Deck 6: Leadership and Collaboration in School Counseling

Question 1

Requisite skills for political leadership are relatively easy to teach comprehensively in traditional training programs.

Answer 1

False
Explanation: They may have to be acquired and polished on the job as school counselors after completing one's training program.

Question 2

____________ leadership skills associated with negotiation, persuasion, collaboration, and advocacy may have to be acquired and polished on the job as school counselors after completing one's training program.

A) Human resource
B) Structural
C) Participatory
D) P+F17olitical

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Skills for ______________ leadership are counseling, consulting, teaching, advocacy, and evaluation/accountability.

A) structural
B) political
C) symbolic
D) distributive

Answer 3

A

Question 4

___________________leadership activities in school counseling include assessing power distribution in school buildings and districts, building linkages with important stakeholders, persuading, and negotiating.

A) Distributive
B) Symbolic
C) Political
D) Structural

Question 5

Of the following, which is not one of the four contexts of school counseling leadership as presented by Dollarhide?

A) Symbolic Leadership
B) Consultative Leadership
C) Structural Leadership Context
D) Human Resource Leadership Context

Question 6

__________________appears to be a vehicle through which school counselors achieve leadership goals.

A) Advocacy
B) Use of data
C) Consultation
D) Collaboration

Question 7

Participatory leadership includes all but which of the following:

A) only including experiences and voices that are similar to that of the leaders
B) engaging all students in authentic dialogues that help individuals and communities define success for themselves and participate in activities that are meaningful
C) drawing upon democratic traditions
D) bringing in and listening to diverse voices

Question 8

______________leadership is spread out among stakeholders democratically.

A) Participatory
B) Inclusive
C) Innovative
D) Distributive

Question 9

A leadership emphasis that links schools with community services is achieving________________.

A) success
B) consultation
C) school-community collaboration
D) accountability

Question 10

_______________highlight(s) leadership as one of four themes.

A) ACA Ethical Codes
B) The Transforming School Counseling Initiative
C) The College Board
D) The ASCA National Model

Question 11

One way that school counselors engage in educational leadership is _______________.

A) working with administration
B) providing individual counseling services
C) the collection and use of data
D) working in isolation

Question 12

The ______________ called for school counselors to be the leaders and advocates who would remove systemic barriers that impede academic achievement for all students.

A) College Board
B) Transforming School Counseling Initiative
C) American Counseling Association
D) U.S. Department of Education

Question 13

Collaboration is a theme that has been identified by the ASCA National Model.

Question 14

Collaboration with outsiders has been a traditional feature of the public school systems.

Question 15

__________________include a shared belief system that governs instructional practices, collaborative teaming, and results orientation.

A) Administrative teams
B) National associations
C) Professional learning communities
D) Local coummunities