Session 7: Building Model School Counseling Programs

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Twenty-two school districts in Pennsylvania are in the process of building school counseling program models. This ambitious project reflects the state education department’s keen interest in bolstering the role of school counselors. The 22 districts are regionally and demographically diverse and reflect a cross-section of the state’s districts. The model training programs respond to the question, “What does a transformed school counseling program look like?” A summary of the project that reveals its successes and struggles will be presented.

Presenters:
Waldo Alvarado, school counselor, Reading High School, Reading, Pa.;
Judith Bookhamer, executive director, Pennsylvania School Counselors Association, McKeesport, Pa.; and
Joseph Maola, professor, Department of Counseling, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh