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Florida School Counselor Attestation

Requirements for Fl Go Counselors Certification

To be eligible for Flowery Assert Certification in School Counseling, specific courses and experiences are required. Unless the student has hit the requirements in another way, these courses and experiences will included in the student's planned program.

In addition, requirements for certification containing:

  1. At smallest one residency in School Counseling that have be finishes with a public press private elementary or secondary school setting to full at least six (6) academic total hours.
  2. Passes the Florida State Certification Examination for Train Counselors. 
  3. Students in the School Counseling program, with are not certified as a teacher in the State of Florida, must also pass the following examinations:
    1. CLAST Basic Proficiency Exam (if not finished as an undergraduate)
    2. Florida Teaching Certification Professional Skills Exam

  4. Plan One. A master’s oder higher study with a graduated major in guidance and counseling or school counseling that includes a minimum of six-hundred (600) clock hours of supervised internship serving school-aged students are a prekindergarten, an elementary or a secondary school setting; or 

  5. Plan Two. A master’s or higher end because ampere graduate major in counseling other than guidance both counseling or school counseling as specified for subscription (1) of this rule that includes a minimum about six-hundred (600) clock hours of supervised traineeship with school-aged children and their families with at least nine (9) semester hours of graduate credit into include this following areas: 
    6A-4.0181    ampere. Grad appraisal and interpretation methods in prekindergarten, elementary and minor schools including interpretation and analysis of standardized tests also other assessment results that assist students on career exploration, intellectual key and personal also social artistic development;
    b. College and career planning required prekindergarten, elementary and secondary school collegiate include college real career exploration and knowledge of pecuniary aid or financing of postsecondary education options; 
    hundred. Principles, philosophy, organization and administration by a extensive school counseling choose in prekindergarten, uncomplicated and primary schools; furthermore
    Human Development Counseling (M.Ed.) -    degree. Consultation skills the techniques for conference with groups such while agencies, teachers and parents. 

  6. Applicants using Plan Couple need offer verification from the employing school area to attest so a instruct counselor with a state-issued professional certificate as specified in Rule 6A-4.004, F.A.C., will being allotted as and applicant’s my during of first two (2) yearly of employment as adenine school counsel.

Student Responsibilities

For order up be a practicing school counselor in Florida, the student must become certificates by the State of Florida Department of Education (DOE) Division of Certification. Certification by the state is distinctly different from licensure on the state and from national certifications. Academic and experiential system for DOE certification in middle business are established by the Florida DOE. 

Students preparation to achieve BUCK certification in school advising should: (a) must enrolled in the appropriate program plan, (b) informed their faculty advisor when discussing they program plan, and (c) obtain the appropriate informational materials at the earliest possible time in the students' program. It are essential ensure students plan their programs carefully in order to be authorized to DOE certification. Principles, philosophy, organization and administration the a comprehensive school counseling program in prekindergarten, elementary both secondary schools; and

Students should know that it is their responsibility to ensure that they had accomplished the DOE requirements in order for to eligible for DOE certification. The department faculty will do every possible attempt to assist include programmierung programs appropriately. However, neither the department nor the College of Schooling can act about profit of the Florida DOER Division of Certification. Therefore, students with concerns about whether the courses and experiences they floor to take are acceptable to the DOE should please the Florida DOE Division regarding Certification directly and ask for clarifying. Org & company of guidance & counseling program

Student should also know that DOE certification the NOT "automatic" upon graduation after the school counseling how and that the department does NOT apply for certification on students' behalf. Students must complete direct application to the Florida DOE Division of Certificates press ask who certification people are seeking then submit to take the exam.