Patricia Nailor, Ed.D., Program Director
Harkins Hall 328F
401.865.2922
PC’s Graduate Program in School Counseling offers students a strong curricular experience that prepares them to enter the profession of school counseling ready to implement a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate school counseling program that serves the needs of all students.
Students in the school counseling program develop proficiency in the critical concepts, principles and practices of the school counseling profession as identified in the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) National Model and assessed in the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards.
Students learn how to recognize good research, have opportunities to learn about assessment tools, and develop proficiency in identifying, gathering and analyzing data from multiple sources to support student learning and inform counselor practice. For the culminating field experience, practicing school counselors in RI districts agree to serve as supervisors to the graduate interns in school counseling (EDU 561 and EDU 568), providing practical experience and opportunities to apply their prior learning. As graduates, they are prepared to demonstrate leadership, advocacy, teaming and collaboration, implementation of evidence-based practice, and they are multiculturally competent and committed to social justice and equity in education.
Application Deadlines *
| Start Term |
Application Deadline |
| Summer I or II |
March 1st |
| Fall |
July 1st |
| Spring |
November 1st |
*Note that students can take up to 2 courses while their application is under review.
Program Requirements
All requirements for the master’s degree must be completed within a period of five calendar years from the point of admission. To receive the degree, a student is required to maintain a “B” average in all work.
*Fulfillment of state certification requirements is the responsibility of the graduate student.
The School Counseling Program consists of 3 components: 1) a common core sequence, 2) a track-specific specialization, and 3) a field component:
The School Counseling Program consists of 14 courses. Each course provides some type of field experience, however the final two courses, EDU 561, Internship I, and EDU 568, Internship II provide two full semesters (150 hours each) of actual school experience.
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