2006 Comprehensive School Counseling Program Statewide Survey Results

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2006 Comprehensive School Counseling Program
Statewide Survey Results

• State Higher Ed. School Counselor Training
  Programs
• Presented by
• Dr. Kay Herting Wahl, UMN
• Ju Ping Huang, doctoral student at UMN

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Training Institutions Involved, with
representatives

• University of Minnesota, Mankato,
• Dr. Walter Roberts
• University of Minnesota, Moorhead,
• Dr. Wes Irwin
• University of Minnesota, St. Cloud,
• Dr. Terry Peterson
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,
• Dr. Kay Herting Wahl
• University of Minnesota, Winona,
• Drs. Mary Fawcett, Nick Ruiz, Tim Hatfield,
• Colin Ward

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Process of the Survey

• Representatives met several times to form a plan
  and develop a survey to determine the usage of
  comprehensive programs and the roles of school
  counselors throughout the state of MN
• Surveys were developed and distributed to all
  licensed school counselors in MN during the
  spring of 2006.

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ltBrief description of the participantsgt 1135
sent312 returned27 return rate
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Urban/Rural Participants
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ltCounseling Program SurveygtDoes your present
counseling program deliver prevention and
intervention services in the following areas?
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Does your present counseling program deliver
prevention and intervention services in the
following areas?
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Does your present counseling program deliver
prevention and intervention services in the
following areas?
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Does your present counseling program deliver
prevention and intervention services in the
following areas?
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ltComprehensive ProgramminggtQ In which areas do
you conduct comprehensive programming?Career64
Educational66 Personal/Social 60
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Career Area vs School Levels
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Career Area vs School Settings
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Education Area vs School Levels
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Educational Area vs School Settings
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Personal Social Area vs School Levels
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Personal Social Area vs School Levels
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ltMulticultural IssuesgtQ Does your guidance
program address multicultural issues in a
programmatic way? Yes 33 No 67
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Multicultural Issues
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Q Do you or does your school have a GLBT
group? Yes 22 No 77
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Multicultural issues vs GLBT group
7 Address multicultural issues and have GLBT
groups 7 26 Address multicultural issues but
no GLBT group 15 Not address multicultural
issues but have GLBT groups 52 Not address
multicultural issues and no GLBT1
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ltSchool Counselor Traininggt Q Was comprehensive
and/or developmental school counseling
programming taught in yourmasters/school
counseling training program?
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Q Do you feel your graduate training prepared
you for the realities of conducting comprehensive
programs?
65 received training and felt enough
27 received training and felt not enough
1 not received training and felt enough
7 not receive training and felt not enough
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ltGroup WorkgtDo you conduct small/discussion/speci
fic topic groups as part of your school
counseling duties? Yes 63 No 37
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ltCOLLABORATIONgt32. Are you coordinating support
personnel in the school counseling program, such
as teachers, para-professionals, outside
agencies, parent volunteers etc.? Yes 39
No 57
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ltStudent/counselor ratiogt
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ltimpediment for workgt Q What are the main
impediments to your working with students?
7 Nothing impedes my work
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Impediments to working with students
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43 administrative duties impede work
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58 tests impede work
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43 non-essential activities (scheduling, lunch
room duty, bus duty, etc. assuming you do not
counsel during these times)
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63 high student/counselor ratio
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29 principals/teachers/parents lack of
understanding of my role
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QDo you feel you have control over your job
description and duties? yes 65 no 35
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School levels vs feel having control
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Years of experiences vs feeling having control