Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, Training to Strengthen Non-Face-to-Face Counseling Competence

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education conducted an online training program to enhance the remote counseling skills of approximately 150 specialized counselors from the Wee Class. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 18th that it conducted an online training program for about 150 Wee Class professional counselors over four days starting from the 15th to strengthen their non-face-to-face counseling capabilities.

This training was organized to overcome the limitations of face-to-face counseling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, enhance the ability to utilize online platforms and non-face-to-face counseling skills, and support effective counseling services.

Participants learned the basic and core functions of the ZOOM video conferencing platform and were provided with useful information that can be applied to student counseling. Various online tools were introduced, including methods for conducting surveys using online platforms and how to use Google Jamboard.

In particular, counseling techniques for building trust in non-face-to-face settings and examples of non-face-to-face counseling were shared, and the combination of theory and practice resulted in high satisfaction among participants.

Lee Byung-sam, Director of Democratic Citizenship Life Education, said, “Recently, the number of children emotionally struggling due to COVID-19 depression is increasing,” and added, “Through this training, we hope to strengthen non-face-to-face counseling capabilities and activate counseling activities at the beginning of the new semester so that our children can have a healthy school life.”

Meanwhile, the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education plans to pilot a 1:1 video counseling system for Wee Class starting next month. By supporting a video counseling system that addresses security vulnerabilities of the existing developed video platform, they aim to strengthen non-face-to-face student counseling activities.

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