Mich. Admin. Code R. 390.1301 - Definitions
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Annual district provided professional
development" means that term as defined in
R
390.1101.
(b) "Approved school counselor preparation
program" means a state approved program in a college or university that has
regional accreditation and that prepares school counselors in accordance with
these rules.
(c) "Department" means
the Michigan department of education.
(d) "Education-related professional learning
hours" means an educational opportunity intended to improve a school counselors
practice and capacity to perform the work within the profession of education,
including time spent engaging with local employers or technical centers, that
is 1 or more of the following:
(i)
Satisfactory college semester credit hours applicable to school counseling at a
regionally accredited college or university, with 1 semester credit hour being
equivalent to 25 education-related professional learning hours.
(ii) State continuing education clock hours
applicable to school counseling.
(iii) Michigan annual district provided
professional development hours applicable to school counseling.
(e) "Michigan teaching
certificate" means that term as defined in
R
390.1101.
(f) "Nonpublic school" means a private,
denominational, or parochial school.
(g) "Regionally accredited" means accredited
by 1 of the regional accrediting agencies recognized and published by the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its successor agency.
(h) "Role of a school counselor" means the
following roles in which school counselors serve and that, in Michigan, require
a Michigan school counseling credential:
(i)
Provide individual and group counseling services to assist students.
(ii) Collaborate with staff in planning
educational interventions, curriculum, behavioral management plans, and
teaching strategies.
(iii) Consult
and collaborate with students, families, school personnel, and appropriate
professionals and agency personnel regarding behavioral and educational
concerns.
(iv) Provide guidance to
students utilizing technology, career development theory, educational
information, and occupational information.
(v) Assess students by using assessment,
statistics and research methodology, follow-up evaluations, and measurement
methods.
(vi) Assess school
counseling programs using assessment, statistics and research methodology,
follow-up evaluations, and measurement methods.
(vii) Design, implement, and evaluate
guidance and counseling programs focusing on the career, academic, personal,
social, emotional, and developmental needs of all students using, but not
limited to, the following functions:
(A)
Advising.
(B) Placement.
(C) Planning.
(D) Assessment.
(E) Counseling.
(F) Coordinating.
(G) Instructing.
(H) Referring.
(I) Programming.
(viii) Support and coordinate career
development navigator programs to increase the number of college- and
career-ready pupils, with an emphasis on increasing the number of citizens
working in high-demand fields.
(i) "Satisfactory college semester credit
hours" means a grade of C or better or the equivalent.
(j) "School counselor" means an individual
who has successfully completed an approved school counselor preparation program
and performs the role of a school counselor.
(k) "School counselor credential" means 1 of
the following:
(i) School counselor
endorsement on a valid Michigan teaching certificate.
(ii) Preliminary school counselor credential
issued under
R 390.1304.
(iii) Temporary school counselor license
issued under
R 390.1307.
(l) "School counselor educator" means an
individual employed as a faculty member to teach in an approved school
counselor preparation program.
(n) "School district" means that term as
defined in
R
390.1101.
(o) "Sponsoring institution" means an
institution of higher education approved for teacher or counselor preparation
by the state board that makes recommendations for applicants under
R
390.1101 to
R 390.1216.
(p) "State board" means the Michigan state
board of education.
(q) "State
continuing education clock hours" means hours of professional development
issued through a process established and approved by the superintendent of
public instruction.
(r) "Valid"
means being within the time period of the credential.
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