Professional Counseling - School Counseling
Classic City Counselors’ Collaborative
The Classic City Counselors’ Collaborative (CCCC) was founded in 1991 to provide mutual support and professional development opportunities for school counselors and counselor educators in the county. Since its initial meetings with high school counselors and faculty at The University of Georgia, the CCCC has grown to include school counselors at all levels within the Clark County School District.
Several fundamental assumptions guide the collaborative work:
• Today’s programs in school counseling need to be both substantive and responsive.
• New working relationships need to be developed and nurtured between professional school counselors and counselor educators on the basis of a mutual respect for the contributions of each to the shared enterprise of educating school counselors.
• To have practical utility, research needs to be based in the realities of the schools.
• Group work is the natural vehicle for encouraging collaboration in the empowerment of participants.
• Human development forms the basic conceptual framework for counseling theory and practice.The CCCC meets one Friday morning a month to engage in ongoing dialogue and professional development. These meetings have provided the venue for the development of ongoing research projects and grant related activities.
Currently, Drs. Jolie Daigle, Natoya Haskins, and a team of doctoral students are assisting several Clarke County counselors in writing and organizing application components for ASCA’s RAMP award (Recognized ASCA Model Program).
