Persons with this endorsement may serve as school counselors in the grade levels of the endorsement (PK-8).
This endorsement requires:
A Master’s Degree in Counseling with a specialization in
- School Counseling with a minimum of 36 graduate semester hours; and
- A minimum of 100 clock hours of school counseling field experiences prior to internship; and
- A school counseling internship with a minimum of 450 clock hours of internship at the grade levels of the endorsement; and
- A previously earned teaching certificate with an endorsement contained in 92 NAC 24; or
- If the candidate has not previously earned a teaching certificate with an endorsement contained in 92 NAC 24, the candidate must also complete a minimum of 12 additional semester hours of professional teacher education coursework related to core curriculum design, lesson plan development, classroom management strategies, student assessment, and differentiated instructional strategies.
Endorsement Program Requirements: Standard institutions of higher education offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
Effective September 1, 2015, an applicant will be required to submit a passing score as set forth in Appendix C for the applicable content test for the first-time placement of this endorsement on a Nebraska certificate or permit.
Extracted from Nebraska Department of Education Rule 24 Regulations for Certificate Endorsements Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 24