Nevada Counselor / Psychologist Survey Data Prepared for the Legislative Committee on Education July, By Marina McHatton CTE Counseling and Assessments, Education Programs Professional

School Counselor & Psychologist Participation: State Survey Results

Survey Includes All School Levels: Elementary School Middle School High School

Counselors Respondents by School Level

Elementary School Counselor Survey Results

Elementary School Respondents by Districts Out of 111 Respondents

Elementary Counselor: Student Caseloads Out of 134 Respondents

Middle School Counselor: Survey Results

Middle School Respondents by District Out of 81 Respondents 18

Middle School Counselor: Student Caseloads Out of 112 Respondents

High School Counselor: Survey Results

High School Respondents by District Out of 130 Respondents 94 20

High School Counselor: Student Caseloads Out of 222 Respondents

Psychologist Respondents by District Out of 130 Respondents

School Psychologists: Student Caseloads 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 students. Other duties in priority order: 1.Student Scheduling 2.Bullying Prevention 3.Testing Coordination 4.Parent Conferences 5.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 Scheduling 2.Parent Conferences 3.Bullying Prevention 4.Drop Out Prevention 5.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 Scheduling 2.Parent Conferences 3.Drop Out Prevention 4.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.Documentation 2.Testing & evaluation 3.Consultation with parents, teachers, and other school personnel 4.Behavior Interventions 5.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 Helping students make decision, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals Helping students understand safety and survival skills Standard: A Standard: B Standard: C Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task Out if 127 Respondents

Elementary: Academic Domain Standards Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 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 Helping students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post- secondary options, including college Helping students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community 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 Helping students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college Helping students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task Standard: A Standard: B Standard: C Out if 127 Respondents

Elementary: Other Duties and Responsibilities Bullying prevention Drop out prevention / Attendance Coordination of school events Professional development Testing coordination Student scheduling Parent conferences Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task

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 Helping students make decision, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals Helping students understand safety and survival skills Standard: A Standard: B Standard: C Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 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 Helping students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college Helping students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community Standard: A Standard: B Standard: C Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task 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 Help students employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction Help students understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task Standard: A Standard: B Standard: C Out of 102 Respondents

Middle School Counselor: Other Duties Bullying Prevention Drop out prevention Coordination of school events Individual professional development Testing coordination Student scheduling Parent conferences Priorities with 1 being the least and 5 being the most time spent on task Out of 102 Respondents

High School Counselor: Personal & Social Domain Helping students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others Helping students make decision, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals Helping students understand safety and survival skills 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

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 Help students complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college Help students understand the relationship of academics to the world or work, to life at home, and in the community 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 Helping students employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction Help students understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work 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 Drop out prevention Coordination of school events Individual Professional Development Testing Coordination Student Scheduling Parent Conferences 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 Testing and Evaluation of students Documentation One-on-one conference with students Support in multi-tiered systems and support Social and emotional development Student support Safety assessments Behavior interventions Consultation with parents, teachers, and other school personal 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.