Mode of Learning – Online
Learning Duration: 8 weeks (120hrs)
Application: Ongoing
Payment Details: To cover tuition and training materials only.
FEE STRUCTURE
Application Fee– Kes 1000
Tuition and Training Fees– Kes 15,800
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course aims to equip teachers and school counsellors with the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to enable them to promote learners’ psychological well-being, manage their environment, and navigate through personal life challenges. It covers key aspects like personal development, mental health and psychosocial support, basic counselling skills, counselling theories and approaches, counselling processes, ethics in counselling, and discipline in learning institutions.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
School Heads and Deputy Principals, Guidance and Counselling Department Heads or Teacher-Counsellors, Education Officers and Quality Assurance Officers, BoM Members and School Administrators, Newly Recruited Teachers and Intern Teachers, Teachers Training College Lecturers and Tutors.
HOW PARTICIPANTS WILL BENEFIT:
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of guidance and counselling concepts in an educational context
- Apply basic counselling skills to effectively assist clients in coping with personal, social, or academic issues
- Apply professional ethics and maintain confidentiality in all counselling situations
- Establish effective networks for referral and collaboration for learner support with external agencies
- Apply relevant theories and approaches within the guidance and counselling process
- Demonstrate ethical responsibility in interpersonal relationships and counselling interactions
- Embrace positive discipline measures for learners in schools
- Respond to mental health and psychosocial issues affecting learners
- Enhance self-awareness to support personal development
- Consolidate final synthesis targeting instructional leadership competencies.