The transformed school counselor chapter 4

Collaborative Leadership  Builds and sustains relationships for the development, acceptance, and achievement of goals leading to academic success for all students  Facilitates collabo

School Counselors as

Leaders

The Transformed School Counselor

Chapter 4

Collaborative Leadership

 Builds and sustains relationships for the development, acceptance, and achievement of goals leading to

academic success for all students

 Facilitates collaboration among multiple parties such as community members, parents, teachers, administrators, and school counselors

 Places the principal at the hub, but extends to other players

 The new ASCA model emphasizes leadership with the

School Counselors as Collaborative Leaders

 Leadership is full participation as an integral part

of the mission and function of schools, in supporting each student and impacting the system

to enable student success.

 Leadership is carried out through collaboration with the significant people in the lives of students, including teachers, administrators, family, and

community members.

Leadership as a Mindset

 A school counselor identifies environmental and institutional barriers that stratify

opportunities for student success

 A school counselor supports indicators of student success such as grades, attendance, discipline referrals, test scores, dropout

rates, and student retention

Personal/Social Consciousness Skills and Leadership

Leadership requires:

 Vision

 The ability to develop others

 Collaboration skills

 The willingness to be accountable

 The ability to see the big picture

 Moral purpose and a mindset for action

viewed as a critical player, and make a difference for students in the school.

School Counselors and Power

Growth toward leadership can be facilitated by the exercise of Power.

Types of power behind leadership roles :

 Position or legitimate power

 Referent or relationship power

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 Position or legitimate power – power that comes

from the authority invested in the job or position

 Derived from being in charge of committees or having positions within professional organizations

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 Referent or relationship power – power that

comes from positive relationships with others

 Involves community building, working with others, facilitating, exercising good listening skills, and persuasion

 Facilitates work as consultants, change agents, and systemic reformers

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 Caring power – derives from one’s compassion

and the ability to translate it into furthering one’s mission and goals

 Has more potential than any other type of leadership power

 Centers around motivating students, supporting teachers, and assisting administration

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 Transformational or developmental power – the ability to empower others

 Shapes goals, vision, and motives by empowering others

 Is effectively exercised on the school improvement team (SIT)

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 Connection power – derives from connection

with people of power or influence

 Is especially useful when it involves people (such

as school board members, central administration staff and parent organization members) who are in

a position to positively influence the future

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 Reward power –the ability to effect results

through material or psychological rewards

 Can be in the form of praise, support, recognition, promotions, and monetary rewards

 Can influence or shape the behaviors of others

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 Technical, information, or expert power –

possession of specialized knowledge, information,

or expertise

 Can lead to bestowal of leadership when other members of a group have less knowledge,

information or expertise

 Is embodied to a high degree in counselors’

specialized training in areas such as consultation,

School Counselors Developing Leadership Skills

School counselors who are effective leaders developed their leadership skills through:

1 Self-awareness

2 Facilitative communication

3 Team development

4 Staff development

School Counselors Developing

 Examining your behavior in prior leadership roles

 Using feedback from colleagues and friends

School Counselors Developing

2 Facilitative Communication

 Interactions are enhanced by sending a message that you are listening and understanding what is being said to you

 Reflecting – responding by expressing the meaning beyond

the words spoken

 Paraphrasing – repeating in different words what was

communicated

 Clarifying –bringing ambiguous meaning into focus

 Questioning – gathering information through open-ended

questions, allowing the speaker to convey information,

School Counselors Developing

3 Team Development

Use Hackman’s five principles and consider:

impede teamwork?

School Counselors Developing

3 Team Development, cont’d…

 Group leaders need to foster the evolution of individual group skills through grooming and attention.

 Start with a small project and carefully cultivate your skills and increase your leadership.

School Counselors Developing

4 Staff Development

 School counselors who deliver presentations

to faculty, parents, students, and community stakeholders are exercising a powerful

leadership role.

The Impact of the School Counselor as Leader

 Improving School Climates

 Successful Instructional Program

 Developing High Aspirations in Students

 Course Enrollment and Tracking Patterns

The Impact of the School Counselor as Leader

Improving School Climates

 Promoting a safe environment that supports opportunities for all students to get a good education

The Impact of the School Counselor as Leader

Successful Instructional Program

 Through collaborative efforts with the principal and other key stakeholders

 Conducting staff development for teachers and parents in educational planning, motivation, student appraisal, and diversity issues

 Helping teachers understand and use tests to maximize learning for students

Program

The Impact of the School Counselor as Leader

Developing High Aspirations in Students

develop high aspirations

understand their choices

academic preparation and career development

The Impact of the School Counselor as Leader

Course Enrollment and Tracking Patterns

openers” when they understand how tracking and course-taking affect opportunities for students.

educational opportunity.

and implement academic safety nets for students who are willing to attempt academic rigor.

Leadership:

Rewarding But Challenging

 Leadership is not easy.

 Hold steady and move carefully toward the goals

of the school’s mission and the school counseling program with a clear eye on what you are trying to accomplish.

 Seize the challenge and embrace it as an opportunity to grow