Supervision
Consulting with fellow career counselors regarding student issues is important for the student's welfare and good "customer service". Often students pose careers or scenarios that is unfamiliar to one counselor may not be to another. Also, being able to consult with colleagues regarding students and counseling issues help to develop one's profession as a career counselor. Example: One student I worked with seemed aloof, arrogant, and difficult. Only after one of my interns told me that he had been diagnosed with Asberger's, did I see the student in a different light.
I also met with the supervising faculty member to discuss intern's development as a counselor and as a career counselor specifically. Getting input and ideas from this individual is also helpful.
When supervising the practicum/intern students, we would meet for an hour each week to discuss student issues, questions, and/or alternative resources. I also try to sit in with the practicum students initially during their first counseling sessions to observe and later to offer suggestions that will improve their career counseling skills. I also continue training them in different areas including the assessments. One year, all the interns wanted to learn more about psychological type and typology so we meet each week with each of us presenting to the rest of us new information about the eight functions. One intern so enjoyed learning about type, he came up with the following chart from a PowerPoint presentation on type:
Consulting with fellow career counselors regarding student issues is important for the student's welfare and good "customer service". Often students pose careers or scenarios that is unfamiliar to one counselor may not be to another. Also, being able to consult with colleagues regarding students and counseling issues help to develop one's profession as a career counselor. Example: One student I worked with seemed aloof, arrogant, and difficult. Only after one of my interns told me that he had been diagnosed with Asberger's, did I see the student in a different light.
I also met with the supervising faculty member to discuss intern's development as a counselor and as a career counselor specifically. Getting input and ideas from this individual is also helpful.
When supervising the practicum/intern students, we would meet for an hour each week to discuss student issues, questions, and/or alternative resources. I also try to sit in with the practicum students initially during their first counseling sessions to observe and later to offer suggestions that will improve their career counseling skills. I also continue training them in different areas including the assessments. One year, all the interns wanted to learn more about psychological type and typology so we meet each week with each of us presenting to the rest of us new information about the eight functions. One intern so enjoyed learning about type, he came up with the following chart from a PowerPoint presentation on type: