ERIC Number: ED647085
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 109
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ISBN: 979-8-8375-3863-6
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Exploring the Professional School Counselor's Level of Burnout and Supervision
Jane Paxton Hoffman
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Toledo
The Professional School Counselor (PSC) is charged with the academic, social/emotional, and career development for all students within a school. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) suggests that a minimum of 80% of the PSC's time be spent providing direct and indirect student services (ASCA, 2019a). These services include, but are not limited to, academic advising, providing counseling services to students, consulting with teachers and principals regarding student success, and advocating for students (ASCA, 2019a). Additionally, the PSC is often required to fulfill tasks unrelated to those primary objectives such as coordinating and proctoring standardized tests, scheduling students, monitoring lunches, and performing clerical duties. The many and varied tasks required of the PSC may lead to PSC burnout. PSC burnout adversely impacts the PSC as well as the students and other stakeholders within the school system. An area worth exploring that may reduce or alleviate PSC burnout is supervision. This study compared level of PSC burnout in PSCs who receive supervision and level of PSC burnout in those who do not receive supervision and compared level of PSC burnout and type of supervision received by the PSC by looking to answer the following research questions: 1) Is there a statistically significant difference in level of PSC burnout between PSCs working in Ohio public schools who receive supervision and PSCs working in Ohio public schools who do not receive supervision? and 2) Is there a statistically significant difference between level of PSC burnout in PSCs working in Ohio public schools and type of supervision (i.e., administrative, peer, and clinical) received by the PSC? Data was collected from PSCs working in Ohio public schools through use of a demographic survey and the Counselor Burnout Inventory. The data was analyzed using a t-test and ANOVA. The results indicate that there is no statistically significant difference in level of burnout and supervision received or not received, and that there is no statistically significant difference in level of burnout and type of supervision received. Implications of this study and ideas for future research are addressed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Attitudes, Burnout, Supervision, Supervisory Methods, Public Schools
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Language: English
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