Advocating for 

Smaller Counselor to Student Ratios

Building Partnerships

Advocating for

Counselor Time-Use

Related Materials

Advocating for

Your School Counseling Program

School Counseling Advocacy Toolkit

Advocating for Smaller Counselor to Student Ratios

          Student-to-Counselor Ratio Information

Advocating for Counselor Time-Use (additional time with students and parents)

          When advocating for additional time to spend with students and parents, 

             counselors need to be able to answer three questions:

                     1.  What are you currently doing with your time?

                     2.  What would you give up to create more time with students and parents?

                     3.  How would students and parents benefit if you spent more time with them?

             The resources below will help counselors answer those questions:

             RESULTS:   Indiana School Counselor Time-Use Study (2002)

             PAPER TIME-USE RESOURCES

                      Counselor Time-Use Log

                      Counselor Time-Use Log SAMPLE

                      Counselor Time-Use Data Summary Chart

             ELECTRONIC TIME-USE RESOURCES

                             Time-Use Log (MS Excel)

                      Time-Use Log SAMPLE

                                     Developed by Andrew Dolbin-MacNab

                                     Pleasant Hill ES, Crawfordsville, IN

Advocating for Your School Counseling Program (Coming Fall 2004)

          Identifying Your School Counseling Stakeholder Groups

          Sample Program Brochures

          Sample Power Point Presentations 

          Sample Press Releases

          Sample School Board Resolution Supporting School Counseling

Building Partnerships

          Skit - The Business of Teaching  (hilarious!)

             A humorous look at building relationships between the 

              business community and educators,

              Jamie Wax, Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program

Related Materials

          Introduction to Gold Star School Counseling - Power Point  (Feb 7, 2004)

          Education Trust: Transforming School Counseling

School Counseling Advocacy Toolkit (Coming Fall 2004)

          Regional Workshops

          School Counseling Advocacy Toolkit