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Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2019
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "College Opportunity." Contents include: (1) School Counselors Express Concerns…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Career Counseling, Academic Advising, Counselor Attitudes
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2018
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children in Texas and across the United States. The theme of this issue is "College Preparation." Contents include: (1) Texas Public School…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Preparation, Student Attrition, Public Schools
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Grady, Melissa D.; Wike, Traci; Putzu, Caren; Field, Sara; Hill, Jacqueline; Bledsoe, Sarah E.; Bellamy, Jennifer; Massey, Michael – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
The aim of this study was to evaluate how [the Council on Social Work Education's] (CSWE's) 2008 shift placing more emphasis on research have affected newly trained social workers' use of evidence-based practice (EBP). This qualitative study examined the educational and practice experiences of newly trained social workers and how those experiences…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Evidence Based Practice, Qualitative Research
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Crawford, Emily R.; Aguayo, David; Valle, Fernando – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
Research has yet to fully explore counselor advocacy for undocumented students and the leadership they use in their advocacy. This study asks the following questions: (1) What motivates counselors to pursue educational access for undocumented K-12 students? and (2) How do school counselors advocate for undocumented K-12 students? We integrate…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Moate, Randall M.; Holm, Jessica M.; West, Erin M. – Professional Counselor, 2017
Clinical courses are important in the development of students pursuing a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling (CMHC). Despite the importance of clinical courses, little is known about what CMHC students perceive as being helpful about their teachers of clinical courses. To investigate this, we sought the viewpoints of beginning…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Mental Health Programs, Counselor Training, Graduate Surveys
Brown, Maureen D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As the public education system becomes more diverse, voices of advocates who positively support students and optimize student outcomes are essential. This qualitative multi-case case study focused on the perspectives of five educational leaders who advocated in a public school district in Texas. A brief overview of historic voices in education…
Descriptors: Public Education, Public Schools, Advocacy, Teacher Attitudes
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Crawford, Emily R.; Valle, Fernando – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
School counselors are critical intermediaries in K-12 schools who can help students from undocumented immigrant families persist in school. Yet, a dearth of research exists about their advocacy work, or the range of efforts they make to support unauthorized youth. This paper asks, (1) what challenges do counselors face and strive to overcome to…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Academic Persistence, School Districts, School Counselors
Bailey, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis; Fink, John; Cullinane, Jenna; Schudde, Lauren – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
Texas relies heavily on its community colleges to provide low-cost access to undergraduate coursework for students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Yet, while the majority of Texas students who enter higher education through a community college enroll in transfer programs, only 35 percent transfer and only 15 percent earn a bachelor's degree within…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Success, Undergraduate Students
Lozano-Chapa, Maria Mayte – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined the relationship between principals and counselor burnout in the public-school system. There were 109 elementary, middle school, and high school counselors from the Region One Area in the Rio Grande Valley who took part in this study. Participants completed a Demographic Questionnaire to obtain information on the school…
Descriptors: Correlation, School Counselors, Burnout, Principals
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Toomey, Russell B.; Storlie, Cassandra A. – Journal of School Violence, 2016
School counselors help foster student's academic, social, and career development; yet, school counselors are often neglected in research on school climate and student safety. Framed by the theory of planned behavior, this study examined how 206 school counselors' multicultural counseling competence, multicultural self-efficacy, and perceptions of…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Intervention, Hispanic American Students, Self Efficacy
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Morgan, Leann Wyrick; McClendon, Levi S.; McCarty, Jenna; Zinck, Kirk – Journal of School Counseling, 2016
Researchers explored the attitudes and concerns of professional school counselors in their roles in working with juvenile sex offenders (JSOs) who attend school. Little empirical data exist regarding school counselors' roles in effectively engaging and supporting JSOs toward school success. Focus groups contributed to the consensual qualitative…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Youth
Friesenhahn-Soliz, Grace; Bain, Steve; Maxwell, Gerri – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2015
School counselors can serve as agents of change in our nation's schools, particularly for marginalized students whose voices are frequently not heard. Historically, the role of the school counselor has been under-utilized and inaccurately defined. Research available on counselor role definition has been primarily quantitative. Research on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Rural Areas, School Counselors
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Schoener, Herbert Joseph, III; McKenzie, Kathryn Bell – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2016
Although much of the current educational research literature on achievement gaps has focused on core curricular areas in public schools, few have focused on racially identifiable gaps in non-core areas such as high school foreign languages. These achievement, and thus advancement, gaps often result in the under-representation of students of color…
Descriptors: African American Students, High School Students, Second Language Instruction, Equal Education
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Finch, Andrew J.; Moberg, D. Paul; Krupp, Amanda Lawton – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
Data from 17 recovery high schools suggest programs are dynamic and vary in enrollment, fiscal stability, governance, staffing, and organizational structure. Schools struggle with enrollment, funding, lack of primary treatment accessibility, academic rigor, and institutional support. Still, for adolescents having received treatment for substance…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Enrollment, Educational Finance
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Martinez, Melissa A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2014
In this case, 10 Latina/o high school seniors and one high school counselor share their perspectives on how college information and opportunities are distributed in their school. In doing so, it becomes evident that efforts are not systematic or equitable. As a result, dilemmas arise when some students are denied the opportunity to attend a…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, School Counselors, Student Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes
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