Jessie Koltz

Assistant Professor | Director - M.Ed. in School Counseling Program


Jessie Koltz

Contact Information

Office Location: EDUC 494
Phone: 435-797-1250
Email: jessica.koltz@usu.edu
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Expertise

Nationally Certified Counselor, Nationally Certified School Counselor, and Licensed School Counselor

Biography

Jessie Koltz is an assistant professor and the program director for the M.Ed. in School Counseling program within the department of psychology at Utah State University with expertise in counselor education and supervision, school counseling, social emotional and academic development and learning, and college and career readiness practices and training. She has served as a school counselor in various settings and is the current program director of the M.Ed. in School Counseling program at USU with 8 years of K-12 school counseling experience in addition to 3 years as a counselor educator. Dr. Koltz supports school counselor professional development that incorporates student voice and social emotional and academic development and learning into her courses and master's program delivery. Dr. Koltz's research interests include assessing school counselor development and supervision as related to student outcome and community collaboration along with educator well-being through mindfulness-based practices and education implementing social emotional learning (SEL) and social emotional academic development (SEAD) practices, program development and evaluation of School Counseling master's programs, and counseling program admissions processes and program practices. Dr. Koltz earned her PhD from the University of Nevada, Reno in Counselor Education and Supervision in 2021, graduated from Penn State University with an M.Ed. in Counselor Education and Supervision in 2013, and completed her undergraduate degree from SUNY Buffalo in Psychology and Early Childhood Education in 2011 while competing as a D1 swimmer. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American School Counselor Association, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the Association for Experiential Education, Chi Sigma Iota International, and the Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.