The 2000 Cohort of New Assistant Professors of Counselor Education: Year 3

✍ Scribed by Sandy Magnuson; Linda L. Black; Maria K. E. Lahman

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 89 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-0035
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2006.tb00140.x

✦ Synopsis

This article is the 3rd in a series that has been focused on the experiences of assistant professors of counselor education who were at the conclusion of their 3rd year in the profession. Thirtysix participants provided information about their experiences, sources of pleasure and displeasure, professional contributions, areas of change, and expectations for tenure and promotion. Prominent themes that emerged from the data included mentoring, balance and family focus, and scholarship. Recommendations are presented for counselor educators-in-training, candidates, new counselor educators (CEs), and veteran CEs.

By the end of her 3rd year as a counselor educator (CE), "Jane" had written 16 journal articles and had begun writing a textbook. Jane was active in her state's counseling association and had served on one committee of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). She realized that this was what I was born to do. . . . I couldn't be happier. I feel like I have it all in my career. I do research. I write. I teach. I supervise. I see clients.

Jane added, I have changed . . . becoming a professional and having a professional feeling-not feeling like I am an imposter. I can feel it. I'm doing a good job. And I know that. That feels good.