Student achievement is at the heart of every school's mission.  School counselors, working within the framework of the comprehensive guidance program, contribute to student success, including academic achievement.

 

The Guidance and Placement section within the Division of Career Education, in collaboration with the Missouri School Counselor Association and the University of Missouri-Columbia, sponsored a study to investigate the impact of the comprehensive guidance programs on student achievement and on important student behaviors that affect academic achievement.

 

There are four parts to the study:

1. The benefits to students when the comprehensive guidance program is fully implemented;

2. A description of how Missouri school counselors are spending their professional time working in the program;

3. The issues related to guidance program implementation in schools with substantial minority enrollment; and

4. Recommendations for boards of education, administrators, teachers, parents, and school counselors to ensure that comprehensive guidance programs are fully implemented in their school buildings and districts.

Missouri School Counselors Benefit All Students
How implementing comprehensive guidance programs improves academic achievement for all Missouri students
by Richard Lapan, Ph.D.; Norman Gysbers, Ph.D.; and Marc Kayson, M.A.; January 2007

 

 

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