benchmarks and Career & Employability Standards:

State of Michigan Comprehensive Guidance Counseling

Michigan Comprehensive Guidance Counseling Powerpoint

Guidance and Counseling Student Benchmarks

Michigan Career and Employability Standards

Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education and Michigan Comprehensive Guidance Program

Teacher Shortage Memo (School Counselors)

Other States:

East South North West
Connecticut Alabama Illinois Alaska
Delaware Arkansas Indiana Arizona
Maine Florida Iowa California
Maryland Georgia Kansas Colorado
Massachusetts Kentucky Michigan Hawaii
New Hampshire Louisiana Minnesota Idaho
New York Mississippi Missouri Montana
New Jersey South Carolina Nebraska Nevada
North Carolina Tennessee North Dakota New Mexico
Rhode Island Texas Ohio Oklahoma
Vermont Pennsylvania Oregon
Virginia South Dakota Utah
West Virginia Wisconsin Washington
District of Columbia Wyoming

State Models and Activities

State by State requirements for School Counselors

Praxis: Test for School Counselors

School Counselor Ethical Standards and Position Statements:

Ethical Standards: American School Counselor Association

Ethical Issues in School Counseling

Ethics Quiz

Position Statements: American School Counselor Association

Supervision of School Counselors:

Professional School Counseling October, 2002: School Counselor Supervision

Strengthening Guidance & Counseling

Creating, Designing, Implementing and Assessing your own Comprehensive Guidance Program:

Checklist for a Comprehensive Guidance Plan

Factors affecting successful implementation of comprehensive guidance plan

The evolution of accountability in comprehensive guidance counseling programs

Performance Standards for School Counselors

School Counseling Competencies

School Counselor Activity Rating Scale

Evaluating Counselor Effectiveness

School Counseling for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

Grants for school counseling programs

Lesson Plans:

Lessons for School Counselors

Guidance Lessons

Florida Guidance Lessons

Career Lesson Plans

School To Career Lessons

Developmental Classroom Guidance

Workplace Learning Activities

Bridging the Gap

Skills for Today's Workforce

Major Issues to consider in your role as School Counselor:

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Legal Issues

Confidentiality and the guidance counselor

Counselor to student ratios

Responding to hate at school

Coordinated Response to Child Abuse/Neglect

Adolescence: Issues and Studies

Job Satisfaction as a School Counselor:

Job satisfaction with elementary school counselors

Rewards and trials of guidance counseling

Counselor Job Outlook in Occupational Outlook Handbook

Historical Considerations for School Counselors:

History of the Counseling Profession

History of Career Counseling

History of Ability Testing in the United States

History of Counseling Psychology

History of Academic Advising

History of Psychology

History and Systems of Psychology

Social Psychology Network's Historical Resources

Classics in the History of Psychology

DMOZ

WWW Virtual Library

Timeline of Psychological Ideas

Timeline of Psychology 1846-1935

Chronological History of Vocational Education

Public Perceptions of School Counselors:

Gallup Poll on public attitudes towards public schools

School Counselors help Kids Cope

Counselors help with Coping Skills

School Counselors Help

Truth about School Counseling

Assessment:

Competencies in Assessment for School Counselors

Ability Testing History

Timeline of Standardized Testing

Key Players in the History and Development of Intelligence and Testing

Vocational and Career Development Theories:

Career Development Theory

Overview of Career Development Theories

Review of Career Development Theories

Theorists and Theories in Career Counseling

Legal Resources:

EdLaw

A Study of Legal Issues encountered by School Counselors

Academic Advising:

Theories and Philosophies of Academic Advising

Other Resources:

Global School Psychology Network

Excellent Powerpoints on School Counseling:

History of the Counseling Profession

School Counselors: Partners in Student Achievement Powerpoint

Using Data as an Accountability Tool: Connecting the Mission of Schools

Role of School Guidance Counselors in Improving Academic Achievement

School Counselor Role and Function in a Standards Based Educational Environment

History of Intelligence Testing

History of American Educational System:

Timeline

History of the American Classroom

History of American Education Web Project

History of Vocational Education and overall Educational Resources