The Use of Data in School Counseling: Hatching Results for Students, Programs, and the Profession
About this ebook
For school counselors, using data effectively doesn’t have to be a burden. Data can make the difference for today’s embattled school counseling programs, and this insightful book shows how to collect and manage it.
School counseling scholar and advocate Dr. Trish Hatch describes how K–12 counselors can replace "random acts of guidance" with intentional, well-timed interventions, based on student data. Aligned with current research and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) standards, this essential resource includes a complete set of tools and templates for data collection, action-planning and reporting. Readers will learn how to
- Develop a robust counseling curriculum that supports the Common Core Standards and drop-out prevention
- Measure progress through pre- and post-assessments
- Deliver compelling reports that demonstrate your program’s impact
This well-timed book is designed to help school counseling programs make the most of limited resources and measurably demonstrate how their work improves school performance.
"Trish Hatch provides extensive examples of how school counselors can enhance student achievement and well-being through the use of data. Not only does she provide useful examples and a framework from which counselors can explore data, she helps counselors understand some of the very common barriers to change within school systems."
—Jennifer Betters-Bubon, Assistant Professor
UW Whitewater, WI
"As practicing school counselors, we rarely find a text that tells us what to do, why we should do it, and how to do it. Priceless!"
—Franciene Sabens, School Counselor
Chester High School, IL
Looking for more resources on data in school counseling? Check out the online course Data! Data! Data!
About the author
Trish Hatch, Ph.D. is a Professor at San Diego State University (SDSU), where she was Director of the School Counseling Program from 2004 until 2015. She is the best-selling author of The Use of Data in School Counseling: Hatching Results for Students, Programs, and the Profession (2014) and co-author of Evidence-Based Practice in School Counseling: Making a Difference with Data-Driven Practices (Dimmit, Carey & Hatch, 2007) and the ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs (ASCA, 2003; 2005).
Dr. Hatch is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in School Counseling and Leadership (CESCaL) in the College of Education at SDSU and is President and CEO of Hatching Results, LLC, where she has gathered a diverse team of expert school counselors, school counselor educators, and leaders to provide training and consultation across the nation on evidence-based practice and the use of data to increase outcomes for students.
She is a legislative advocate and national leader. She has served on multiple state and national school counseling research summit steering committees, including as a national expert consultant on school counseling for the Obama Administration at The White House and US Department of Education. Dr. Hatch is one of five original panel members for the National Panel for Evidenced-Based School Counseling Practices and serves on the Advisory Council for the National Evidence-Based School Counseling Conference.
A former school counselor, high school administrator, and central office administrator overseeing 72 school counselors in 32 high needs schools, Dr. Hatch has received multiple state and national school counseling awards and was inducted into the H.B. McDaniel Hall of Fame at Stanford University for lifetime achievement in school counseling. Most recently, she received the Excellence in Education Award for “improving the field of education and service to students” by the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the inaugural California Association of School Counselors’ School Counselor Educator of the Year (2016) award.