Inducting the Transformed School Counselor Into the Profession

The On‐Site Mentor of Counseling Interns: Perceptions of Ideal Role and Actual Role Performance

“…The recommendation to train school counselors for the specific on-site mentoring role seems to be an imperative and is consistent with prior recommendations (e.g., Jackson et al, 2002;Kahn, 1999;Nelson & Johnson, 1999;Peace & Sprinthall, 1998;W. B. Roberts & Morotti, 2001;Studer, 2005;Sumerel & Borders, 1996).…”

“…In spite of wide disagreements about the operational definition of mentoring, a consensus exists regarding five components, which could be applied to mentoring in counselor education (Jacobi, 1991;Johnson, 1989;Nelson & Johnson, 1999) Jackson et al, 2002;Manzanares et al, 2004). In Israel, based on similar principles, an operational definition of the on-site mentor of school-based counseling interns was first published by the Israeli Ministry of Education, Division of Psychological and Counseling Services (2000), which monitors the preparation, allocation, and supervision of school counselors in Israel and plays a similar role to CACREP's role in the United States.…”

The Components of On-Site Mentoring Contracts: Perceptions of Israeli Mentors and School Counseling Interns

“…Often, for example, Israeli counselors, like their colleagues in other countries, are not specifically allotted time for mentoring nor released from counseling work to undertake it, and mentoring becomes one more task added to their already overloaded schedule. Moreover, in spite of repeated recommendations for training counselors in regard to the specific on-site mentoring role (cf., Jackson et al, 2002;Kahn, 1999;Lazovsky, 2004;Roberts et al, 2001), only a few sporadic attempts at such training has been reported in the counseling literature (cf., Manzanares et al, 2004;Peace & Sprinthall, 1998;VanZandt & Perry, 1992). Similarly, mentor training is not yet a mandatory prerequisite for being a mentor in Israel (Lazovsky & Shimoni, 2003).…”

“…Relatively few research studies focus specifically on the role and standards of behavior in regard to on-site school-based mentoring. In recent years in Israel and elsewhere, there has been an increased attention to the need to further address the distinctive issues of on-site mentoring for school counseling interns and to enhance the experience by determining operational and more standardized guidelines (cf., Israeli Ministry of Education, 2000; Jackson et al, 2002;Lazovsky, 2004;Roberts et al, 2001;Tentoni, 1995).…”

“…One of the distinctive aspects of on-site mentoring refers to the further development and standardization of a clear mentoring working contract (cf., Jackson et al, 2002;Sills, 1997;Studer, 2005). Working contracts between on-site mentors and school counseling interns have a long history among professional counselors and counselor educators (cf., Glosoff, 2001), and many counselor education programs have invested considerable efforts in reviewing and improving the quality of their internship contracts or agreements (cf., Lazovsky & Shimoni, 2006;Roberts & Auger, 2000;Stanley, 2003), although no empirically based research studies were found in the literature regarding this particular issue.…”