Other Duties as Assigned: How Do School Counselors Allocate Their Time?

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 11
  In Poster Session: Leading to Improve School Climate Through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Abstract

School counselors are becoming increasingly responsible for helping students prepare for the future yet are faced with competing demands and duties with limited time. Utilizing data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, this study examines how school counselors’ time allocation relates to students’ odds of enrolling in college using multivariate logistic regression. Contextualized within the American School Counselor Association’s National Model and Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success, the ways in which counselors allocate their time are classified into three developmental domains. When controlling for students’ sex, race, parental education, and counselor caseload, results show that six of the 10 time allocation categories are statistically significant predictors of college enrollment. Topic descriptors: High Schools, Counseling, Academic Outcomes

Author

• Hollie Daniels, Florida State University