Benefits of Becoming a TSC Program

How a College or University Benefits By Becoming a Transforming School Counseling Preparation Program

Belong to a strong support network of counselor educators and practicing school counselors committed to TSC principles.
Be recognized as a local, state, and national leader in the school counseling profession.
Learn about state-of-the-art school counselor education skills.
Gain knowledge, skills, and abilities to help connect school counseling to education reform and to the mission of schools.
Establish and maintain strong partnerships with local school districts.
Access high-quality training and cutting-edge information, data, and resources.
Take advantage of mentoring from seasoned counselor educators committed to the TSC initiative.
Access resources, including syllabi, assignments, and updates on achievement data in the U.S.
Joins other TSCers. Be included on a members-only listserv for discussing issues, ideas, and resources.

Read what others have to say about The Education Trust Transforming School Counseling Initiative:

Stuart Chen-Hayes, counselor educator, Lehman College, CUNY: “We prepare our TSCI school counselors to be advocates and systemic change agents—powerful leaders who have a clear idea of what the roles of school counselors need to be and how to ensure access and equity for all students.... Principals want to hire our TSCI graduates because of their state-of-the-art skills that help to close K-16 achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps.”

Teesue Fields, counselor educator, Indiana University Southeast: “TSCI gives recognition to our program...[raising] our status in the university.”

Dave Farrugia, counselor educator, Canisius College, N.Y.: “The primary advantage is the blueprint of ideas for incorporating skills that have been underdeveloped in our curriculum.”

Joyce DeVoss, counselor educator, Northern Arizona University: “Advantages of being a TSCI university include cutting-edge ideas from the Ed Trust, wonderful connections with colleagues across the country, greater awareness of the priority issues of school counselors today, an improved school counseling program at my university, and school counselors prepared for 21st century schools.”

Chris Wren, elementary school counselor, Jackson County, Ga., University of Georgia graduate, May 2001: “I believe that our school counselor preparation program prepared me for the sociopolitical issues that educators and counselors face today.”

Laurel Hayes, Kilmer Middle School, Fairfax County, Va., Ohio State University graduate, June 2002: “School counselor leadership and outcomes research were important parts of what we learned in the TSC program. Participating in the program taught me how to fulfill leadership roles [such as] sharing data so that we can be more effective with our students.”