Master of Education in School Counseling
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The School Counseling Program is designed to prepare counselors to promote the academic, career, and personal/social development of school-aged youth in the context of a comprehensive developmental school counseling program. Further, our goal is to prepare ethical, culturally competent school counselors who address individual and systemic barriers to educational achievement and personal development. Students are prepared to work professionally with children from kindergarten through high school.
School Counseling Program Goals
Graduation Requirements
- Completion of 48/60 credit hours of counseling courses,
- supervised Practicum/Internship experience, and
- passing a comprehensive exam
More information can be found in the program handbook on Student Handbook
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Length of the program: Can take 3 to 5 years depending on the number of credits the students complete per semester.
Delivery method: Online
Cost of the program: This can be found through the Business Office
Please feel free to reach out to Dr. Malvika Behl at mbehl@wtamu.edu with any questions.
Formal admittance to the school counseling program requires:
- A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning
- All documents are submitted to WTAMU Graduate School Application:
- Departmental Application
- Resume
- Service Record (A copy of your service record can be obtained from Human Resources and/or Superintendent's Office)
- Teacher Certificate
- Two letters of recommendation (one professional/academic and one from an administrator)
- Official transcripts from all previously attended institutions
- 2.75 Undergraduate GPA (last 60 hours)
- Teacher certification, with one year of classroom teaching experience, is highly preferred, but applicants will need to have an affiliation with a school in order to complete practicum requirements. Students who are unable to set up a practicum in K-12 settings (public or accredited private) will not be permitted to advance in the program.
- NO GRE required
Starting April 1st, 2019 School Counseling students will be charged a TEA fee of 35$ upon admission.
Before beginning work toward the standard professional certificate, the student must hold the appropriate standard/provisional certificate. Students entering this program must meet approval by the Counselor Admissions Committee. Before receiving the standard professional certificate, the student must complete the proper graduate program, have two years of teaching experience and pass the appropriate state test.
The deadlines for the M.A. Counseling are as follows:
- August 1 for fall admission
- December 1 for spring admission
- May 1 for summer admission
School Counseling Coursework
Course rotations are given to students at the time of admission.
Program Faculty
Texas Certification as a Professional School Counselor
Additional Questions
Features of the West Texas A& M University’s Counselor Education Program include being conveniently located in downtown Amarillo, at the WTAMU Amarillo Center, and having access to state-of-the-art teaching and supervision facilities. Faculty offices are located on the 3rd floor.
If you would like to make an appointment to discuss your options in the field of counseling, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Malvika Behl- mbehl@wtamu.edu.