AAQEP Accreditation 2022
Appendix C: Program Capacity and Institutional Commitment
School Counseling
CCTC Alignment Matrix
Faculty Qualifications
| Current Rank/Title | Associate Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2015 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | PPS Credential (CCTC) |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 202, 220, 249 |
| Years at institution | 6 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2018 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | National Certified Counselor (NCC) |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 208, 242S, 249 |
| Years at institution | 3 |
| Current Rank/Title | Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D. Counselor Education, North Carolina State University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2006 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist. PPS credential (expired) |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 176, 202,209, 239, 249 |
| Years at institution | 15 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Pennsylvania State University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2021 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 200, 201 |
| Years at institution | First Year |
| Current Rank/Title | Associate Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | PhD, The University of Texas- RGV |
| Year Degree Granted | 2014 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Certified Rehabilitation Counselor National Certified Counselor |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 202 |
| Years at institution | 7 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | PhD, The University of Texas- RGV |
| Year Degree Granted | 2014 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Licensed Professional Counselor |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 202, 201 |
| Years at institution | 2 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph,D., Marriage and Family Therapy from Texas Tech University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2016 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 174, 231, 234, 239 |
| Years at institution | 5 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Phd Counselor Education and Supervision |
| Year Degree Granted | 2018 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA) |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 208 |
| Years at institution | 3 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D. Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Year Degree Granted | 2020 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 200 |
| Years at institution | 1 |
| Current Rank/Title | Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D., Kent State University |
| Year Degree Granted | 1997 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA) LPCC (OH) Inactive |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 232, 238, 239 |
| Years at institution | 23 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | PhD, Marriage and Family Therapy, Brigham Young University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2016 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 201, 220, 239 |
| Years at institution | 5 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University |
| Year Degree Granted | 2018 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 215, 219, 289T |
| Years at institution | 3 |
| Current Rank/Title | Assistant Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Year Degree Granted | |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Certified Rehabilitation Counselor |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 206, 203 |
| Years at institution | First Year |
| Current Rank/Title | Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | PhD, Sociology/MFT Univ. of So. CA (USC) |
| Year Degree Granted | 200 |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 230, 235, 238 |
| Years at institution | 16 |
| Current Rank/Title | Professor |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | Ed.D University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA |
| Year Degree Granted | |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 249, 298 |
| Years at institution | 26 |
| Current Rank/Title | Part time lecturer |
| Terminal Degree (Y/N) | Y |
| Institution Granting Degree | MS in Counseling and Student Services CSU Fresno |
| Year Degree Granted | |
| Field/Specialization Certificate | PPS Credential |
| Related Qualifications | Link to CV |
| Course numbers of regularly assigned courses | COUN 241 |
| Years at institution | 18 |
Facilities
Management of all KSOEHD counselor education laboratory space areas along with support
for integration of technology is the responsibility of INTERESC. INTERESC staff provide
assistance in design of instructional materials such as video, multimedia, and Internet-based
programs such as streaming video and video conferencing; consult with students, faculty,
and staff in selecting computer hardware, software, and audiovisual equipment; manage
KSOEHD computerized classrooms and laboratories; and provides technical support for
the Human Development Center. It houses the NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) to
help teachers learn about and use NASA's educational resources.
Staff Support
| Role | Length of Time in Position | Description of Support Provided to Program |
5 years
Student Feedback
| Description of Tool & How it is Used (when it is administered, how it is administered) | Description of How Data are Used to Inform Program Practices | Tool Currently in Use? (Y/N) |
| After every advising session with a student, the school counseling program faculty as well as other CER department faculty receive post-advisement feedback. | A strength of post-advisement form is that it is anonymous - giving students an opportunity to honestly share feedback for advising session. Students don’t have to mention their names and can just drop the form in a common folder so that the feedback remains anonymous. Faculty uses their ratings to improve their advising sessions, program initiatives, and also during the process of Retention, Tenure, and Promotion. | Yes |
| Description of Tool & How it is Used (when it is administered, how it is administered) | Description of How Data are Used to Inform Program Practices | Tool Currently in Use? (Y/N) |
| School counseling program uses the department-level Student Feedback Survey to seek school counseling students’ feedback on program practices | The feedback provided in the survey is used to enhance the quality of teaching and advising within the CER department. School counseling faculty also uses these surveys before their town-hall sessions to decide upon the topic that need to be addressed in individual and group advising sessions as well as town-hall sessions. | Yes |
| Description of Tool & How it is Used (when it is administered, how it is administered) | Description of How Data are Used to Inform Program Practices | Tool Currently in Use? (Y/N) |
| School counseling program faculty holds bi-annual townhall sessions for students to come together, ask any questions, raise any concerns, and provide feedback to faculty. | A strength of these sessions is that they are supported by School Counseling program Student Ambassadors (e.g. co-facilitating information on recruitment, leading ice-breaker) to create an open forum where all students can express their concerns. We also use students’ feedback during town hall sessions to initiate mentoring programs that can support students. For example, one of the concerns that students mentioned in response to experiencing COVID-19 pandemic during the academic year 2020-2021, was a deep sense of isolation and even if they felt their connections with faculty were strong due to consistent advising sessions, they missed peer to peer interactions. Hence, in Fall 2021, we started a peer mentoring program. The peer mentoring program also helps us to strengthen the mechanisms to understand students’ concerns and make programmatic changes to resolve those concerns. | Yes |
| Description of Tool & How it is Used (when it is administered, how it is administered) | Description of How Data are Used to Inform Program Practices | Tool Currently in Use? (Y/N) |
| All students have the opportunity to respond to course evaluations at the end of the semester. | Course evaluations are anonymous. Faculty receive them after the semester ends.Therefore, students can be very honest in their responses. As a result of course evaluations, faculty consistently revise and strengthen their courses and teaching styles. A weakness of this feedback mechanism especially now when paper-copies are not used to seek feedback but students only receive an email reminder about course evaluations is low response rate across all programs. In future, faculty and school administration need to make greater efforts in encouraging all students to respond participate in course evaluations. | Yes |
| Description of Tool & How it is Used (when it is administered, how it is administered) | Description of How Data are Used to Inform Program Practices | Tool Currently in Use? (Y/N) |
| School Counseling program exit surveys and supervisor surveys also allow us to interface with key stakeholders, and engage in program improvement and innovation. These assessments provide opportunities for our graduates to reflect on their professional preparation, and employers to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of our graduates and provide feedback. | We started using exit surveys from Spring 2021 onwards. Therefore, we have not yet had extensive data to analyze. However, the questions of exit survey have the potential to seek responses that can help us in engaging entire department faculty to make revisions to existing program policies and procedures that can enhance students’ success. | Yes |
| Description of Tool & How it is Used (when it is administered, how it is administered) | Description of How Data are Used to Inform Program Practices | Tool Currently in Use? (Y/N) |
| School counseling interns receive an opportunity to provide feedback for their site, which helps the faculty and especially COUN 249 internship coordinator to partner with school districts to resolve any concerns that students might have reported. | After reviewing the 76 responses that we have received so far through recently implemented google forms, we can conclude that most of the internship experiences have been positive and students highly recommended their internship sites especially at Fresno Unified District. Given few students concerns about the lack of supervisors support and understanding, we began supervisors training in Spring 2021. | Yes |
Student Support Services
School counseling students use counseling lab located in Kremen school building’s
Atrium level to pursue their practicum hours. The counseling lab has 8 counseling
rooms with one-way mirror through which supervisor can observe and hear the counseling
session in progress. Thereby, providing live supervision and timely feedback to the
student. School counseling students provide counseling services to undergraduate students
in these labs focusing on their academic, career, and socio-emotional concerns.
Scholarships shall be awarded to deserving students who are currently enrolled in
a master’s program in the Kremen School of Education and Human Development. Recipients
shall be those who maintain a 4.0 GPA and who are interested in being guidance counselors
in schools across the United States.
The completion of Master's degree in School Counseling includes pursuit of Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPS) that is accredited by CCTC and makes students eligible for the PPS credential as a School Counselor in California. We have fostered strong partnerships with various shool districts especially Fresno Unified and Clovis Unified school districts to help our students find internship placement with a clear process that guarantees that 100% of our students secure internships in timely manner. Please see the link below that explains the partnerships that school counseling faculty and internship coordinator have established to support students successful internship completion: School Counseling Program Partnerships
We hold internship orientations for school counseling students and site-supervisors to communicate most recent accreditation standards and provide group advising on how to ensure a successful internship experience. We also provide students COUN 249 Internship handout. Please refer to the internship handbook that includes:
1) Internship enrollment procedures; 2) Internship course goals, objectives, and requirements; 3) Forms and Templates needed for course assignments; 4) Information and forms related to selection of a field placement; 5) Information and Forms for Site Supervisors; 6) PPS Completion Form, which students submit after completing all required courses for the PPS credential.
In addition, to further ensure successful internship experiences and to ensure that all students receive effective support by their site supervisors, we provide a supervision training. The goal of this training is to promote site supervisors understanding about how to provide supervision and on the expectations of the program, the field, and accreditation (CCTC).
37 site Supervisors completed the training during 2020-2021 academic year.