About the Book
Reach ALL students and prove how critical your counseling program is!
For school counselors, using data effectively doesn't have to be a burden. Data can make the difference for today's embattled school counseling programs, and this insightful book shows how to collect and manage it.
School counseling scholar and advocate Dr. Trish Hatch describes how K-12 counselors can replace random acts of guidance with intentional, well-timed interventions, based on student data. Aligned with current research and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) standards, this essential resource includes a complete set of tools and templates for data collection, action-planning and reporting. Readers will learn how to
Develop a robust counseling curriculum that supports the Common Core Standards and drop-out prevention
Measure progress through pre- and post-assessments
Deliver compelling reports that demonstrate your program's impact
This well-timed book is designed to help school counseling programs make the most of limited resources and measurably demonstrate how their work improves school performance.
Trish Hatch provides extensive examples of how school counselors can enhance student achievement and well-being through the use of data. Not only does she provide useful examples and a framework from which counselors can explore data, she helps counselors understand some of the very common barriers to change within school systems.
--Jennifer Betters-Bubon, Assistant Professor
UW Whitewater, WI
As practicing school counselors, we rarely find a text that tells us what to do, why we should do it, and how to do it. Priceless!
--Franciene Sabens, School Counselor
Chester High School, IL
Looking for more resources on data in school counseling? Check out the online course Data! Data! Data!
About the Author :
Trish Hatch, Ph.D., retired as a professor at San Diego State University (SDSU) in August of 2019 and was recently awarded Professor Emeritus status. During her tenure, Dr. Hatch served as Director of the School Counseling Program from 2004-2015 and as Executive Director of SDSU's Center for Excellence in School Counseling and Leadership.
She is the best-selling author of The Use of Data in School Counseling (2013) and co-author of Evidence-Based School Counseling: Making a Difference with Data-Driven Practices (Dimmitt, Carey, and Hatch, 2007) and the ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs (ASCA, 2003, 2005). These books, as well as the three most recent collaborative texts that focus on implementing elementary and secondary school counseling programs, are used throughout the world in the preparation and professional development of school counselors.
Trish recently self-published Pilots, Passengers, Prisoners and Hijackers: An Educator's Guide to Handling Difficult People While Moving Forward (2018), a book derived from nearly 20 years of workshops and keynote speeches she'd given on the topic.
Regarded within the profession as an advocate and national leader, Dr. Hatch served as a consultant and advisor on school counseling and educational issues for the White House and the U.S. Department of Education under the Obama administration. In 2014, she co-led the organization and planning of the second "invitation-only" White House Convening on School Counseling at SDSU.
A former school counselor, site and central office administrator, state association president, and American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Vice President, Dr. Hatch has received multiple national awards, including ASCA's Administrator of the Year award and its highest honor, the Mary Gehrke Lifetime Achievement award. She most recently received the National Association for College Admission Counseling's (NACAC) Excellence in Education Award, previously awarded to First Lady Michelle Obama and Senator Tom Harkin, as well as the inaugural California Association of School Counselors' School Counselor Educator of the Year award.
As President and CEO of Hatching Results, LLC, Dr. Hatch leads a team of award-winning school counseling professionals who provide training and consultation to school districts across the country.
Review :
The Use of Data in School Counseling is an excellent and accessible book focused on best practices in school counselor use of data. Trish Hatch provides extensive examples of how school counselors can enhance student achievement and well being through the use of data. Not only does she provide useful examples and a framework from which counselors can explore data, she helps counselors understand some of the very common barriers to change within school systems. Further, she emphasizes the school counselor's role in using data to create social and systemic change through intentional counseling activities.--Jennifer Betters-Bubon, Assistant Professor
Dr. Hatch uses her wealth of experience training school districts in the ASCA National Model (3rd ed.) to provide practitioners and educators with a practical, thorough, review of how to organize, implement, and evaluate comprehensive school counseling programs. Readers will appreciate the step-by-step instructions, forms, and other resources with which to evolve their services and advocate for their program. A valuable addition to the professional school counseling literature.--Brett Zyromski, Assistant Professor
This text more than meets its goal of helping the reader understand how to use data to affect change for students, programs, and the profession. This book will become a bible for professional school counselors who are striving to be distinguished. As practitioners, rarely do we find a resource that tells us what to do, why we should do it, how to do it, and gives us the tools to be successful. This makes The Use of Data in School Counseling priceless!--Franciene Sabens, School Counselor
Trish Hatch is a rock star and a living legend! As a Counselor Educator and passionate advocate for our profession, I believe strongly that her ground-breaking text, The Use of Data in School Counseling: Hatching Results for Students, Programs, and the Profession, should be required for all in-service and pre-service school counselors. Her cutting-edge, hard-hitting work demands that we stand up and make positive and systemic changes for the betterment of our students. Don′t miss this opportunity to find out how.--Melissa Ockerman, Associate Professor, Counseling PhD
Every person who works at a school is an educator. Teachers educate about subject material. Administrators educate about a vision and a mission. A campus supervisor educates about school safety. Counselors educate about access and equity.
I believe counselors play a vibrant role in the overall health of a school. Dr. Trish Hatch has organized a tremendous resource in The Use of Data in School Counseling. With years of experience in counseling leadership, Dr. Hatch offers a sound and practical approach to transforming a school counseling program from a static, interactive support system to a dynamic, pro-active, data-driven student support team. All schools can benefit when counselors take an instructional leadership approach to help students realize their potential and use intentional guidance to promote student resiliency. Whether you are new to counseling, work with counseling or are an administrator, this book will give you a unique perspective on the role of counseling and how it can support not only students, but the whole school community.
--Ricardo Cooke, Assistant Principal
