Abstract

Purpose: he purpose of this study was to analyze 12 'Level 1 Qualification Training Curriculum(L1QTC) for School Counselors’ in order to discern for the L1QTC for school counselors that can cultivatetheir practical skills.
 Methods: A total of 12 cases of the L1QTC for school counselors conducted between 2016 and 2022 were investigated. First, this study compared and analyzed the qualification training course tables of the 1st level of school counselors notified by the Ministry of Education, 2nd, the job competency tables of school counselors by Kim, In-gyu and Cho, Nam-jeong(2010). Finally, L1QTC was compared and analyzed the qualification training requirements tables of the 2nd level of the Korean Counseling Association and the Korean Counseling Psychological Association.
 Results: The results of the study are as follows: First, the ratio of professional competence was 57% on average, confirming that it is possible to expand professional competence by about 13% even ifit follows the current Ministry of Education notice. Second, the subjects with the highest frequency of implementation were eleven sessions of counseling using media, and the second was ten sessions of group counseling practices. Among the job areas, counseling ranked first with 39% and 'other areas' ranked second with 28%.
 Conclusion: This study is significant in that it was the L1QTC, which is the core of the professional development of school counselors. Problems such as lack of specialized subjects, lack of supervision,and the excessive proportion of simple lecture type training in the curriculum were identified andit is meaningful in that it drew implications for future improvement directions. The results of this study can be used as a reference for the development of the L1QTC for school counselors, and thisresearch is expected to trigger a follow-up study.

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