The rapid proliferation of reading coaches is one of the responses to increased attention to reading achievement and the achievement gap in the United States. In recent years, reading has been the focus of both state and federal reading initiatives. With the changing roles have come a variety of new titles, such as reading coach and literacy…

School psychology consultants are confronted with consultees who must learn to take advantage of the consultation process for their own ends. This study explored teachers' subjective experiences of being consultees receiving services from school psychologists. Ten teachers were interviewed about five categories of consultee learning needs. Results…

The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International has published a directory to serve as a resource to school districts, colleges and universities, and others who seek professional assistance in some phase of educational facility work. The directory is organized into the following two sections: a list of firms by region and…

Discribes ways the reading specialist can help content area teachers improve reading skills. (RB)

Consultant discusses useful guidelines for using oral reading wisely. (GB)

Real accountability implies delivering specific, factual data to classroom teachers and administrators on which they can base decisions for improving students' performance. It also implies reporting the specific relationships between use of resources and educational outcome more accurately and concisely to the legislature, the State board of…

Author presents a comparative analysis of federal selection and retaining procedures. (Editor)

The results of this study suggest that planned experiences with children such as the program of Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO) can have a positive effect on self concept development. The DUSO guidance program was used along with counselor consultation. (JC)

Outlines the reading consultant's role in the efficient operation and management of a school reading program. (RB)

A particular behavioral approach is discussed with suggestions for improving the classroom climate, as well as systems for recording observable changes in the behavior of the pupils and the teacher. (Author)

This article discusses how counseling professionals may facilitate consulting efforts through consideration of their own consulting behavior. The counselor who wishes to be influential in consultant relationships must actively and perhaps openly present himself and his ideas to prospective or actual consultees. (Author)

The school appears to be an ideal place for applying a preventive approach to mental health. The emerging role of the school counselor-consultant offers some hope for system-wide impact. Coordination with community mental health services would further strengthen the consultant's role in the school. (Author)

Author describes an operational rationale for broadening the local director's information base before final consultant selection, as well as a programmatic design for the most effective utilization of the visiting consultant once he arrives at the training site. (Author/CB)

Reports on the progress of an inter-consultant program involving Indiana University and the Monroe County Schools, Indiana. In this program a doctoral student in science education works during the course of an academic year with teachers of a particular school. The program appears to be effective in bringing about change in elementary school…