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Location: Online, self-paced

Course Description
Academic, behavior and attendance discrepancies, often referred to as gaps, can exist among student groups. Through targeted and intentional interventions, school counselors can play a crucial role in challenging bias and promoting success for all students, thus closing the achievement gap. View the Specialist syllabus.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this training, you should be able to:

  • Identify achievement gaps based on school data
  • Design appropriate interventions addressing the identified achievement gap
  • Collect data and write results reports that accurately reflect the achievement gap addressed, the intervention provided and the intervention results

Registration Fee
The Closing the Achievement Gap Specialist training is $99 ($249 for nonmembers) and is equal to 5 CEUs/50 Contact Hours. Graduate credit is available for an additional fee.

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Access to all webinars, journal article, magazine articles and quizzes is included in the registration price. Books must be purchased separately.

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  • Legal & Ethical Specialist
  • Mental Health Specialist
  • School Counseling Association Leadership Specialist
  • School Counseling Data Specialist
  • School Counseling Leadership Specialist
  • Solution-Focused School Counseling Specialist
  • Students with Special Needs Specialist
  • Trauma & Crisis Specialist
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