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ERIC Number: EJ1410465
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Leading and Supporting School Counselors through Evaluation Systems: A National Study
Rachel Louise Geesa; Nicholas P. Elam; Marilynn M. Quick; Kaylee M. Odell; Jungnam Kim
Psychology in the Schools, v61 n3 p1090-1115 2024
The "American School Counselor Association (ASCA) School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies" can provide the foundation for guiding and evaluating school counselors' practices and programs (ASCA, 2019). When appropriate measures are used to evaluate PK-12 school counselors, teachers, principals, and student support specialists, practice in schools may improve. The purpose of this study was to analyze the content and tools state-level departments of education in the United States have developed to evaluate school counselors throughout PK-12 schools. Data were collected and analyzed based on a rubric of three respected evaluation frameworks. Results of the study revealed that about three-fourths of 51 state agencies indicated that they have developed a specialized and specific evaluation tool for school counselors, while one-fourth of state agencies do not have a specific evaluation tool for school counselors. As an implication, some important assessment areas are missing on many of the evaluation tools that do exist. Our findings from the analysis of the school counselor evaluation tools provide insights into how pre-service and in-service principals and school counselors, higher education faculty, and policymakers can work together and consider how best to evaluate school counselors based on their specific roles and responsibilities to address students' social-emotional; academic; and career, college, and life readiness needs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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