The purpose of this study is to assess leadership practices of school counselors, and to analyze the relationships between demographics, experience, training, work setting, school counseling program implementation and leadership practices. This study addresses the need for understanding the way school counselor leadership promotes school counseling programs that contribute to positive student outcomes. Participants in this study were recruited through the New York City public school meeting and emailed surveys. They were asked to complete a research packet including a demographic survey and two instruments, The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), Self-Instrument, 4th edition by Kouzes and Posner (2017) and The School Counseling Program Implementation Scale SCPIS) by Carey & Elsner (2006). Correlation analyses used to describe relationships of demographic, training and work setting variables with leadership. A regression analysis will be conducted to investigate which variables make the most significant contributions to implementation of leadership practices by school counselors. [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.]