Professional School Counseling articles from February 2003

Professional School Counseling archives from February 2003

Connecting school counseling to the current reality. (From the Editor).(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization speaks clearly about personal mastery and the two underlying movements. The first is clarifying what is important to us and the second is learning to see the...

The ASCA National Model: a framework for school counseling programs.
February 1, 2003... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY School counseling programs are collaborative efforts benefiting students, parents, teachers, administrators and the overall community. School counseling programs should be an integral part of students' daily educational...

Initiating leadership by introducing and implementing the ASCA National Model.
February 1, 2003... "What do school counselors do?" "How do we know that what counselors do is effective and contributes to student academic achievement?" These questions have been asked countless times by parents, teachers, principals, and local community tax...

Accountability: counselors count.
February 1, 2003... There was a time when school counselors were accepted on faith alone. The nation embraced the idea that timely counseling and guidance could help young people realize their potential and become productive citizens. More recently, one taxpayer...

Results-based guidance: a systems approach to student support programs.
February 1, 2003... This article was adapted from Johnson, S. K., & Johnson, C. D. (1991). The new guidance: A systems approach to pupil personnel programs. California Association of Counseling and Development Journal, 11, 5-14 and Johnson, C. D. & Johnson S. K....

Helping seventh graders be safe and successful: a statewide study of the impact of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs.
February 1, 2003... This article is reprinted with permission from: Journal of Counseling & Development, Summer 2001, Volume 79, published by the American Counseling Association. Schools and school counselors in the United States today face a daunting array...

School counseling in the academic domain: transformations in preparation and practice.
February 1, 2003... Historically, as well as currently, school counselors have been involved in promoting development in three domains--academic, career, and personal/social (Baker 2000; Gysbers & Henderson, 2001; Herr, 2001; Myrick, 1997; Paisley & McMahon,...

Using technology to promote your guidance and counseling program among stake holders.
February 1, 2003... Both qualitative and quantitative research in the past decade has steadily revealed a lack of fundamental understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the school counselor with other professionals within both the mental health and...

Accountability: a M.E.A.S.U.R.E of the impact school counselors have on student achievement.
February 1, 2003... All educators, including school counselors, must share accountability for student achievement. Accountability requires systematically collecting, analyzing, and using critical data elements to understand the current achievement story for...