This study investigated perceptions of the role of the high school counselor between groups and among members of each group of school counsellors, teachers, and principals in Alberta high Schools. Results revealed that counsellor, teacher, and principal groups agreed on the role functions of the secondary school counsellor. (Author)

Research to determine the attitudes of technology education teachers (n=149), school principals (n=105), and school counselors (n=99) about selected characteristics of the field reflected considerable agreement in perceptions of technology education, especially that it should be for all students. However, principals and counselors rated the latter…

A variance in attitudes concerning roles and responsibilities between school administrators and school counseling students led the authors to advocate for change in the professional preparation of both. A study was conducted in which preservice counselors and administrators were brought together for an opportunity to dialogue about role…

Maryann Clarkson, popular with faculty and principal in a suburban school, switched to an urban school, and it was like entering a different world. She didn't fit in with either faculty or principal, and after some unhappy experiences took her problems to the school counselor. (Author/RK)

The passage of "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) legislation has led to an increased awareness of testing and assessment in public school systems and its impact. A cursory review of the academic literature and national news sources on the impact of standardized testing revealed a plethora of anecdotal cases of students experiencing illness,…

In a national survey, members from the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the National Association of Elementary School Principals were asked the extent to which professional school counselors should emphasize the National Standards for School Counseling Programs (Campbell & Dahir,…

The Minneapolis Public School System has been implementing an intervention-based approach to special education placement. This Problem-Solving Model (PSM) was designed to de-emphasize the role of norm-referenced tests and to provide early instructional interventions. The basic outline of the PSM is to define the problem, determine the best…

A survey of West Virginia superintendents, principals, county vocational directors, and guidance counselors in counties with public junior and senior high schools and/or vocational schools offering vocational agriculture found the members of the four groups to be generally favorable toward vocational agriculture and its teachers. (AG)

An attitude scale and a personal biographical background information form were sent to 474 public senior high school principals and 436 counselors in Indiana to determine: (1) their acceptance of industrial arts as a school subject, (2) their views of industrial arts in relation to other subjects, and (3) relationships between attitudes and…

Administrators and counselors at one private and six public junior colleges in Nebraska answered questions and offered their opinions on and knowledge of drug use and abuse in their colleges. Topics covered by this study include: kinds of student involved; extent of the problem on Nebraska junior college campuses; factors that influence students…

Administrators, teachers, parents, students, and counselors themselves tend to view counselors differently. Fortunately, administrators and counselors are beginning to find specific ways to use the full potential of the counseling staff to improve services to students. (Author/IRT)

Describes the attitudes of secondary counselors and vocational directors toward teenage parenthood and sex roles. A positive relationship was found between the sample's attitudes toward adolescent parents and their sex role attitudes. (JOW)

During the 1978-79 academic year, opinions about the use of evaluation in industrial arts education were sought from state supervisors, industrial arts chairpersons, and school guidance coordinators. Industrial arts chairpersons were asked to identify specific elements which should be included in an evaluation system for industrial arts. (LRA)

Interviews with directors and counselors at five camps that integrate children with disabilities into their programs show that integration is successful when there is adequate staff preparation and ongoing peer support and coaching. Interviews with 124 anglers revealed that although there are racial and gender differences in reasons for fishing,…

Schools across the nation have increasingly coordinated crisis intervention programs to minimize the impact felt by students as the result of a crisis, such as national events and school violence. Through the development of response plans and crisis teams, as well as the instrumental work of school counselors in promoting intervention plans and…