Online Master's in Counseling Objectives & Outcome

Online Master’s in Counseling Main Program Objectives

Program Objective 1

Make continuous efforts to attract, enroll, and retain a diverse group of students and to create and support an inclusive learning community.

Evaluated by: Student Demographic Data, Admissions, Retention, & Completion Data, & Alumni Surveys

Program Objective 2

Provide counselors-in-training with learning experiences that build knowledge and skills in the eight core areas designated by CACREP and their chosen specialization: (a) professional counseling orientation and ethical practice; (b) social and cultural diversity; (c) human growth and development; (d) career development; (e) counseling and helping relationships; (f) group counseling and group work; (g) assessment and testing; (h) research and program evaluation; and (i) Clinical Mental Health, Clinical Rehabilitation, or School Counseling.

Evaluated by: Aggregate student assessment data measuring Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) / Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Program Objective 3

Develop and graduate competent counselor candidates that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and disposition expected of professional counselors (according to student’s respective specialization area).

Evaluated by: Site Supervisor Evaluations, Fitness-to-Practice Evaluations, Comprehensive Exam Results, & Alumni Employer Surveys

Master’s in Counseling Online Degree Program Learning Outcomes and Student Learning Outcomes

Related Specialization	Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)	Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)	Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
All	PLO 1: Facilitate professional counselor identity development as ethically sound, reflective, and multiculturally competent counselors who adhere to the standards of professional counseling organizations and credentialing bodies.	KPI 1.1 (Knowledge SLO): Counselors-in-training will demonstrate knowledge of multiculturally-competent ethical and legal considerations of professional counseling practices.	KPI 1.2 (Skill SLO): Counselors-in-training engage in multiculturally-competent personal and professional self-evaluation practices aligned with ethical and legal standards of the counseling profession.
All	PLO 2: Prepare multiculturally competent counselors-in-training to effectively serve diverse populations through ethical and socially just counseling and advocacy strategies.	KPI 2.1 (Knowledge SLO): Counselors-in-training will demonstrate knowledge of multicultural counseling competencies.	KPI 2.2 (Skill SLO): Counselors-in-training demonstrate multicultural counseling competencies when working with diverse clients.
All	PLO 3: Prepare counselors-in-training to promote optimal development and wellness of diverse clients across the lifespan through	KPI 3.1 (Knowledge SLO): Counselors-in-training will demonstrate knowledge of biological, neurological, and physiological factors that affect human development, functioning, and behavior of diverse clients.	KPI 3.2 (Skill SLO): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for promoting resilience, optimal development, and wellness of diverse clients across the lifespan.
All	PLO 4: Prepare counselors-in-training to address career development through use of ethical and multiculturally sensitive theories and models of career counseling with diverse clients.	KPI 4.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in-training demonstrate knowledge of theories and models of career development, counseling, and decision making.	KPI 4.2 (Skill): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for addressing career development with diverse clients.
All	PLO 5: Prepare counselors-in-training to establish and maintain helping relationships that utilize appropriate counseling theories, models, and skills to ethically and multiculturally promote the welfare of diverse clients.	KPI 5.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in-training demonstrate knowledge of ethical and multiculturally sensitive theories and models of counseling that promote establishment and maintenance of helping relationships with diverse clients.	KPI 5.2 (Skill): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive counseling theories and techniques to establish and maintain helping relationships with diverse clients.
All	PLO 6: Prepare counselors-in-training to design and facilitate counseling groups using ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies informed by theoretical foundations of group work.	KPI 6.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in-training demonstrate knowledge of group counseling theories, as well as ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for designing and facilitating counseling groups.	KPI 6.2 (Skill): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for designing and facilitating counseling groups.
All	PLO 7: Prepare counselors-in-training to effectively utilize assessments for diagnostic and intervention planning in an ethical and multiculturally sensitive manner.	KPI 7.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in-training demonstrate knowledge of assessments appropriate for use in diagnostic and intervention planning with diverse clients.	KPI 7.2 (Skill): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for selecting, administering, and/or interpreting assessment and test results.
All	PLO 8: Prepare counselors-in-training to effectively utilize ethical and multiculturally sensitive research strategies to inform counseling practice and program evaluation.	KPI 8.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in-training identify ethical and multiculturally sensitive research strategies for utilization in counseling practice and/or program evaluation.	KPI 8.2 (Skill): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for conducting, interpreting, and/or reporting the results of research and/or program evaluation.
Clinical Mental Health Counseling	PLO 9: Prepare Clinical Mental Health Counselors-in-training to meet the needs of diverse client populations through ethical and multiculturally sensitive counseling techniques in varied roles and settings within the counseling profession.	KPI 9.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in-training identify ethical and multiculturally sensitive interventions for a broad range of mental health issues to meet the needs of diverse client populations.	KPI 9.2 (Skill): Counselors-in-training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive interventions for a broad range of mental health issues to meet the needs of diverse client populations.
School Counseling	PLO 10: Prepare school counselors-in-training to plan, deliver, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program that is responsive to the educational, career, personal, and social needs of all students.	KPI 10.1 (Knowledge): School counselors-in-training demonstrate knowledge of comprehensive school counseling program models that meet the needs of diverse student populations through delivery of ethical and multiculturally sensitive school counseling services.	KPI 10.2 (Skill): School counselors-in-training provide ethical and multiculturally sensitive school counseling services according to comprehensive school counseling program models to meet the needs of diverse student populations.
Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling	PLO 11: Prepare clinical rehabilitation counselors-in-training to apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive rehabilitation counseling interventions to serve diverse clients in a wide variety of circumstances within the clinical rehabilitation counseling context, including persons with disabilities.	KPI 11.1 (Knowledge): Counselors-in- training identify roles, skills, and activities performed by rehabilitation counselors in a wide variety of circumstances within the clinical rehabilitation counseling context.	KPI 11.2 (Skill): Counselors in training apply ethical and multiculturally sensitive strategies for rehabilitation counseling services and rehabilitation service delivery systems including case management.