Perceived Leadership Preparation in Counselor Education Doctoral Students Who Are Members of the American Counseling Association in CACREP-Accredited Programs

Abstract

The researchers examined the perceived leadership training of counselor education doctoral students (N ¼ 228) regarding their leadership preparedness. The results indicated that the majority of the participants believed that they are receiving the training that will prepare them to be leaders in the domains of clinical counseling, research, teaching, clinical supervision, writing and publishing, professional advocacy, leading and managing people, and motivating others to accomplish a mission. Conversely, the findings suggest that the sample did not perceive that their training prepared them for leadership in the areas of managing an organization.

Perceptions of Professional Identity Development From Counselor Educators in Leadership Positions

“…Third, many counselor educators rise to leadership positions within the counseling field and may influence the professional identity of others and the profession on a macrolevel. Leadership training is part of counselor education programs (Lockard, Laux, Ritchie, Piazza, & Haefner, ). Many professionals describe engagement through leadership as a core aspect of professional identity (Myers et al, ).…”

Supervision as the Signature Pedagogy for Counseling Leadership

“…Hill and Friedman (2019) suggested that counseling leadership development is "contingent on a robust and comprehensive interaction with the profession of counselor education" (p. 174). Scholars have identified professional role socialization, mentoring, service learning, emerging leader programming, and apprenticeship models as pathways for counseling leadership development (Gibson, 2016;Gibson et al, 2018;Lockard et al, 2014;Storlie et al, 2015;Peters et al, in press). Reflecting the importance of leadership as part of counselor professional identity, Lanning (1986) extended the discrimination model to include this as a fourth foci area for professional behavior, without much uptake over the past 25 years.…”

“…Leadership is integral to counselor identity and practice (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and other Related Education Programs, [CACREP], 2015;Paradise et al, 2010). CACREP has identified leadership development as one of five primary foci for doctoral programs (Lockard et al, 2014), and has prioritized its development in the specialty areas as well. These changes have led to the supervision of counseling leadership as a viable pedagogical practice, which has only been explored in the past decade (Glosoff et al 2012;Peters & Luke, in review).…”

Factors Making the Change in Current Academic Performance of Business Students at the University Level

“…The entire research study has got a total of 300 sample size to execute the concealed phenomenon. Lockard III, Laux, Ritchie, Piazza, and Haefner (2014), had conducted an empirical study on the academic performance of students by taken medical students as respondents. Moreover, they have define the sampling criteria like as 150 => poor; 200 => Not bad; 300 => Good; 500 => very good; 750 => Excellent and 1000 and above => Too Excellent.…”