The Ultimate School Counselor's Guide to Assessment and Data Collection

Showcases assessments that specifically support the unique work of school counselors!

Written specifically for school counselors and those in training, this is the first book to highlight the use of assessment and data collection to effectively advocate for student success. It bridges the gap in relevant knowledge and skills by not only delineating the requirements for formulating a data-driven approach, but also presenting actual assessments that can immediately be implemented. Underscoring the professional and ethical responsibilities of practicing school counselors to be data-driven, the book delivers the guidance and instruments needed to access multiple levels of data. This includes individual student data, school-level data, school counseling program-level data, or data regarding the school counselors' practices or beliefs.

This practical, user-friendly book is organized step-by-step, starting with foundational knowledge and progressing towards application. It introduces readers to both formal and informal assessments and provides examples of how to integrate assessments within comprehensive school counseling programs (CSCP). It addresses a variety of approaches to assessments and data collection across the domains of academic, career, and social-emotional development, and examines needs assessment and program evaluation to drive the development and implementation of a CSCP. Additionally, the resource explains each type of data, reinforced with examples across domains and school levels. Also included are technology tools that can aid in the assessment and data collection process as well as accountability reporting.

Key Features:

• Provides specific, concrete steps for using assessment and data collection to advocate for student success and develop effective CSCPs
• Includes examples of data collection tools, assessments, charts, tables, and illustrations
• Delivers hands-on application tasks throughout
• Delineates valid and reliable instruments to bolster effectiveness
• Includes downloadable appendix with formal assessments and templates to complete tasks described throughout the text

Author: Sandra Logan-McKibben, Jenna Marie Alvarez
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 11/24/2021
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780826185532

About the Author
Logan-McKibben, Sandra: -

Sandra (Sandi) Logan-McKibben, PhD, NCC, NCSC, ACS, BC-TMH is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the School Counseling Program Director at Sacred Heart University. Prior to earning her doctorate, she worked as an elementary and middle school counselor in Southern California, was the district-level Tobacco Use, Prevention, and Education (TUPE) Coordinator, and was a site supervisor for practicum and internship students. Working with a caseload of over 1,200 students split across multiple school sites, she has plenty of experience with overcoming challenges and barriers within the field. She understands the importance of developing and implementing a data-driven, comprehensive school counseling program.

Her scholarly interests include school counseling supervision, school counseling leadership, and data-driven decision-making. Additionally, she has contributed to multiple editorial boards as a peer reviewer for Teaching & Supervision in Counseling, Journal of Specialists in Group Work, and The Professional Counselor. She has served in multiple leadership roles with state and national counseling associations including California Association of School Counselors, Chi Sigma Iota International, and is past Assistant Chair for the Board of Directors of the Florida School Counselor Association. She has earned notable awards including Chi Sigma Iota International's Outstanding Doctoral Student, Florida Counseling Association's Member of the Year, and Florida School Counselor Association's School Counselor Advocate of the Year.

Dr. Logan-McKibben has taught undergraduate courses in family-school collaboration and stress & anxiety management, as well as Master's and doctoral-level courses in counselor education and supervision. Currently, she is Co-PI for a USDOE-OSEP collaborative training grant ($2,250,000) designed to improve collaboration and strengthen professional development opportunities for school counselor and school interventionist trainees.

Jenna Marie Alvarez, PhD, LSC, LPC is an Assistant Professor-Educator and the School Counseling Track Coordinator at the University of Cincinnati. Prior to earning her doctorate, she worked as an elementary school counselor in Central Ohio. While there, she had a caseload of approximately 600 students and was the sole school counselor for her building. Her experiences include a schoolwide reading program that utilized a registered therapy dog to help emerging readers build skills and reduce anxiety. Additionally, she created multi-grade level leadership teams to promote student leadership and student collaboration. Prior to becoming an elementary school counselor, she worked as an intervention specialist at the middle school and high school within the same district where she became a school counselor.

Her research interests focus on professional school counseling with the hopes of decreasing the achievement gap for marginalized students. Dr. Alvarez achieves this goal through research collaborations that contribute to evidence-based practices that are applicable and accessible to school counselor practitioners. Specifically, her research has examined the role of school counselor trainees who work with students with disabilities. She has expanded her research to explore the overall impact of trauma on students and the effectiveness of trauma-informed care as it relates to the school counselor role.

Her commitment to creative teaching was recognized with the 2020 University of Cincinnati CECH Golden Apple for Teaching Award for Counseling Education. Dr. Alvarez has taught master level courses for both school and mental health counselor trainees in counselor education. Additionally, she is a licensed mental health counselor with community and hospital internship experience. She serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of School Counseling (JSC) and the Journal of College Counseling (JCC).