Open AccessDetermining Cross-Cultural Mentorship Readiness in Counselor Education and Supervision Programs
Author(s) -
Jody Vernam,
Brian Paulson,
Bridger D. Falkenstien,
Lynn Bohecker,
Nivischi Edwards
Publication year - 2022
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.7290/tsc04cw62
Subject(s) - mentorship , ethnic group , cultural diversity , counselor education , medical education , diversity (politics) , cross cultural , psychology , function (biology) , higher education , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , political science , evolutionary biology , anthropology , law , biology
Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) faculty are challenged to include cross-cultural mentorship within CES programs. Successfully implementing cross-cultural mentoring in CES programs requires assessing institutional and CES program readiness and identifying successful strategies. This article outlines a proposed framework to evaluate requisites for cross-cultural mentorship across levels of institutions of higher education and provides strategies to help CES faculty successfully engage and sustain cross-cultural mentorship. What is the public significance of this article? Society and educational programs continue to grow in cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity. As a result, counselor education programs and the systems within which they function will need to adapt to meet the needs of a diverse population of professional counselors, students, and counselor educators. This article enriches the ongoing dialogue on competent cross-cultural mentorship within counselor education programs across various system levels.