About Carolyn Roof
Carolyn Roof, M.Ed. has been a counselor educator at Stephens College since 2009. She has taught School Counseling Practicum/Internship, Foundations of School Counseling and Behavior Strategies/Classroom Management. She has also served as an adviser for school counseling graduate students. She is a former Coordinator of Elementary School Counseling for Columbia Public Schools as well as a former school counselor at Mill Creek Elementary School in Columbia. She continues to work part-time as an elementary school counselor. She started her career as an Elementary Learning Disabilities Teacher before becoming a school counselor. Roof completed her graduate and undergraduate degree at Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State).
Roof has served as president of the Missouri School Counselor Association Governing Board as well as other positions. She has also served as Midwest region vice president of the American School Counselor Association Governing Board. She continues to work as a consultant and facilitator for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Counselor Section. Roof has been recognized as Missouri School Counselor Association Outstanding Counseling Director/Coordinator of the year and American School Counselor Association Elementary Counselor of the Year.
Roof enjoys working for Stephens College and loves educating and training future school counselors.