Beliefs Matter: School Counselor Self-Assessment of Perceived Advocacy, Collaboration, and Leadership Mindset
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Authors
Dolan, Autumn
Date
2022-05
Type
Dissertation
Language
en_US
Keywords
self-perceived advocacy, collaboration, and leadership skills, American School Counseling Association (ASCA),
Alternative Title
Abstract
Description
An Abstract of the Dissertation of Autumn Dolan
Autumn Dolan for the degree of Doctor of Education in Leadership, Learning and
Community presented on Date: August 9, 2022
Title: Beliefs Matter: School counselor self-assessment of perceived advocacy,
collaboration, and leadership mindset.
Dr. Marcel Lebrun, Dissertation Committee Chair
The purpose of this study was to examine self-perceived advocacy, collaboration,
and leadership skills of school counselors and the ways in which they demonstrate the
American School Counseling Association (ASCA), recommended mindsets. ASCA
recommends that counselors self-assess their own mindsets and behaviors and formulate
an appropriate professional development plan yet little guidance is given on how this
should be done. School counselors can adopt a leadership posture that is consistent with
the needs of schools and learners by using social-emotional insights and behaviors. A key
common competency in both social emotional leadership and the ASCA professional
standards requires counselors to be competent in self-awareness and be able to self-assess
their own mindsets and beliefs. This mixed methods study was created to give school
counselors within a single school district the opportunity for in-depth reflection to self assess skills and beliefs so that they can advocate, collaborate, and lead effectvely