Principal’s perception of school counselors

Introduction
Introductions
• Collaboration engages school counselors and all
stakeholders in mutually shared and common
visions to support student achievement and
development.
• The building of interdependent systems to
achieve a common goal cannot be achieved by
each entity working alone.
• To promote and enhance student achievement
and development, collaboration among many
stakeholders is essential.
Introductions
Configurations and settings:
• School type
• School district’s philosophy on counselors
• Principal’s perception of school counselors
• Guidance master plan
• Particular role
• Professional learning community
• Collaborating with professionals, paraprofessionals,
parents/families, students, outside agencies, and so forth
• Co-teaching for inclusion

Personal Qualities
Counselors’ Roles in Developing
Partnerships with Families and Communities
Personal qualities:
• Leadership
• Creativity and imagination
• Flexibility
• Courage and belief
• Passion
• Commitment to diversity and social justice

Knowledge/Skills
Counselors’ Roles in Developing
Partnerships with Families and Communities
Knowledge/skills:
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Knowledge of reliable, valid, and
repeatable assessments and evidencebased interventions
• Interpersonal effectiveness

Collaborating with Diverse
Stakeholder Groups to Create
a Positive School Community
Collaborating with
Diverse Stakeholder Groups
Diverse stakeholder groups:
• Students
• Families
• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other counselors
• Paraprofessionals
• Outside agencies
• School psychologists
• Social workers

Establishing Relationships
with Diverse Stakeholder
Groups
Establishing Relationships with
Diverse Stakeholder Groups
Strategies for forging relationships with staff:
• Be visible and become one of the staff.
• Learn the art of small talk and use it.
• Incorporate five minutes of rapport building
before serious talk begins.
• Attend staff meetings, staff celebrations,
and schoolwide events.

Meeting the Needs of the
Organization: Guidance
Master Plan
Meeting the Needs of the Organization
Guidance master plan:
• Outlined needs, strategies, timelines,
specified resources, and persons
responsible

Counselors’ Roles in
Developing Partnerships
Counselors’ Roles in
Developing Partnerships
Roles:
• Information delivery as the collaborative
consultant
• Coordination/facilitation/coaching
• Indirect service provision
• Assessment