Fostering Collaboration between Preservice Educational Leadership and School Counseling Graduate Candidates

Abstract

The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine the perspectives of educational leadership and school counselor (SC) pre-service candidates on SC utilization in PreK-12 schools, barriers to implementing effective SC programs and professional SC identities, roles and responsibilities. Candidates (n = 105) participated in a collaborative class, where they engaged in group reflections and completed a survey. Emerging themes included time constraints, negative school culture, poor principal-counselor relationships, lack of communication and shared leadership. Author's Notes Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to Janet R. DeSimone at [e-mail]