School Guidance Counselor

Paper Summary:

This qualitative case study explores the opinions of teachers at the K-12 level with respect to the role of school guidance counselors before and after implementation of the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) model K-12. The researcher predicts that teachers will realize a difference in the attitudes of school guidance counselors and some positive change in student outcomes resulting from the implementation of the ASCA program. The reasons for this are varied. The writer points out that many researchers of note claim that school guidance counselors have made little progress in implementing their initiatives especially given the fact that new educational reforms repeatedly put their needs on the back burner.

Outline:
Qualitative Case Study
Discussion of Research Results
Limitations
Survey
Survey Questionnaire
Data Collection
Implications

From the Paper:

"However, despite this gloom review of the ASCA program, the program itself has caused teachers and other administrators to recognize how relevant the input of school guidance counselors is and can be toward student education. It is vital school educators realize the importance of cooperation and collaboration between school guidance counselors and the parents, teachers and leaders of the community.
"While progress may be small, the researcher knows progress will be achieved especially if more emphasis is given the needs of school guidance counselors in contemporary society. School guidance counselors are no longer a mediocre group within the educational system. They are inextricably linked to the successes and failures of new educational protocols, teacher-student relationships, student-community relationships and the overall outcome of students in the traditional and contemporary educational society."

Sample of Sources Used:

• ACES-ASCA Committee on the Elementary School Guidance Counselor (1966), Preliminary statement. Personnel & Guidance Journal, 44, 659-661.
• ASCA. (2006). School Shooting Resources, American School Counselor Association, Retrieved November 14, 2007: http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=524
• Bass, D.D. & Yep, R. (2005), Terrorism, trauma and tragedies: A counselor's guide to preparing and responding, Alexandria: American Counseling Association Program
• Clark, M.A., & Stone, C. (May 2000), Evolving our image: School counselors as educational leaders. Counseling Today, 42, 1-52.
• Dimmitt, C. (2003), Transforming school counseling through collaboration and use of data: A study of academic failure in high school. Professional School Counseling, 6(1): 340-49.

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