Developing a School Counseling Competency Framework for Primary School Teachers
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Journal of Propulsion Technology
: Vol. 45 No. 1 (2024) : 1222 - 1229
Publishing year: 1/2024
The school counseling competency framework is a tool to develop teachers doing the school psychology
counseling work in primary schools, which is extremely necessary, especially when schools in Vietnam are
currently not having the official title for that job. The article proposes a framework of school counseling
competency for primary school teachers with 5 elements rated at levels 1,2,3 including: 1/ Teachers' cognitive
competency of psychology counseling activities for primary school students. 2/ Ability to understand the
physiological characteristics of primary school students and the difficulties of students in school life. 3/ Ability to
develop school psychological counseling plans for primary school students. 4/ Ability to design, select, and
implement school psychology counseling topics for primary school students. 5/ Ability to coordinate family and
community in school psychological counseling for primary school students. The competency framework can be
used to improve the quality of teachers working in school counseling in primary schools.
Competency framework, school counseling, primary school teacher, primary school, student.