Impact of Texas Counselors' Network on students: A preliminary study.

This study assessed the impact of the Texas Counselors' Network (TCN) on students of counselors who attended TCN workshops. TCN is a professional organization created in 1996 for the professional development of counselors. TCN impacts primary and secondary school students by providing counselors with selected skills to assist them in helping students. In theory, TCN thus impacts these students by improving overall skills of participating counselors. This study assessed the progress of students before and after implementation of TCN. Students' progress was considered in four areas: Texas Accountability Assessment Scores (TAAS), attendance rates, dropout rates, and high school student enrollment in technical programs. The current study compared student performance in the above four areas during a two to three year period prior to the establishment of TCN, with the initial six years of TCN existence. This study examined data attained through the Texas Educational Agency (TEA) Website using their Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) for four regional TCN groups. The study used a paired t-test to compare the performance of students before versus after counselor participation in network workshops. The findings indicated that overall, counselor participation in TCN could have a significant effect on student performance. In fact, eight tests were run and all were found significant at the .05 alpha level.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Holmes, Janet

Contributors dc:contributor

• Altekruse, Michael K.
• Engels, Dennis
• Harris, Hank

• Texas Counselors' Network (Project)
• Student counselors -- Texas.
• Academic achievement -- Texas.
• School attendance -- Texas.
• School children -- Texas.
• High school students -- Texas.
• paired t-test
• primary school
• secondary school
• workshops
• comparison study

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Holmes, Janet
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56780368
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