Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools

Purpose – Post-COVID-19, public K–12 schools are still facing the consequences of the years of interrupted learning. Schools serving minoritized students are particularly at risk for facing challenges with academics, behavior and student social emotional health. The university counseling programs ar...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Frank, Dalena Dillman Taylor
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2024-06-01
Series:School-University Partnerships
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SUP-11-2023-0047/full/pdf
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description Purpose – Post-COVID-19, public K–12 schools are still facing the consequences of the years of interrupted learning. Schools serving minoritized students are particularly at risk for facing challenges with academics, behavior and student social emotional health. The university counseling programs are in positions to build capacity in urban schools while also supporting counselors-in-training through service-learning opportunities. Design/methodology/approach – The following conceptual manuscript demonstrates how counselor education counseling programs and public schools can harness the capacity-building benefits of university–school partnerships. While prevalent in fields like special education, counselor educators have yet to heed the hall to participate in mutually beneficial partnership programs. Findings – Using the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and the components of the university–school partnerships, counselor educators and school stakeholders can work together to support student mental health, school staff well-being and counselor-in-training competence. Originality/value – The benefits and opportunities within the university–school partnerships are well documented. However, few researchers have described a model to support partnerships between the university counseling programs and urban elementary schools. We provide a best practice model using the principles of university–school partnerships and a school’s existing MTSS framework.
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spelling doaj-art-9d56fd4bf6d84fea8583e1f6ab9e1ee22025-08-20T02:11:55ZengEmerald PublishingSchool-University Partnerships1935-71252833-20752024-06-0117217018410.1108/SUP-11-2023-0047Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schoolsAlexandra Frank0Dalena Dillman Taylor1Counselor Education and School Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USAUniversity of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USAPurpose – Post-COVID-19, public K–12 schools are still facing the consequences of the years of interrupted learning. Schools serving minoritized students are particularly at risk for facing challenges with academics, behavior and student social emotional health. The university counseling programs are in positions to build capacity in urban schools while also supporting counselors-in-training through service-learning opportunities. Design/methodology/approach – The following conceptual manuscript demonstrates how counselor education counseling programs and public schools can harness the capacity-building benefits of university–school partnerships. While prevalent in fields like special education, counselor educators have yet to heed the hall to participate in mutually beneficial partnership programs. Findings – Using the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and the components of the university–school partnerships, counselor educators and school stakeholders can work together to support student mental health, school staff well-being and counselor-in-training competence. Originality/value – The benefits and opportunities within the university–school partnerships are well documented. However, few researchers have described a model to support partnerships between the university counseling programs and urban elementary schools. We provide a best practice model using the principles of university–school partnerships and a school’s existing MTSS framework.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SUP-11-2023-0047/full/pdfService-learningStudent mental healthCapacity building partnershipsMulti-tiered systems of supportSchool–university partnerships
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Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
School-University Partnerships
Service-learning
Student mental health
Capacity building partnerships
Multi-tiered systems of support
School–university partnerships
title Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
title_full Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
title_fullStr Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
title_full_unstemmed Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
title_short Building capacity in urban schools: emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
title_sort building capacity in urban schools emphasizing partnerships between counselor education and elementary schools
topic Service-learning
Student mental health
Capacity building partnerships
Multi-tiered systems of support
School–university partnerships
url https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SUP-11-2023-0047/full/pdf
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