One of the University of West Georgia's visionary goals (Visionary Goals: The "Three Fives") is innovation in professional preparation. Stated directly, this goal states that UWG will become a national model for innovations in professional preparation grounded in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
The faculty in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology have fully endorsed this university goal and realize that curricula and programs in the Department can impact the realization of this particular goal in a powerful way. Since a university wide planning and prioritization process (which occurred in 1994), the Department has focused goals and strategic plans which have lead to a national model for innovation in the professional preparation of counselors. (See Departmental Statement of Goals, Process to Assess These Goals, and Assessment Results)
While the department has achieved this goal (particularly in school counseling) in many respects, the faculty is committed to the continual pursuit of excellence in a personal environment nourished by challenge and support.
The following links highlight some of the recognitions received from external sources that support achievement of this goal.
- National Spotlight on Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology
- CEPD a National Leader in School Counseling
- National Accreditation
- Counseling and Educational Psychology Received National Recognition
- Fund Supports Reforms of School Counselor Education with a $3.5 Million in Grants to Six Universities; National Spotlight on Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology
The mission statements of each program and the resulting curriculum learning outcomes/objectives are found in the following links. The process to assess the effectiveness of the curriculum learning outcomes and associated programs and the manner in which the results of the assessment process are used directly relate to the conceptual framework of the College of Education.
The following links contain information about the effectiveness and program evaluation process:
