1. Provide a national competitive graduate counselor education program that prepares graduates to work as counselor educators, supervisors, researchers, and advanced practitioners in academic and clinical settings.

In order to graduate high quality and effective counselors, counselor educators and supervisors, we believe it is important to:

1. Ensure graduates can provide culturally responsive, ethical and effective counseling services from a relevant theoretical perspective
2. Acknowledge the importance of gatekeeping through supervision and ensure graduates can provide ethical and culturally responsive supervision
3. Train graduates in pedagogical practices that are both developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive
4. Prepare graduates to advance the field of counseling through dynamic qualitative and quantitative research
5. Graduate the next generation of counseling leaders and advocates who are committed to excellence in practice and equity, diversity, inclusion anti-racism

1. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practices beyond the entry-level program requirements in clinical supervision.
2. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practices beyond the entry-level program requirements in teaching and counselor preparation training.
3. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practices beyond the entry-level program requirements in research and scholarship.
4. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practices beyond the entry- level program requirements as advanced practitioners of counseling.
5. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practices beyond the entry-level program requirements in counseling leadership and advocacy.

Graduates will:

1. Provide culturally responsive, ethical, effective, and theoretically guided counseling services (Aligned with doctoral Belief 1 6.B.1. Doctoral Counseling KPI)
2. Adopt a specific framework/model to guide culturally responsive and ethical supervision (Aligned with doctoral Belief 2 6.B.2. Doctoral Supervision KPI)
3. Implement pedagogical practices that are culturally responsive, ethical, and developmentally appropriate (Aligned with doctoral Belief 3 6.B.3. Doctoral Teaching KPI)
4. Pursue research using appropriate methodologies and avenues of dissemination (i.e. Scholarly articles and/or presentations) that advance the counseling field. (Aligned with doctoral Belief 4 6.B.4. Doctoral Research and Scholarship KPI)
5. Develop the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in various leadership positions and forms of advocacy related to the field of counseling (Aligned with doctoral Belief 5
6. B.5. Doctoral Leadership and Advocacy KPI)

Provide a nationally competitive graduate counselor education program that:

1. Prepares students in clinical mental health counseling to provide mental health services to a diverse population, experiencing diverse challenges, in diverse mental health settings.
2. Prepares students in school counseling to provide counseling services to a diverse population, experiencing diverse challenges, in diverse school settings.

In order to graduate high quality and effective counselors, we believe it is important to:

1. Develop a strong counselor identity in all students, knowledgeable of appropriate ethical codes and committed to ethical practice in order to protect clients and the profession
2. Ensure that all graduates are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti- racism by cultivating and advocating for safe environments for clients, students, and supervisees
3. Ensure graduates understand the interconnectedness of human development, mental health, and the counseling process
4. Acknowledge the importance of work and career for creating a more socially-just society and ensure graduates are able to provide competent career counseling services to any and all clients and students
5. Equip graduates with the knowledge and skills to establish therapeutic relationships and provide effective counseling services
6. Recognize the importance of social interaction for mental health and the role group counseling/group work plays in promoting wellness
7. Ensure graduates understand the role of assessment for diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention and program evaluation
8. Prepare graduates to work as scholar- practitioners engaging in evidence based practice in a variety of settings
9. Ensure graduates have the knowledge and skills necessary to address diverse needs within their specialty area, i.e. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and School Counseling

1. All graduates of the program will demonstrate the knowledge, understanding, and abilities required of all professional counselors, regardless of counseling specialty, consistent with the following eight areas: professional orientation and ethical practice, social cultural diversity, human growth development, career development, helping relationships, group work, assessment, and research.
2. In addition to the knowledge, understanding, and abilities required of all professional counselors, graduates of the clinical mental health counseling program will demonstrate the professional knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to address a wide variety of circumstances within the clinical mental health counseling context consistent with the following six areas: foundations, counseling, prevention, intervention, diversity advocacy, assessment, research evaluation, and diagnosis.
3. In addition to the knowledge, understanding, and abilities required of all professional counselors, graduates of the school counseling program will demonstrate the professional knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to promote the academic, career, and personal/ social development of all K-12 students consistent with the following eight areas: foundations, counseling, prevention, intervention, diversity advocacy, assessment, research evaluation, academic development, collaboration consultation, and leadership.

Graduates will:

1. Identify the roles and functions of counselors and the application of apposite ethical standards (Aligned with master's Belief 1 2.F.1. Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice KPI)
2. Provide culturally responsive counseling to clients from diverse background and engage in action to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion for all clients. (Aligned with master's Belief 2 2.F.2. Social and Cultural Diversity KPI)
3. Connect lifespan development theory to the counseling process and implement developmentally appropriate interventions. (Aligned with master's Belief 3 2.F.3. Human Growth and Development KPI)
4. Comprehend the interrelatedness between career development, mental health, interpersonal relationship, and various life roles and apply developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, and ethical career counseling services. (Aligned with master's Belief 4 2.F.4. Career Development KPI)
5. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships using appropriate counseling skills. (Aligned with master's Belief 5 2.F.5. Counseling and Helping Relationships KPI)
6. Demonstrate the necessary knowledge and skills to lead counseling groups. (Aligned with master's Belief 6 2.F.6. Group Counseling and Group Work KPI)
7. Select culturally and ethically appropriate assessments for diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention and program evaluation. (Aligned with master's Belief 7
   2.F.7. Assessment and Testing KPI)
8. Recognize the relevance of research to the counseling process and apply various methods for evaluating interventions and programs. (Aligned with master's Belief 8 2.F.8. Research and Program Evaluation KPI)
9. Establish a foundation of knowledge and skills, understand contextual dimensions, and demonstrate counseling competency specific to their specialty (i.e. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and School Counseling). (Aligned with master's Belief 9 Sections 5.C, G, H. Specialty Areas [CMCH, SC, RHAB] - Foundations, Contextual Dimensions, and Practice KPIs)