2011 National Survey of School Counselors

Even though they did not survey elementary counselors this new report definitely has implications for all school counselors. There is a lot of interesting data in the report. I was surprised that 49% of the secondary school counselors surveyed were former teachers. There were many indicators that counselors felt their talents and training were underutilized in their schools. Only 16% of the counselors rated their own professional training as high. A majority (^1%) supported accountability measures for counselors. The full report is available for download.
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/nosca/11b_4230_NarReport_BOOKLET_WEB_111104.pdf