School Counselor Points Out Need for Lower Counselor to Student Ratios
March 9th, 2010
Recently, a report was published by Public Agenda, a research organization, highlighting significantly negative public feedback regarding the performance of school counselors. In defense of his profession and of those who work within it, a school counselor recently published a rebuttal at The New York Times pointing out that overworked counselors, some of whom are responsible for several hundred students at once, are likely to leave less of an impression on their clients without the same low ratios and adequate time allotments given to classroom teachers. The counselor calls for more attention to the system within which counselors work, rather than the specific work itself, something which may ring true for many mental health professionals involved with education.
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a higher ratio not only reduces the quality of counseling but also stressess out the professionals,thereby putting them in a situation where they are not able to devote sufficient time for an individual and deliver the rright counseling.
Educators all across the board are finding themselves and their resources stretched thinner and thinner. They never have anything extra but are always expected to continue giving more and more. And those who are suffering as a consequence are the students. It is time to realize that higher taxes in some cases could help situations like this and ensure that our school age children are getting the proper education that is required as well as the right amount of care at school from their counselors. Students should not be the ones who have to suffer from most of us being stingy with our dollars.
Quantity(the number) of students increasing automatically reduces the quality of the care and advice provided.
I think this ratio has increased due to the recent financial meltdown that resulted in smaller cheques for such things. But with recovery on, the concerned people should have a look into this.
I have worked in school districts before where it felt like the students were not the concern.
It was all about the budgetary bottom line.
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