ERIC Number: EJ1466529
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1935-7125
EISSN: EISSN-2833-2075
Available Date: 2024-03-20
Building Capacity in Urban Schools: Emphasizing Partnerships between Counselor Education and Elementary Schools
Alexandra Frank1; Dalena Dillman Taylor2
School-University Partnerships, v17 n2 p170-184 2024
Purpose: Post-COVID-19, public K-12 schools are still facing the consequences of the years of interrupted learning. Schools serving minoritized students are particularly at risk for facing challenges with academics, behavior and student social emotional health. The university counseling programs are in positions to build capacity in urban schools while also supporting counselors-in-training through service-learning opportunities. Design/methodology/approach: The following conceptual manuscript demonstrates how counselor education counseling programs and public schools can harness the capacity-building benefits of university-school partnerships. While prevalent in fields like special education, counselor educators have yet to heed the hall to participate in mutually beneficial partnership programs. Findings: Using the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and the components of the university-school partnerships, counselor educators and school stakeholders can work together to support student mental health, school staff well-being and counselor-in-training competence. Originality/value: The benefits and opportunities within the university-school partnerships are well documented. However, few researchers have described a model to support partnerships between the university counseling programs and urban elementary schools. We provide a best practice model using the principles of university-school partnerships and a school's existing MTSS framework.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Partnerships in Education, Counselor Training, Elementary Schools, Capacity Building, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Universities, Service Learning, Student Welfare, Mental Health
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Counselor Education and School Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA; 2University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA