Student Guidance and Counseling Act Article 14

Competent authorities at all levels shall plan appropriate channels for professional training and facilitate the pre-service training and in-service continuing education of guidance and counseling competencies for academic and administrative staff and professional school counselors.Schools shall arrange periodically training on guidance and counseling competencies for school principals, academic and administrative staff, and professional school counselors. Such training should also be included in the annual guidance and counseling plan for implementation.The competent authorities of schools up to and including the senior secondary level shall arrange periodically a minimum of 18 hours of pre-service training for new guidance and counseling directors or leaders. They shall also arrange periodically a minimum of 12 hours of in-service continuing education for guidance and counseling directors or leaders every academic year. The hiring authorities or schools shall grant official (service) leave to personnel participating in training or continuing education.The competent authorities of schools up to and including the senior secondary level shall arrange periodically a minimum of 36 hours of pre-service training for new guidance teachers and new professional school counselors. They shall also arrange periodically a minimum of 18 hours of in-service continuing education for guidance teachers and new professional school counselors every academic year. The hiring authorities or schools shall grant official (service) leave to personnel participating in training or continuing education.The actual needs at work of participants shall be considered in the content of the pre-service training and in-service continuing education as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs. The pre-service training and in-service continuing education may be offered in the forms of training sessions, workshops, professional supervision, professional learning communities of teachers, visits, and experience exchanges. Instructors of these training programs shall have relevant competencies or practical experience.Schools up to and including the senior secondary level shall arrange periodically a minimum of 3 hours of in-service continuing education on guidance and counseling competencies for school principals and academic and administrative staff. The hiring authorities or schools shall grant official (service) leave to personnel participating in training or continuing education.