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Nevada Counselor / PsychologistSurvey Data
Prepared for the Legislative Committee on Education July, 15 2014
By Marina McHattonCTE Counseling and Assessments,Education Programs Professional
School Counselor & Psychologist Participation:State Survey Results
Counselor Psychologist0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
75%
25%
Survey Includes All School Levels:Elementary School
Middle SchoolHigh School
Counselors Respondents by School Level
Elementary School Middle School High School0.00%5.00%
10.00%15.00%20.00%25.00%30.00%35.00%40.00%45.00%50.00%
31% 25
%
44%
Elementary School CounselorSurvey Results
Elementary School Respondents by Districts
Clark County Rural Counties Washoe County0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
77%
9%
26%
Out of 111 Respondents
Elementary Counselor: Student Caseloads
1 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400 400 - 500 500 - 1000+0.0%5.0%
10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%35.0%40.0%45.0%50.0%
Out of 134 Respondents
Middle School Counselor: Survey Results
Middle School Respondents by DistrictOut of 81 Respondents
Rurals Clark County Washoe 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
8
55
18
Middle School Counselor:Student Caseloads
1 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400 400 - 5000.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
418
31
59
Out of 112 Respondents
High School Counselor:Survey Results
High School Respondents by District
Out of 130 Respondents
Washoe County Clark County Rural County0
102030405060708090
100
15
94
20
High School Counselor:Student Caseloads
Out of 222 Respondents
1 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400 400 - 5000%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Psychologist Respondents by District
Out of 130 Respondents
Clark Rural Counties Washoe County0
20
40
60
80
100
120
103
243
School Psychologists:Student Caseloads
1 - 500 500 - 1000
1000 - 1500
1500 - 2000
2000 - 2500
2500 - 3000
3000+0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%Out of 138 Respondents
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA)recommends a student-to-school-counselor ratio
of 250-to-1.
Elementary School Counselors Spend Most of Their Time:Personal / Social Development Domain:• Help students acquire knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them
understand and respect self and others.
Academic Development Domain:• Help students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose
from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
Career Development Domain:• Help students employ strategies to achieve future career goals
Most Elementary School Counselors have a student caseload of 500 to 1000+ students.
Other duties in priority order:1. Student Scheduling2. Bullying Prevention3. Testing Coordination4. Parent Conferences5. Drop Out Prevention / Attendance
Middle School Counselors Spend Most of Their Time:Personal / Social Development Domain:• Help students acquire knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them
understand and respect self and others.
Academic Development Domain:• Help students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from
a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
Career Development Domain:• Help students employ strategies to achieve future career goal.
Most middle school counselors have a student caseload of 400 – 500 student, partly because of school size.
Other duties in priority order:1. Student Scheduling2. Parent Conferences3. Bullying Prevention4. Drop Out Prevention5. Coordination of School Events
High School Counselors Spend Most of Their Time:
Personal & Social Domain:• Help students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand
and respect self and others.
Academic Development Domain:• Help students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide
range of substantial post-secondary options.
Career Domain:• Help students understand the relationships between personal qualities, education, training, and
the world of work.
Most high school counselors have a student caseload 300 – 500 students.
Other duties in priority order:1. Student Scheduling2. Parent Conferences3. Drop Out Prevention4. Coordination of School Events 5. Testing Coordination
• Caseload refers to the number of students who are provided direct services.
• School psychologists typically define their caseload by the number of students assigned to them and/or the number of assessments they complete in an academic year. This is different than the ratio of enrolled students per school psychologist, which could be viewed as a school psychologist’s potential caseload
• The National Association of School Psychologist's Guidelines for the Provision of School Psychological Services recommends a ratio of no more than 1,000 enrolled students per school psychologist.
School Psychologists
Psychologists Spend Most of Their Time:
Most school psychologists have a student caseload of 1000 – 2000 students.
1. Documentation2. Testing & evaluation3. Consultation with parents, teachers, and other school personnel4. Behavior Interventions5. Support in Multi-Tiered Systems and Support
Elementary: Personal & Social Domain Standards
Helping students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.
0 3 3 19 102
Helping students make decision, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals
1 4 11 42 69
Helping students understand safety and survival skills.
2 7 32 34 52
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Out if 127 Respondents
Elementary: Academic Domain Standards
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Helping students acquire the attitudes, knowledge ad skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span
11 30 58 46 30
Helping students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
6 8 36 56 69
Helping students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community.
7 16 57 64 31
Out of 127 Respondents
Elementary: Career Domain Standards
Helping students acquire the attitudes, knowledge ad skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.
11 30 58 46 30
Helping students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
6 8 36 56 69
Helping students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community.
7 16 57 64 31
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Out if 127 Respondents
Elementary: Other Duties and Responsibilities
Bullying prevention 0 4 11 32 80
Drop out prevention / Attendance 38 39 24 18 8
Coordination of school events 11 19 40 32 25
Professional development 12 31 48 23 13
Testing coordination 54 26 23 16 8
Student scheduling 92 20 12 2 1
Parent conferences 5 28 39 35 20
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Middle School Counselor: Personal & Social Domain Standards
Helping students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.
0 4 16 36 46
Helping students make decision, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals
0 6 15 43 38
Helping students understand safety and survival skills.
4 12 36 33 17
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Out of 102 Respondents
Middle School Counselor: Academic Domain Standards
Helping students acquire the attitudes, knowledge ad skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.
3 6 30 38 25
Helping students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
3 17 43 25 14
Helping students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community.
5 11 29 41 16
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Out of 102 Respondents
Middle School Counselor:Career Domain Standards
Help students acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
5 28 39 24 6
Help students employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.
7 19 39 30 7
Help students understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
2 18 34 34 14
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 1 2 3 4 5
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Out of 102 Respondents
Middle School Counselor: Other Duties
Bullying Prevention 2 3 23 38 36Drop out prevention 5 19 31 33 14Coordination of school events 3 15 29 31 24Individual professional development 13 27 41 15 6Testing coordination 21 27 33 14 7Student scheduling 2 3 13 30 54Parent conferences 1 6 17 37 41
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task
Out of 102 Respondents
1 2 3 4 5
High School Counselor: Personal & Social Domain
Helping students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.
7 25 47 62 34
Helping students make decision, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals
6 20 35 69 45
Helping students understand safety and survival skills.
23 42 52 40 18
1 2 3 4 5Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Out of 175 Respondents
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task
High School Counselor: Academic Domain Standards
Helping students acquire the attitudes, knowledge ad skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.
11 30 58 46 30
Help students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
6 8 36 56 69
Help students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community.
7 16 57 64 31
1 2 3 4 5
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Out of 175 Respondents
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task
Help students acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
9 35 63 52 16
Helping students employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.
7 33 60 52 23
Help students understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
10 29 46 62 28
1 2 3 4 5
Standard: A
Standard: B
Standard: C
Out of 175 Respondents
High School Counselor: Career Domain
Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task
High School Counselor:Other Duties
Out of 175 Respondents
Bullying Prevention 24 48 48 39 16
Drop out prevention 8 23 22 61 61
Coordination of school events 11 44 60 42 18
Individual Professional Development 24 49 45 43 14
Testing Coordination 16 29 60 36 34
Student Scheduling 0 5 12 38 120
Parent Conferences 6 17 31 58 63
1 2 3 4 5 Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task
School Psychologist’s Time Spent on Tasks
Time spent on each with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task
1 2 3 4 5
Testing and Evaluation of students 2 7 24 47 65
Documentation 3 3 21 39 79
One-on-one conference with students 43 59 27 12 4
Support in multi-tiered systems and support 14 29 45 40 17
Social and emotional development 35 49 36 20 5
Student support 16 48 46 28 7
Safety assessments 74 36 21 10 4
Behavior interventions 13 43 50 27 6Consultation with parents, teachers, and other school personal 1 10 29 53 46
Out of 130 Respondents
Psychologist Task Descriptions
Safety Assessments: • To determine the credibility and seriousness of a threat and the likelihood
that it will be carried out.
Multi-Tiered System and Support• Keeps the focus on meeting student needs within the right settings right
services, and with the best qualified personnel.
• Framework encompasses prevention and wellness promotion, universal screening for academic and behavioral barriers to learning, implementing evidence-based interventions that increase in intensity as needed, monitoring the ongoing progress of students in response to implemented interventions, and engaging in systematic decision making about programming and services needed for students based upon specific student outcome data.