PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A career counselor plays a crucial role in a student’s professional life by guiding them to the path that is most suited for the student’s success, and thus the career counselors are the means of information that the student may not otherwise have. The role of a career counselor is important in any educational institution (career schools, colleges, universities etc). This program is design for individual that may be already working as a counselor or would like to work as a career counselor. In this program you will learn the development theories, models of career counseling, personal and career counseling, the interview, assessments and test, technology and career development, ethics of a career counselor, career counseling for students of various cultures, counseling the LGBT, and disabilities, career counseling for working adults and more. Career Counselor program is an online program and can be done at your pace within the allotted timeframe.
See the content topics outline for the program to learn more about the topics that will be taught in this program.
This program is designed for learner’s who want to advance their career and are unable to do so, due to their work and person obligations.
At successful completion of the program the student will be awarded with a Certificate of Completion.
PROGRAM MODULES OUTLINE
Career Counselor Certificate Program Outline
The student in this program will be learning the following topics:
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Introduction to Career Choice
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Career Development
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Various Models of Counseling
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Counseling for Career Guidance
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Counseling Interview
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Counseling Assessment
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Technology & Career
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Counseling Ethically
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Counseling Special Populations
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Career Change Counseling
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Career Counseling in Education
PROGRAM KEY DETAILS
DURATION
2 Months
PROGRAM PACE
Self Paced
START DATES
1st & 15th of Every Month
ACCESS
24/7
REGISTRATION
Online or Oncampus
CLASS SIZE
Under 10
DELIVERY
Online
LANGUAGE
English
PROGRAM ONLINE LEARNING FEATURES
LEARNING PATH
All programs have a learning path that students can follow without getting off track.
TEXT TO SPEECH
If you don't feel like reading the material, you can activate the audio reader in the program.
MODULE BASED
Each program is broken down into modules to simply the contents in a section.
DASHBOARD
You can view the overall program outline from 1 single dashboard without having to switch screens.
ONLINE ATTENDANCE
When you attend the online programs, you will be able to see the duration of time spent.
STUDY TOOLS
Majority programs is equipped with study tools such as flash cards, crosswords etc.
PROGRESS TRACKER
Now you have the ease of tracking your progress while you are in the program.
ORIENTATION
All programs come with an orientation towards your program to assist you.
PROGRAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Describe career choice and working in today’s workforce.
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Understand the concept of lifelong learning.
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Explain the use of information on various career options.
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Describe the theories dealing with counseling.
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Explain the career counseling theories.
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Describe the theories of development.
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Understand individual’s environment and career choices.
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Describe the various models involved in counseling.
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Understand the parameters of counseling models.
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Explain the various types of bio-psy-cocial models.
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Understand the value of interview in counseling.
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Understand the psychological problems in counseling.
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Explain the goals involved with career counseling .
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Understand and describe the assessment instruments.
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Describe the use of technology in career counseling.
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Describe working as an ethical counselor.
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Understand the concept of culture and major groups in culture when working as a counselor.
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Describe working with multicultural groups.
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Explain gender in relation to career counseling.
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Describe the sexual orientation for various culture.
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Describe the process of working with an LGBT individual.
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Describe the process of working with special needs individual.
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Understand unemployment.
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Describe the change or transition of career.
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Describe developing a career in different phases of life.
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Explain the career development of students in K-12 school and beyond.
PROGRAM COMPLETION REWARDS
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DIGITAL BADGE
At successful completion, you will receive digital badges that can be used online to display your achievements.
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CERTIFICATE
At the completion of the program, you will be awarded with a program completion certificate.
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CAREER HOURS
With the completion of this program, you will also be awarded with Career Enhancement Clock Hours (CECH), that may be displayed on your resume.
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TRANSCRIPT
Your completion also comes with a dedicated transcript that shows your areas of grades for each course you attended.