OSU Counselor Education
Program Mission

Program Mission

The mission of the Counselor Education Program at The Ohio State University is to prepare highly qualified, ethical and culturally competent, professional counselors and counselor educators drawn from a pool of international applicants for careers in schools, agencies, universities and communities throughout the United States using evidence-based best practices, quality pedagogy, and intensive contextual training.

Priorities and Expectations of the Faculty

In order to support this mission, the faculty of the Counselor Education Program at The Ohio State University fosters, promotes and infuses the following values and guiding principles throughout every aspect of the program. Every student, faculty member and field supervisor is expected to exhibit these values at all times:

• The highest academic and professional standards
• Evidence-based best practices in counseling
• Ethical and social responsibility
• Personal and professional growth
• Respect for diversity and the importance of culture, family, and values in the counseling process
• Collaboration with the community and outside agencies
• Leadership, continued learning, service and professional identity in the counseling profession;
• Development and dissemination of new knowledge and best practices in professional counseling and counselor education
• The integration of research, teaching, and practice

Program Objectives

• Recruit annually from a pool of international applicants the highest quality students available to enter the professional preparation program for counselors and counselor educators
• Prepare and graduate interpersonally and inter-professionally skilled, culturally competent, professionally knowledgeable, ethical, self-reflective, compassionate and license-eligible counselors and counselor educators
• Engage in research to advance existing knowledge in counseling and counselor education
• Collaborate with the community and outside agencies to identify learning opportunities for graduate students that serve individuals and communities;
• Exercise national and international leadership in research, skills, and content critical to the preparation of professional counselors and counselor educators.