Professional Educators, Parents, and Students Assess the Counselor's Role

Abstract

A survey of attitudes was made by opinionnaire among counselor educators, counselors, high school administrators, parents, and high school seniors to determine their perceptions of the appropriateness of counselor performance of various specific tasks. Tasks were representative of several areas commonly associated with counselor responsibility: educational, vocational, and personal counseling; testing and diagnosis; teacher‐role expectancy; administrative‐clerical; and professional behavior. It was found that all groups reacted favorably to the counselor as a performer of tasks associated with educational and vocational counseling. Significant differences were observed in respondents' reactions to tasks and task groups otherwise categorized.