DEVELOPING AND USING COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK IN ENHANCING TEACHERS WORKING AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

The school counseling competence framework- a tool for the development activities of teachers working as school counselors at primary schools is essential in the current school context in Vietnam without an official title for the workforce specializing in school psychology counseling. The article proposes a school counseling competence framework for primary school teachers with five components assessed at levels including: 1/ The primary teacher's cognitive capacity for school psychology counseling activities; 2/ Ability to learn psycho-physiological characteristics of the primary school pupils and their difficulties in school life; 3/ Ability to develop a school psychology counseling plan for primary school pupils; 4/ Ability to design, select, and implement school psychology counseling plans for primary school pupils; 5/ Capacity to coordinate family and community in school psychology counseling for primary school pupils. It can be used to improve the quality of teachers working as school counselors at primary schools.