Are college counselors teachers?

University counselors are specialized posts in universities, not necessarily teachers.

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1, the responsibilities of the counselor

College counselors refer to the department staff who can guide the healthy growth of underage students. Their main duties are to provide mental health guidance and consultation services for students, and to assist teachers in colleges and departments to implement them in practical activities and professional education. At the same time, underage students who stay at home need to help students deal with their daily affairs.

2. Qualifications of counselors

General university counselors need to have a relevant bachelor degree or above, and they need to have high comprehensive quality, good communication skills, interpersonal skills and certain management experience. At the same time, you also need to have a mental health manager's certificate, a psychological counselor's certificate and other related certificates.

3, the difference with the teacher

In most cases, there are obvious differences between counselors and teachers. First of all, their duties are different. The main duty of teachers is to impart academic knowledge to students in professional education, while the duty of counselors is mainly to provide support and help to students in mental health guidance. Secondly, the salary and position promotion of the two occupations are different.

Step 4 broaden your knowledge

College counselors are very important positions in colleges and universities, which can provide a lot of help for students' growth and development. In addition, in some foreign universities, counselors also undertake the evaluation and placement of students. In some domestic universities, counselors are even dubbed as "students' relatives".

5. Summary

College counselors are professionals engaged in mental health guidance and consulting services in universities with special characteristics. Compared with teachers, counselors' responsibilities and qualifications, job promotion and salary are different. At the same time, counselors can also provide more help and support for the majority of students to help them grow and develop.

6. College counselors

College counselors are teachers in colleges and universities. 1952, the state proposed to set up political counselors in colleges and universities; 1953, Tsinghua and Peking University made a pilot request to the then Ministry of Education (especially President Jiang Nanxiang of Tsinghua); Since then, many colleges and universities have established a counselor system, which mainly does political work and is the "political leader" of students.