Collaborative Leadership
Name 2 different key stakeholders a school counselor should collaborate with?
Administration, teachers, Special Services (Speech, OT, Spec Ed. teacher), parents, community agencies
Which one is not a type of power:
A) Position power
B) Compliance power
C) Connection power
D) Caring power
B) Compliance power
School counselors use this tool to identify achievement, attendance, and behavior gaps and advocate for change.
Data
True or False: The more visible school counselors are in classrooms and working side by side with teachers, parents, and administrators, the more credible they become
True
This type of power develops when students, families, and staff trust and respect the counselor.
Referent power or relationship power
A counselor notices that multilingual learners are underrepresented in advanced coursework and works with administrators to change enrollment procedures. This leadership role is known as:
Advocacy
Does leadership means being a member on a leadership team?
No, membership on the school improvement team and other critical committees gives counselors a way for their voices to be heard and is highly desirable in order to facilitate leadership efforts, but counselors can exercise leadership without committee membership
What type of power is when the goals, vision, and motives of the followers are shaped and enhanced by the ability of the leader to empower others to be part of exercising a leadership role in furthering the collective mission of the school.
A) position power
B) Transformational power
C) Connection power
D) Caring power
B) Transformational power
A counselor gains support from teachers, families, and administrators to implement a new intervention by building consensus around a common vision. What leadership skill is being demonstrated?
Collaborative Leadership
Which one is not a characteristic of an effective principal–counselor relationship:
a)Open communication with multiple opportunities for input in decision making
b)Sharing information about needs within the school and the community
c)A shared vision of what is meant by student success
d)Allowing the principal to make most counseling-related decisions
D) Allowing the principal to make most counseling-related decisions
The counselor and principal should communicate and build trust with one another. Decisions should be made collaboratively
True or False: Historically school counselors have position power
False: In education, legitimate or position power has historically been assigned to superintendents and principals. School counselors often get their power from other types
What are the four specific areas that a school counselor can have an impact on as a leader?
1. Improving school climates
2. Impacting the instructional program
3. Raising students' aspirations
4. Course enrollment and tracking patterns
Facilitative response skills include:
paraphrasing, reflecting, clarifying, and _________
A) questioning
B) disciplining
C) grading
D) scheduling
A) questioning
This type of power is based on the counselor's ability to connect people with resources, services, or influential individuals.
Connection power
School counselors demonstrate leadership when they challenge policies, procedures, or traditions that create barriers to achievement. This concept is most closely associated with what leadership outcome?
Systemic Change