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Counseling and Educational Leadership

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Ph.D Program in Counselor Education

Montclair State University is accepting applicants for its Ph.D program in Counselor Education for Fall 2010.

The only doctoral program in counselor education in the New York metropolitan area, the primary objective of this Ph.D program is to prepare scholars and practitioners to become leaders in maximizing the mental health and quality of life for individuals, families, communities, and educational organizations.

Individuals with counselor education doctoral degrees work as academic faculty in higher education and in administrative and managerial roles in health care agencies, nonprofit organizations, community agencies, and student affairs/academic affairs units in colleges and universities as well as in businesses. In addition to consultants for agencies on specific projects-for example, consultants to state departments of education concerning guidance outreach to underserved populations.

The Montclair State University Ph.D program in Counselor Education combines scholarly preparation and advanced counseling and supervision practice in preparation to pursue these and other career opportunities. Applications are being accepted for Fall 2010 study. Review of completed applications, including review for doctoral assistantships, will begin on or about November 1, 2009. The final application deadline for Fall 2010 is February 1, 2010.


Earn your MA in Educational Leadership in ONE YEAR while working full-time!

Courses will be offered through a combination of online, face-to-face and hybrid models. Applications will be accepted beginning in January, and the Fast Track Option will start this Summer, 2010. Choose Fall 2010 as application term.

Graduate students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Educational Leadership seeking to be principals, directors, and school superintendents will participate in courses and field experiences:
  1. To help develop and/or support a personal philosophy of education and social consciousness consistent with related theories of learning and human development.
  2. To develop characteristics required for effective leadership in education.
  3. To analyze educational organizations and plan programs and strategies for increasing organizational effectiveness.
  4. To develop techniques to facilitate interpersonal and group problem-solving and decision-making.
  5. To develop skills in managing change and conflict in educational endeavors.
  6. To interpret research findings and design and implement research techniques for their organizational needs.
For additional information about the MA in Educational Leadership, Fast Track Option, please contact Eunice Grippaldi, Program Coordinator, at grippaldie@mail.montclair.edu

If you are interested in the traditional MA in Educational Leadership program, which offers classes with regular weekday evening schedules, please visit the Counseling & Educational Leadership web site.


MA in Counseling Program is Accredited by CACREP

The MA in Counseling graduate program, located in the College of Education & Human Services, is accredited by the prestigious Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).  CACREP has established rigorous standards for the preparation of counselors, and only about 21% of counseling graduate degree programs in the United States are accredited by CACREP.

The vision of CACREP is to provide leadership and to promote excellence in professional preparation though the accreditation of counseling and related educational programs.  As an accrediting body, CACREP is committed to the development of standards and procedures that reflect the needs of a dynamic, diverse and complex society.  CACREP is dedicated to (1) encouraging and promoting the continuing development and improvement of preparation programs, and (2) preparing counseling and related professionals to provide service consistent with the ideal of optimal human development.  

The MA in Counseling graduate program at Montclair State University allows its students to elect a concentration in one of four areas:  Addictions Counseling, Community Counseling, School Counseling and Student Affairs/Counseling in Higher Education.  The department of Counseling and Educational Leadership also offers post-baccalaureate and post-master's certification and certificate programs in Counseling, and the PhD in Counselor Education.  For more information about these graduate programs in Counseling, please visit the department Web site.