No Counselor Left Behind: Don't Overlook These Highly Qualified Professionals in Your Learning Plans
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| Title: | No Counselor Left Behind: Don't Overlook These Highly Qualified Professionals in Your Learning Plans |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Savitz-Romer, Mandy |
| Source: | Learning Professional. Jun 2019 40(3):50-53. |
| Availability: | Learning Forward. 504 South Locust Street, Oxford, OH 45056. Tel: 800-727-7288; Fax: 513-523-0638; e-mail: office@learningforward.org; Web site: https://learningforward.org/publications/jsd |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | School Counselors, Strategic Planning, Counselor Training, Professional Development, Barriers, Counselor Role, Communities of Practice, Professional Associations, Educational Opportunities, School Districts |
| ISSN: | 0276-928X |
| Abstract: | Too often, leaders overlook valuable human capital in their schools and miss the opportunity to develop them so that the school and its students can reach their full potential. This is particularly true for a highly qualified but underused group of professionals: school counselors. School counselors are uniquely positioned to support students' skills, address barriers to learning, and support schools' strategic priorities. However, with growing responsibilities, counselors report needing more knowledge and skills to support students, staff, and families. Initially introduced into schools to provide vocational guidance and postsecondary direction to students, today's school counselors are asked to do much more: to deliver a comprehensive program to support students' academic, social and emotional, and postsecondary development. Yet professional learning for school counselors is often an afterthought. Bringing counselors into the fold of high-quality professional learning can lead to more efficiency, consistency, and support for teaching and learning. This means making a commitment to professional learning for counselors and aligning it with larger strategic goals while acknowledging counselors' unique roles, strengths, and needs. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Access URL: | https://learningforward.org/journal/learning-better-by-learning-together/no-counselor-left-behind/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ1221241 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Too often, leaders overlook valuable human capital in their schools and miss the opportunity to develop them so that the school and its students can reach their full potential. This is particularly true for a highly qualified but underused group of professionals: school counselors. School counselors are uniquely positioned to support students' skills, address barriers to learning, and support schools' strategic priorities. However, with growing responsibilities, counselors report needing more knowledge and skills to support students, staff, and families. Initially introduced into schools to provide vocational guidance and postsecondary direction to students, today's school counselors are asked to do much more: to deliver a comprehensive program to support students' academic, social and emotional, and postsecondary development. Yet professional learning for school counselors is often an afterthought. Bringing counselors into the fold of high-quality professional learning can lead to more efficiency, consistency, and support for teaching and learning. This means making a commitment to professional learning for counselors and aligning it with larger strategic goals while acknowledging counselors' unique roles, strengths, and needs. |
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| ISSN: | 0276-928X |
