Expanding rural access: UM debuts online school counseling program
UM launched the state’s first accredited online school counseling program this year, increasing access to mental health support throughout rural Montana. (UM Photo by Ryan Brennecke)
MISSOULA – This year, the University of Montana school counseling program made a big, strategic change: It switched from traditional, in-person instruction to a fully online master’s degree, making it the only accredited online school counseling program in the state.
Already, the first cohort of online pupils doubled that of last year’s face-to-face students.
The move to online instruction allows master’s students like Francine Stiffarm to access the program without uprooting her personal and professional life in Dodson, where she works as a financial literacy and entrepreneurship educator at Dodson Public Schools.
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