Transformative School Counselor Leadership

This descriptive, intrinsic case study explored a transformative leadership professional development opportunity designed for school counselors in a large, urban school district. Interviews with 19 participating school counselors provided increased understanding of school counselors’ beliefs, skills, and agency regarding leadership and comprehensive school counseling program implementation. We discuss the results to support school counselor leadership development and implications for school counselors striving for educational equity.

School Counselors’ Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Leadership

In this investigation, we examined the relationship between emotional intelligence, leadership self-efficacy (LSE), self-leadership, and leadership experiences among a sample of practicing school counselors. School counselors who reported higher levels of emotional intelligence also reported greater LSE, self-leadership, and leadership experiences. We discuss the implications of these findings for the practice of school counseling and potential future research on school counselor leadership.

Black Girls Matter

Servant leadership may serve as a framework for school counselors to meet the needs of Black female students. Through mixed methodology research, the authors examined comparisons between school counselor and servant leadership frameworks. They also investigated the leadership experiences of seven practicing school counselors when serving Black female students. Findings emphasize both similarities and differences between school counselor leadership and servant leadership characteristics. This article provides implications for practice, training, and future research.

Developing and Sustaining a Regional School Counselor Leadership Team

This qualitative research study explored the development and sustainability of a regional school counseling leadership team (RSCLT) organized by district school counselor supervisors. Four supervisors participated in two rounds of individual interviews. The data revealed five themes: (a) experience as chair; (b) leadership representation and structure; (c) resources, policies, and procedures; (d) professional development; and (e) university collaborations. Findings indicate that an RSCLT provides support for ongoing, meaningful, productive regional professional development for school counselors and assists smaller districts with limited resources. We discuss implications for school counselors and district school counselor supervisors.

Leadership Practices Linked to Involvement in School–Family–Community Partnerships

Using the School Counselor Leadership Survey and the School Counselor Involvement in Partnerships Survey, this study of 546 school counselors explored which of the 5 school counselor leadership dimensions were associated with involvement in school–family–community partnerships. A hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the leadership dimension that predicted counselor partnership involvement was systemic collaboration along with self-efficacy and role perceptions about partnerships, collaborative climate, and principal expectations. The authors discuss practice and training implications for school counselors.

School Counselors as Curricular Leaders

The authors examined school counselors design of classroom curriculum lessons through a content analysis of lesson plans located on the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Scene website. The analysis coded 139 lesson plans based on 12 lesson plan component categories and types of instructional strategies used. Findings address the frequency of topics related to the three ASCA domains, grade levels, and scores on 12 lesson components including overall total score. The article includes implications for school counselor leadership and training.