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Morton, & Amy W. Upton  \nUniversity of South Alabama  \nAbstract  \nThis research informed conceptual article explores traditional and current roles and expectations of school leaders and school counselors through the lens of collaboration toward expanding notions of school leadership. The work defines collaboration in the context of K-12 schools with a focus on the roles of school leaders and school counselors toward highlighting the necessity of teaching collaboration across the respective preparation programs. Further, showcasing practices that actively promote cooperation between school counselors and educational leaders it provides recommendations for the early advent of collaboration between school leaders and counselors across their training programs.  \nKeywords: Leadership, Collaboration, School Counseling, Preparation  \nThe ever-changing student demographics and the advent of standardized testing and accountability have forced school leaders and school personnel to rethink how they function, including their conceptualization of the appropriate use of personnel (Glickman, Gordon & Ross-Gordon, 2018) . At present, primary campus leadership teams in K-12 schools across the country consist of a principal and an assistant or associate principal. In many cases, especially in smaller elementary school settings, the leadership team consists solely of the campus principal. Unfortunately, these examples do not maximize the human resources (Seifert & Vornberg, 2002) available to facilitate meaningful opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community to experience success continually. Fortunately, redistributing staff with a more succinct understanding of the transformed role of school counselors to include role expectations around leadership, collaboration, and systemic change can aid in increasing student achievement (American School Counselor Association, 2012). Additionally, understanding the benefits of collaborative principalcounselor relationships on school culture and student success may serve to reinforce the rationale for the development of these relationships (Rock, Remley, & Range, 2017) .  \nMany school principals still view school counselors through a traditional leadership lens relegating them to ancillary roles (e.g., testing, discipline, etc.). Leadership’s lack of understanding of the training and capacity of school counselors in a building directly impacts the roles and functions to which they are assigned (Lowery, Quick, Boyland, Geesa, & Mayes,2018; Wingfield Reese, West-Olatunji, 2010) . Before the induction of the Transforming School Counseling Initiative and the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) National Model, school counselor functions were more reactive and less embedded into the mission of the school (ASCA, 2012, 2019) . Although this transition occurred in 2003, leadership training programs have been slow to integrate the multiple roles of the school counselor, including leadership, into their curriculum. As a result, many principals are unaware of ways to utilize school counselors in a way that maximizes their potential (Bore & Bore, 2009; Desimone & Roberts, 2016) to actively support student success. Leadership training programs would benefit from the inclusion of curriculum around the training and increased capacity of school counselors to better prepare school leaders to utilize these resources in their buildings responsibly.  \nThis research informed conceptual article follows a non-traditional format to explore traditional and current roles and expectations of campus leaders and school counselors through the lens of collaboration toward expanding notions of school leadership. Further, the authors work to define collaboration in the context ofK-12 schools with a focus on the roles of school leaders and school counselors toward highlighting the n","cbCaia0J6ZbDUAlX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia0J6ZbDUAlX","pdf",110160,"English","# Abstract\n# Rationale\n## Traditional Roles\n## The School Leader\n# Conceptual Framework: Collaboration in K-12 Preparation\n## Collaboration Between School Counselors and Educational Leaders\n# Practices and Recommendations\n## Early Results and Brief Summary\n## Conclusions for Other Universities","[{\"question\":\"How does the article define collaboration in K-12 schools?\",\"answer\":\"It defines collaboration in the context of K-12 schooling by clarifying roles of school leaders and school counselors and emphasizing the need to teach collaboration in preparation programs for both.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are school leaders prompted to rethink their functions?\",\"answer\":\"Changing student demographics, standardized testing, and accountability require school leaders and personnel to reconsider how they operate and how they use available staff resources to support ongoing student success.\"},{\"question\":\"What issue does the article identify with traditional views of school counselors?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that many principals still view counselors through a traditional leadership lens and assign them ancillary roles, largely due to limited understanding of counselors’ training and capacity.\"}]","Collaborative Preparation: Educational Leaders and School Counselors Building Bridges for Effective Schools | PDF",1792071157,23]