Why Not Us? Counselor to Professor to Chair

Academia is facing a shortage of administrators. Because the foundation of counseling is in its counselor education prep programs, the future of counseling is impacted by issues in higher education. Counselor educators have an opportunity to make a broad systemic impact on the future of the counseling profession through success as a leader in higher education institutions. We will examine the characteristics, knowledge, and skills of counselors against those of successful department chairs

5 Deans in 5 Years: Chairs Leading Through Change

The chair/dean relationship often has a direct impact on departmental success. What happens when the there is a change in deanship? The presenters will share their experience of having five deans in five years. Through case studies and dialogue, strategies for navigating dean transitions will be shared and examined

School Counselors Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: A Grounded Theory of Effective Program Implementation

Comprehensive, developmental school counseling programming has been associated with numerous benefits for students and is considered current best practice. A qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted to investigate eight professional school counselors employed across grade level, geographic setting, and region within the United States. This article presents this research and the emergent model for successful comprehensive, developmental school counseling program implementation. Implications for school counselor education and practice, as well as future research, are discussed

Connections Through Clubs: Collaboration and Coordination of a Schoolwide Program

The Connections Through Clubs program provides all students with the opportunity to participate in a small-group extracurricular activity and mentoring experience led by school faculty, staff, and community members during the school day throughout the academic year. This schoolwide program was developed in response to identified school needs and as a means to facilitate a strengths-enhancing school environment and to promote the developmental competencies of all students, both of which have been linked to academic and personal success. The purpose of this article is to describe the inception, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of the Connections Through Clubs program. In addition, the school counselor\u27s collaboration, coordination, and advocacy efforts to implement this program are highlighted

Leadership during a racial microaggression on campus

The study aimed at understanding students’ perspectives on university response to a racial microaggression on a campus. Responses were collected in the form of an online survey and analyzed using qualitative data analysis to identify themes from students’ perspective. Insights about how students processed the incident were gained. Although students were thankful of the university response, concern for another incident, and how leadership will equip students to handle situations lingers. Implications for educators are provided

Supervising School Counselors: Focusing On The “Other Skills.” Voices from the Field

This straightforward guide for new and practicing supervisors emphasizes the attainment of skills necessary to effectively supervise others in a variety of settings. Topics covered include the roles and responsibilities of supervisors, the supervisory relationship, models and methods of supervision, becoming a multiculturally competent supervisor, ethical and legal issues in supervision, managing crisis situations, and evaluation in supervision. User-friendly tips, case examples, sample forms, questions for reflection, and group activities are included throughout the text, as are contributing supervisors\u27 Voices From the Field and the authors\u27 Personal Perspectives-making this an interactive learning tool that is sure to keep readers interested and involved

The School Counselor Activity Rating Scale: An Instrument for Gathering Process Data

The importance of collecting process data describing school counselor practice is widely supported as a component of accountability. However, the lack of practically significant and valid instruments may hamper this practice. The School Counselor Activity Rating Scale was designed to measure how school counselors actually spend their time versus how they would prefer to spend their time in job-related activities. Its development, initial validity and reliability results, and potential applications are presented in this article

Examining Discrepancies Between Actual and Preferred Practice of School Counselors

his study of elementary, middle, and high school counselors (N = 361) investigated the discrepancies, and the factors predictive of the discrepancies, between the actual practice and preferred practice in interventions associated with a comprehensive, developmental school counseling program. Results indicated that school counselors preferred to spend their time in accord with best practice. Subsequently, selected professional, employment, self-efficacy, and school climate variables were found to predict differences between actual and preferred practice