OSU-Cascades Master of Counseling program and High Desert ESD are excited to share the new Department of Education grant-funded program: Promoting and Advancing Training of High Desert School Counselors (PATH-SC). This program is intended to increase the number and diversity of qualified school counselors in high-needs, rural K-12 schools by providing financial support for participants and intentional relationship-building and mentoring throughout the program.
Eligible PATH-SC participants will benefit from full tuition funding and a $1,000/month stipend, in addition to the opportunity to work with and develop relationships with their future colleagues while interning at a high-needs school in one of four partnership districts. Upon availability of positions, PATH-SC participants are expected to apply and maintain employment for 2-3 years post-graduation, and the relationships built during the program will serve to support students’ transitions into their professional career.
PATH-SC is available for individuals who apply to and are admitted to the School Counseling track in the OSU-Cascades Master of Counseling program. Once admitted, individuals may then apply for the PATH-SC program through a separate application on our website. For more information, contact Jim at Jim.boen@hdesd.org or Gillian at gillian.harper@osucascades.edu
Photo: Those in the photo include the two OSU-Cascades School Counseling professors, two current school counseling Master’s students, last year’s Oregon School Counselor of the Year (Angie Chown – who works at Sage Elementary in Redmond), and Jim Boen.
