The Elementary School Counselor's Role: Perceptions of Teachers.

Abstract

forms for the students. While this is particularly true for the guidance and counseling programs provided for students, these critical and During the 1960s and the early unique sets of services are also im- 1970s, the issue of what constituted portant to other members of the the counselor's role attracted the at school community. Teachers, build- tention of educational administra ing administrators, as well as per- t0r3' teachers, counselor educators, sonnel in the system office, and par- 311(11SC^°°1 counselors. This focus ents all have a considerable stake in resulted in 3 Proliferation of articles ensuring that school guidance and try?ne to ^entify the role of the counseling programs are both avail- sch,°o1 counselor^ During this pe able and effective. The issue of the ™d' c0u^e}0^ dld not appear to