The Urban School Reform Opera: The Obstructions to Transforming School Counseling Practices

Over the past 20 years, there have been numerous calls to reform the practices of school counselors. Some have situated these calls for school counseling reform within the context of urban schooling. This study examined the practices of school counselors in one urban school district, and how those p...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Education and urban society 2014-11, Vol.46 (7), p.743-772
Main Authors: Militello, Matthew, Janson, Christopher
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Studies
Counseling
Counseling Techniques
Counselling
Directors
Education reform
Education systems
Educational Change
Elementary Secondary Education
Interviews
Methodology
Mixed Methods Research
Q Methodology
School Counseling
School Counselors
School districts
Schooling
Schools
United States (Northeast)
Urban areas
Urban Schools
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Over the past 20 years, there have been numerous calls to reform the practices of school counselors. Some have situated these calls for school counseling reform within the context of urban schooling. This study examined the practices of school counselors in one urban school district, and how those practices aligned with the school district’s vision of ideal school counselor practices. Using Q methodology, 79 school counselors and 1 director of guidance sorted the 43 American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) standards for school counselor performance. Results indicate dissonance between the ideal practice as construed by the district and director of guidance and the practices of current school counselors. Finally, the factors that foster or inhibit congruence between ideal and reality are explored.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/0013124512468007