Archival data from 1994 to 2003 were used to examine the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program's (CACREP) association with professionalism for school counselor educators. Indicators of professionalism included school counselor educators' contributions to the profession (i.e., journal publication and conference…

Recently, the need for increased career guidance and counseling services for high school students has been recognized. A major long-term commitment by school guidance programs must be made to assist students in setting career goals, planning education and work experience around those goals, developing effective work habits and interpersonal…

Despite the profession's support of the developmental model for design and delivery of counseling programs, many school counselors are unsure how to implement developmental programming. Suggests specific areas for professional development for counselor educators and school counselors. Presents a staff development program for school counselors that…

Highlights the historical development of school counseling and guidance in Israel and the preparation and training of school counselors. Also examines the current status of school counseling and the major issues that Israeli school counselors are dealing with today. Discusses future challenges and anticipated trends of these services. (RJM)

The increasing emphasis in the United States on high-stakes testing for students and schools generates a great deal of quantitative data, but these data are less frequently linked to other data that are more difficult to obtain such as data on risk factors that may affect how students do on these tests. To make such comparisons, a group of…

Year 2 (1998-99) of Ohio's School-to-Work (STW) system focused on continuing to get information out to practicing school counselors through workshops, articles, and modules and on helping counselor educators understand STW so they could infuse STW into their training programs for preservice school counselors. A multi-university work team, together…

For the past four years the Georgia Department of Education has been involved in a statewide effort to establish standards and procedures for certification of educational personnel based on competency demonstration. As part of this effort, a project was commissioned to develop a performance-based system for the certification of school counselors.…

A two-part project was conducted in Indiana to enable school counselors and university counselor educators to become better informed about vocational education as it relates to comprehensive career guidance programing. One part involved a year-long staff development program for counselors from feeder schools for area vocational schools and…

In September of 1958, the 85th Congress passed Public Law 85-864, the National Defense Education Act. The step had not been taken lightly. For months congressional committees had been studying alternative bills. Widespread discussion had occurred in circles where educators and the educated were represented. Many proposals had been examined and…