School Counselors' Perceptions of Career Counseling and Career Testing: Preferences, Priorities, and Predictors

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra S. Osborn ◽  
Jennifer N. Baggerly
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Career Testing

A More Mindful Approach to College and Career Counseling

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-246
Author(s):  
Alexandra Ellison
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
College Counseling ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Sat Scores ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Academic Match

While social and emotional learning practices are now more common in American classrooms, counselors often have limited time and resources to devote to college counseling at all, let alone a type of counseling grounded in social and emotional awareness. The American School Counselor Association recommends a student-to-counselor ratio of 250 to 1, but the current ratio is 430 to 1. Few high school counselors have the rare luxury of only needing to focus on college and career readiness. They are up against pressures from parents, and sometimes administrators, who want to see more AP courses, higher GPAs, higher ACT and SAT scores, and more elite college acceptances. These pressures can blur a counselor's view of what is actually suitable for each individual student; this means the counselor needs to understand financial fit, social and emotional fit, and academic match for each college-bound student. This kind of holistic understanding of a student is the only way to restore a focus on student wellbeing to the college and career planning process.

scholarly journals Survey of the triple-mentoring program for students at a religious medical school

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Chun Tseng ◽  
Tsung-Ying Chen ◽  
Shao-Yin Chu ◽  
Hung-Che Wang ◽  
Ching-Yuan Chang
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Counseling Students ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Guidance Counseling ◽  
Educational Career ◽  
Faculty Mentors ◽  
Moral Guidance

Abstract Background Tzu Chi University in Taiwan offers a unique mentoring program. This program differs from others as it comprises triple mentorship, namely, faculty mentors, Tzu Cheng/Yi De (TC/YD; senior volunteers), and school counselors. This study aimed to survey the role functions of the mentors from the perspective of medical students. Methods The Role Functions of the Mentoring Program Scale (RFMPS) was developed on the basis of literature reviews and focus groups and it underwent exploratory factor analysis for internal consistency and reliability. RFMPS comprises four role functions, namely, mental, educational, career, and humanistic/moral guidance counseling. The survey was distributed to 171 medical students via an online network with two-month intervals and was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Results The overall response rate was 64% (116/171). The mean scores of the four role functions in descending order belonged to faculty mentors, TC/YD, and school counselors. For humanistic/moral guidance, students had an equal preference for the faculty mentors and TC/YD over school counselors. As for educational, career, and mental guidance counseling, students preferred faculty mentors over TC/YD and school counselors. Faculty mentors provided students with the required guidance counseling for all the four role functions, especially educational guidance; TC/YD in particular offered prominent humanistic/moral guidance and career counseling; school counselors were less preferred but guided students in need. Conclusions Medical students value different role functions provided by faculty mentors, TC/YD, and school counselors. A diversified focus could be provided by the faculty mentors, particularly in educational, career, mental, and humanistic/moral counseling; TC/YD specialized in humanistic/moral guidance; and the school counselors carried out their role function only when needed. Humanistic/moral guidance is equally preferred to other types of guidance, which can be equally valuable in future mentoring programs.

scholarly journals How Can They Know What They Don’t Know? The Beliefs and Experiences of Rural School Counselors about STEM Career Advising

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-90
Author(s):  
Lee Edmondson Grimes ◽  
Meagan Arrastia Arrastía-Chisholm ◽  
Serey B. Bright
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Stem Career

Many factors contribute to the educational challenges students face in rural areas, including a lack of funding compared to urban and suburban schools and a lack of role models pursuing postsecondary education. School counselors in all settings are trained to provide education to students about the postsecondary options in demand. College and career counseling with students and families in rural areas requires unique understanding of the rural characteristics that shape community life and family dynamics. National attention on rural education has highlighted a particular need for advising into STEM career fields. Using a phenomenological approach, the researchers examine the beliefs and experiences of eight school counselors working in rural schools regarding their lived experiences of advising students in their rural areas about careers in STEM. Three themes about STEM-focused career development emerged from the interviews with the school counselors, a lack of opportunities and resources, challenging local influences, and ideas for much needed place-based innovations. Implications are discussed for several key players with the ability to improve and increase STEM advising for rural students. Examples include the following: for practicing school counselors, intentional career counseling efforts that include rural families; for counselor educators, the addition of rural field placements and assignments focused on rural student career needs; and for rural communities, combining the school counselor’s efforts with local business and industry to highlight and increase STEM career awareness for students and their families.

scholarly journals Exploring School Counselor Advocacy in the Career Development of Undocumented Latino Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
Cassandra A Storlie
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Latino Youth ◽  
Public Education System ◽  
Counseling Profession ◽  
Development Objectives

School counselors working on career development objectives with undocumented Latino youth have unique challenges that can inform and improve advocacy efforts within the counseling profession. With approximately two million undocumented Latino students in the U.S. public education system (Passel, 2006; Passel and Cohn, 2011), school counselors are faced with unique challenges in providing and advocating for career services to this marginalized group. This qualitative study explored the experiences of 16 school counselors providing career counseling to undocumented Latino students within six states with the highest populations of undocumented Latinos. Using grounded theory methodology (Patton, 2002, Corbin and Strauss, 2008) results generated salient themes in how school counselors understand the barriers facing undocumented Latino youth and provided important insights into how the school counseling profession can improve advocacy for this population.

scholarly journals Medical Student’s Perceptions of the Mentoring Program: A Survey from Religious Medical School in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Chun Tseng ◽  
Tsung-Ying Chen ◽  
Shao-Yin Chu ◽  
Hung-Che Wang ◽  
Ching-Yuan Chang
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Guidance Counseling ◽  
Educational Guidance ◽  
Faculty Mentors ◽  
Student's Perceptions ◽  
Moral Guidance

Abstract Background: Tzu Chi University (TCU) in Taiwan offers a mentoring program that differs from others since it comprises triple mentors: faculty mentors, Tzu Cheng/Yi De (TC/YDs who are senior volunteers), and school counselors. This study aimed to analyze medical student’s perceptions of the triple mentors’ role functions using a self-developed assessment tool.Methods: The Role Functions of the Mentoring Program Scale (RFMPS) was developed through literature reviews, focus groups, and underwent exploratory factor analysis for internal consistency and reliability. The RFMPS consists of 16 items measuring the triple mentors’ role functions on a five-point Likert scale. Items covered four role functions: mental counseling, educational guidance, career counseling, and humanistic/moral guidance. Student’s perceptions were collected through an online survey and analyzed using a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).Results: The overall response rate was 64% (116/171). Faculty mentors provided students with preferable guidance counseling in all four role functions; TC/YDs particularly offered prominent humanistic/moral guidance and career counseling; school counselors were less preferred and guided students in need. Besides, students were evenly guided regarding their gender and year. The RFMPS was a reliable tool for evaluating the mentoring program as a whole.Conclusions: Faculty mentors, TC/YDs, and school counselors comprehensively performed their role functions in the mentoring program. Humanistic/moral guidance is current and comparable to educational, career, and mental guidance counseling; the mentoring program can extend its scope by including humanistic, moral, or spiritual connotations.

Connecticut Professional School Counselors: College and Career Counseling Services and Smaller Ratios Benefit Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0001600
Author(s):  
Richard T. Lapan ◽  
Sara A. Whitcomb ◽  
Nancy M. Aleman
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
School Students ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Suspension Rates ◽  
Disciplinary Incidents

Results connect the implementation of the college and career counseling components of a comprehensive school counseling program and lower student-to-school-counselor ratios to a reduction in suspension rates and disciplinary incidents for Connecticut high school students. Principal ratings of college and career counseling services provided in their school extended benefits for students to include better attendance and graduation rates, as well as lower disciplinary incidents and suspension rates. This article highlights the importance of college and career counseling services and smaller ratios for promoting student success.

scholarly journals Designing and implementing a STEM career maturity program for prospective counselors

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Engin Karahan ◽  
Ahmet Kara ◽  
Ahmet Oğuz Akçay
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Career Maturity ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Stem Career ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract Background Although the importance of directing students to career options in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields at early ages has been emphasized in the literature, it has not been clearly stated just who will play a role in this process and what kind of consultancy process will be followed. It is of great importance for prospective counselors, who are studying in the field of counseling, to master the career selection process, specifically for STEM, towards achieving the national goals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the career counseling competencies of prospective counselors who were participating in a STEM career maturity program. Findings The current study employed the mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. In this design, after collecting and analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data, both datasets were then interpreted together. The quantitative data analysis revealed a significant difference between the post-test mean career counseling and performance indicator scores of the experimental and the control groups (u = 49.00; P < 0.05). The career counseling and performance indicator mean rank and sum of mean scores of the students in the experimental group were higher than those of the students in the control group. The mean career counseling and performance indicator scores of the students in the experimental group increased after the experimental application (Z = – 3.07; P < 0.01). Moreover, the effect size was also calculated and determined to be 0.58. As a result of the analysis of qualitative data, 4 themes were established, comprising (1) personal and professional development, (2) awareness of the STEM majors and careers, (3) STEM-focused career counseling, and (4) feedback about the program. Conclusions This study found that the STEM career maturity program that was designed and implemented herein resulted in positive impacts on the career counseling competencies and performance indicators of the participants, as well as their knowledge and awareness of professional STEM areas. Considering the role of school counselors in supporting students in choosing STEM careers, this newly proposed STEM career maturity program will provide a strong model for supporting pre-service and in-service school counselors in directing students towards STEM fields, so as to develop a qualified workforce in STEM fields, which is one of the main objectives of the STEM education reform.

scholarly journals The Development and Formation of the Institution of a School Counselor in American High Schools in the Process of Career Development of Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 324-329
Author(s):  
Tetyana Hurman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Career Development ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Vocational Guidance ◽  
National Standards ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Development Of Students

The article focuses on the development and formation of the institution of a schoolcounselor during the process of career development of students. The transformation of terms“vocational guidance” and “career counseling” is being investigated. The preparation of schoolcounselors in higher education establishments of the USA is in the focus. The article analyzes someprograms, national standards and some models. They outline accurately the duties and functionsof school counselors. It is characterized the main principles of the activity of school counselors. Themain directions of their work, the distribution of their time are shown, which prove the necessityand effectiveness of their activity

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