Ped counsellors : leaders of the pack working in the shadows

Abstract

" "But what does a ped counsellor do?" "If you become a ped counsellor, is it because you don’t want to teach anymore or don’t know how?" These are a few questions that pedagogical counsellors (PCs) hear regularly. In reality, the profession is largely misunderstood, often little known and even less recognized. Regardless, there is a competency framework (Houle & Pratte, 2007) in which PCs are positioned as experts in pedagogical fields, in teacher professional development, in curriculum development and in ad hoc or planned interventions on various issues with institutional managers and teaching staff. However, the expert status of PCs must be reviewed in light of the challenges facing the profession today." -- AQPC