Credential standards.

67-11-05-05. Credential standards. 1. School counselor credential standards for the SC03 credential. The counselor must have a master's degree in counseling, education, or a related human service field and the following graduate core counseling coursework content from a state-approved school counseling program listed below: a. Elementary school counseling; b. Secondary school counseling; c. Supervised school counseling internship consisting of a minimum of four hundred fifty contact hours of which at least one hundred fifty contact hours are at both the elementary and secondary level; d. Counseling program management; e. Counseling theories; f. Assessment techniques; g. Group counseling; h. Career counseling and assessment; i. Social and multicultural counseling; j. Ethics and law; and k. Counseling techniques. 2. Counselor designate credential standards CD16. The counselor designate must: a. Hold an educator's professional license issued by the education standards and practices board in accordance with North Dakota Century Code sections 15.1-13-08 and 15.1-13-10 and North Dakota Administrative Code title 67.1; and b. Have completed a minimum of sixteen semester hours of graduate core counseling courses from a state-approved school counseling program. History: Effective February 1, 2000; amended effective May 16, 2000; November 1, 2002; January 1, 2010. General Authority: NDCC 15.1-02-04, 15.1-02-11, 28-32-02 Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-02-04, 15.1-02-11, 15.1-13-23