It's that time of year again when it is important to gauge the effectiveness and impact of a school counseling program. Ignorantly, I did not even realize that the state school counseling model recommends that we survey our "clients" in order to get an idea of what they think of our program. I simply created a survey because I truly wanted to know from them what they thought. One survey for staff, and one for students addressed strengths and weaknesses according to them.
After reviewing the results and creating goals for moving forward, I quickly realized that it is one thing to ask for constructive feedback and another thing to actually take it to heart and learn. Although sometimes the comments, from students especially, may sting a bit, it is so important to break it down and really listen. Behind the high-school, drama-filled language, what is that student truly saying? How can I address it? I'm getting there. :)
Oh, and also important to remember to actually read and take to heart the positive things that they say about you as well. As I was frantically looking at the data results (because who has time for anything right now?!), I realized that I was only skimming and not even reading all of the nice things that the surveys had to say. That information is just as important! Take in the positive, but get better from the critique! It's all about balance.
Okay. Deep breath. It's that time of year. Craziness is upon us. AND it's Friday the 13th. Good luck all!
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