School Counselor/Principal Relationships
When school counselors and administrators work together, the school itself and the students reap the benefits. Following are some resources to help school counselors and administrators build a successful working relationship.
Toolkit
"Enhancing the Principal-School Counselor Relationship"
This principal–school counselor toolkit, produced by the College Board, represents a collaborative resource that acknowledges and celebrates the influence of the collaboration of principals and school counselors in school communities.
Magazine Articles
- Using your school's MTSS program to build a strong school counselor/principal relationship helps both parties meet their professional goals.
- New ASCA research reveals administrators understand school counselors' role, but collaborative opportunities remain.
- Fostering a strong school counselor/principal partnership is a key to achieving equitable student outcomes.
- Tips for making your school counselor/administrator partnership sing.
- Build better school counselor/principal collaboration through the annual administrative conference.
- 10 easy steps to help you collaborate with and support a newly hired principal in your school.
- When school counselors and principals work together to think out of the box, it leads to improved school climate and student well-being.
Webinars
Annual Administrator Conference
The annual administrator conference is a formal discussion between school counselors and the administrator in charge of the school counseling program. The annual administrator conference template provides an outline for the discussion and can be used to document the agreement made between the administrator and each school counselor. Download the template.