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Graduates Learning Beyond the Classroom Although Community Based Learning is not a requirement of the graduate program, it is a very important component to not only to coursework but our CHS community . Professor Ricciardi shared that “it is yet another example of where the rubber meets the road for our students, it is the practical experience in which students can practice their skills, engage in the community, and a time of giving and receiving—think about every-thing we bring to the community and how these experiences allow us to learn, grow and give back to each other”. Here are some examples of classes that have beyond the classroom learning experiences and short blurbs about some assignments: COUN 501: Counseling and Interviewing Skills Out of Class Counseling Role Play---meeting with a “volunteer client” for two sessions outside of class to practice skills on other people rather than peers. COUN 505: Research Methods Qualitative Research Write-Up--- obtain qualitative data, code, analyze, and report the findings in order to gain experience in collecting data, and discovering limitations. COUN 506: Social and Cultural Issues Cultural Immersion Paper---reach out to another culture and attend a gathering after interviewing someone about this culture; a paper is written connecting what was observed/experienced with your expectations and course material. COUN 511: Counseling Children Parent/Guardian/Caregiver Interviews---this assignment is to gain experience in how important it is to have a relationship foundation with the child’s caretaker; the assignment allows students to gain insight into hopes and needs for children, gain awareness of child development, and practice counseling skills. COUN 520: Professional Issues: Rehabilitation Counseling Interview with a practicing Rehabilitation Counselor---interview practicing counselor focusing on settings, current hot topics, issues, and the different roles a rehabilitation counselor can have. COUN 522: Vocational Aspects Job Analysis--- observe someone in a specific job and complete a job analysis (include all components: job description, salary, benefits, hours and schedules, essential functions, qualifications, education development, aptitudes, temperaments, environmental conditions, exertional and non -exertional physical demands, work area, promotion prospects, and unions) that the employer must sign off on COUN 530: Professional Issues: School Counseling School Program Stake Holders Interviews---students visit a school and conduct interviews with a counselor and three stakeholders to determine duties and responsibilities of professional school counselors and their programs. COUN 539: Collaboration and Coordination School Crisis Plan Analysis---asses a functioning school district crisis plan and the roles a school counselor plays in the coordination and collaboration of the plan. COUN 560: Addictive Behaviors 12 Step Meeting--- attend a 12 Step Meeting to experience how individuals with addictions talk about experience and then reflect on what is was like to attend the meeting in a paper. **Although this list does not list every class that has beyond the classroom learning, or every assignment within the class. It is a good representation that our instructors value PCPS’s belief in putting theory into practice.**
