School Counselors' Use of the ASCA Closing-the-Gap Action Plan Template to Address Educational Disparities. Issue 1 (30th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gay, Jan L.; Swank, Jacqueline M.
• Is Part Of: Professional school counseling. Volume 25:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-11-30
• Subjects: school counselor -- advocacy -- action plan -- achievement gaps -- equity; Educational counseling -- United States -- Periodicals; Educational counseling; United States; Periodicals; 371.4
• DOI: 10.1177/2156759X211058669
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1096-2409

Abstract

The American School Counselor Association Closing-the-Gap Action Plan template is a tool created to help school counselors identify educational gaps and track interventions. We applied a transcendental, phenomenological qualitative research method to explore school counselors' use of the template to advocate for students. Our findings demonstrate the rationale for using the Closing-the-Gap Action Plan template and we discuss how school counselors use it for advocacy. We also present implications for using the template as a training tool for school counselors in training.