1. OVERVIEW OF THE STUY
The title for the article review is Teachers’ Perception of School Counselor Effectiveness :
Collaborating for Student Success by Denise Beesley, Education; Winter 2004;125,2; page
259. The researcher from University of Oklahoma. This article is about the perception of the
effectiveness of school counseling services in their educational setting. The researcher
explore the state of the profession as a counselor and redefined competencies in the field.
Nowadays, students do not expose the existent and roles of a school counselor. Some
students, they prefer to hide their problem than sharing with others which also can lead them
to express their feeling in wrong way for example fighting and vandalism. They tend to
become depression person which can affect their studies. In this study, it explain the scope of
a school counselor profession. Being a school counselor is not an easy responsibility
especially in this era. Nowadays students more complex as they are from different family
background. Our young generation today is known as generation Y , they are IT literate .
Relations among them based on twitter , facebook , sms and imagination where they are seen
great as use the power of science, technology and global telecommunications. Because of
that, the effectiveness of a school counselor will decline.
DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY
Methodology
In this study, a survey instrument was developed to gather information concerning
teachers satisfaction with school counselor services. Both quantitative and qualitative feedback
about specific counseling service areas was designed.
Research question
For improving school counselor effectiveness, perceived strengths this study was
designed to survey certified teachers across the south-western United State as to their perception
and suggestions. To this end, the following research questions were propose :

2. 1) Overall, how satisfied are teachers with the counseling services in their school setting ?
2) How do teachers rate specific areas of service by their school counselor ?
3) What areas of strength in role functioning do teachers see in the school counselor they
work with ?
4) What suggestions for improvement in role functioning do teachers have for the
counselors they work with ?
Participant
A randomly sampling of 300 certified teachers across the Southwest (100 elementary,
100 middle school, 100 high school ) were selected to receive the questionnaire. However, result
in receiving is 188 for a return rate of 63 %. Across school levels the following response rate
were obtain : elementary (40%), middle school (20%), and high school (40%).
Result
How satisfied are teachers with the counseling services in their school setting ?
The result revealed that 67 % of teachers reported being somewhat to extremely satisfied with
the counseling services in their school. 33 % of the respondents reported that they somewhat to
extremely dissatisfied with school counseling services. Elementary school teachers reported
significantly greater satisfaction with school counseling services than either middle school or
high school teachers.
How do teachers rate specific areas of service provided by their school counselor ?
Career counseling (48 %) Classroom guidance (75%)
Academic planning (45 %) Group counseling (73%)
Community referrals (43 %) Individual counseling (72%)
Public relations (42 %) Consultation (71%)
Parents education (40 %) Special education coordination (69%)

3. Multicultural counseling (38 %) Crisis counseling (68%)
Conflict resolution (36 %) Scheduling/enrollment (67%)
Substance abuse counseling (36 %) Testing/appraisal (67%)
What areas of strength in role functioning do teachers see in the school counselor they work with ?
The top four service domains rated by participants as strengths were :
1) Classroom Guidance ( 80 % )
2) Individual / group counseling ( 53 % )
3) Consultation ( 50 % )
4) Coordination of special education services ( 45 % )
What suggestions for improvement in role functioning do teachers have for the counselors they work
with ?
The top four domains for recommended improvement were :
1) Career counseling ( 62 % )
2) Academic planning / college preparation ( 56 % )
3) Community Referrals ( 47 % )
4) Public Relations ( 42 % )
DISCUSSION
Limitation of study
In this study, there are limitation in several respects. The result were obtain based on the
teacher’s perceptions about the school counseling service. Although the respondents were
randomly selected, the survey was distributed only to teachers in the Southwest, which leads to
assumption about the findings because of different regions.

4. Research design
This survey research was designed to elicit useful feedback from certified teachers. The result
illustrate several important points :
1) Teachers are in primary position to provide accurate and meaningful feedback on the
effectiveness of counseling services.
2) Overall, teachers are satisfied with school counseling services and report strength in
several areas of service provision.
Evaluation of the study
Through this study, the researcher aiming to determine teachers satisfaction toward the
school counseling services and he manage to establish the significant of the research questions.
This is because the method use to obtain the data by surveying is appropriate as the result can be
obtained. The use of analysis of variance (ANOVA) to see the satisfaction level was conducted.
The method is use because the question made appropriate to measure the level of satisfaction.
Given the method of data collection and analysis of this study, the researcher clearly
conclude and come up with reasonable conclusion.
On the other hand, the researcher might also can approach in gathering data from students.
This is because, students also get the counseling services which can also contribute in
supporting the result.
Implications
From my understanding and view, the researcher manage to show us the job perspective of a
counselor which contribute many aspect that can help students. This study was to ensure the
counseling services do not stop in future generation. The researcher also said that in order for the
counselor to help students in their studies, counselor must have input into curriculum
development. In my opinion, I agree with that because during their studies to become a counselor,
they more focus on how to tackle student’s emotion and psychology. Regarding to research
methodology, the researcher use appropriate method that can easily understand which it can
guide me in my research.