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1. Describe your relationship with all stakeholders (administration, faculty, staff, parents, community, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _

2. Please use the space below for any comments you may have regarding your perceptions of your school counseling preparation program.

_____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _

Appendix D First Electronic Message

First Electronic Message

Dear Professional School Counselor,

I am a graduate student under the direction of Dr. Roxane L. Dufrene in the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Development in the College of Education at the University of New Orleans. I am conducting my dissertation study for the purpose of assessing School Counselors’ Perceptions of Their Academic Preparation in Their Roles as Professional School Counselors.

I am requesting your participation, which will involve completing a survey entitled School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation (SCPP). The SCPP will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. All information that you provide is anonymous; there will be no way to identify you once you submit your answers. The results of this study may be published, but your name will not be used. Although there may be no direct benefit to you, the possible benefit of your participation is to use the data from the survey to assist counselor educators as they educate future school counselors. As in most internet communication, there may be a record of exchange in a cache somewhere on your computer system or internet service provider’s log file. As a precaution, I suggest that you clean out your temporary internet files and close your browser after submitting your survey.

If you are willing to assist me with this important part of my study, please click the following link to connect to the SCPP:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx

If you are not connected automatically, then you can cut-and-paste the link into the address box on your web browser and then press enter.

Completion of the electronic submission of the SCPP will indicate your consent for participation in this study. Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary and you may withdraw your consent and terminate participation at any time without consequence. If you have any questions about your rights as a participant in this research, or if you would like to discuss any discomforts you may experience, please contact Libby Schayot, at [email protected]. You may also contact my faculty advisor, Dr. Roxane L. Dufrene, by email at [email protected] or by telephone, 504- 280-7434.

Thank you in advance for your participation. Libby Schayot, M.Ed.

Doctoral Candidate University of New Orleans

348 Bicentennial Education Building

University of New Orleans, Lakefront Campus 2000 Lakeshore Drive

New Orleans, LA 70148

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Appendix E

Second Electronic Message

Dear Professional School Counselor,

I am a graduate student under the direction of Dr. Roxane L. Dufrene in the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Development in the College of Education at the University of New Orleans. I am conducting my dissertation study for the purpose of assessing School Counselors’ Perceptions of Their Academic Preparation in Their Roles as Professional School Counselors. If you have already participated in this study by completing the School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation (SCPP), thank you again for your participation.

I am requesting your participation, which will involve completing a survey entitled School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation (SCPP). The SCPP will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. All information that you provide is anonymous; there will be no way to identify you once you submit your answers. The results of this study may be published, but your name will not be used. Although there may be no direct benefit to you, the possible benefit of your participation is to use the data from the survey to assist counselor educators as they educate future school counselors. As in most internet communication, there may be a record of exchange in a cache somewhere on your computer system or internet service provider’s log file. As a precaution, I suggest that you clean out your temporary internet files and close your browser after submitting your survey.

If you are willing to assist me with this important part of my study, please click the following link to connect to the SCPP:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx

If you are not connected automatically, then you can cut-and-paste the link into the address box on your web browser and then press enter.

Completion of the electronic submission of the SCPP will indicate your consent for participation in this study. Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary and you may withdraw your consent and terminate participation at any time without consequence. If you have any questions about your rights as a participant in this research, or if you would like to discuss any discomforts you may experience, please contact Libby Schayot, at [email protected]. You may also contact my faculty advisor, Dr. Roxane L. Dufrene, by email at [email protected] or by telephone, 504- 280-7434.

Thank you in advance for your participation. Libby Schayot, M.Ed.

Doctoral Candidate University of New Orleans

348 Bicentennial Education Building

University of New Orleans, Lakefront Campus 2000 Lakeshore Drive

New Orleans, LA 70148

Please note: If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please click the link below, and you will be automatically removed from our mailing list.

Appendix F Third Electronic Message

Third Electronic Message

Dear Professional School Counselor,

I am a graduate student under the direction of Dr. Roxane L. Dufrene in the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Development in the College of Education at the University of New Orleans. I am conducting my dissertation study for the purpose of assessing School Counselors’ Perceptions of Their Academic Preparation in Their Roles as Professional School Counselors. If you have already participated in this study by completing the School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation (SCPP), thank you again for your participation.

I am requesting your participation, which will involve completing a survey entitled School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation (SCPP). The SCPP will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. All information that you provide is anonymous; there will be no way to identify you once you submit your answers. The results of this study may be published, but your name will not be used. Although there may be no direct benefit to you, the possible benefit of your participation is to use the data from the survey to assist counselor educators as they educate future school counselors. As in most internet communication, there may be a record of exchange in a cache somewhere on your computer system or internet service provider’s log file. As a precaution, I suggest that you clean out your temporary internet files and close your browser after submitting your survey.

If you are willing to assist me with this important part of my study, please click the following link to connect to the SCPP:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx

If you are not connected automatically, then you can cut-and-paste the link into the address box on your web browser and then press enter.

Completion of the electronic submission of the SCPP will indicate your consent for participation in this study. Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary and you may withdraw your consent and terminate participation at any time without consequence. If you have any questions about your rights as a participant in this research, or if you would like to discuss any discomforts you may experience, please contact Libby Schayot, at [email protected]. You may also contact my faculty advisor, Dr. Roxane L. Dufrene, by email at [email protected] or by telephone, 504- 280-7434.

Thank you in advance for your participation. Libby Schayot, M.Ed.

Doctoral Candidate University of New Orleans

348 Bicentennial Education Building

University of New Orleans, Lakefront Campus 2000 Lakeshore Drive

New Orleans, LA 70148

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Appendix G

Appendix H IRB Approval Letter

VITA

Libby Schayot was born in San Diego, California, and lived the majority of her childhood life in Chalmette, Louisiana, a small community east of New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for three and a half years but completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education in 1979 from the University of New Orleans. Later she earned a Master of Education degree in School Counseling from the University of Southern Mississippi. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Counselor Education in December 2008 from the University of New Orleans. She is a certified school counselor and is currently receiving supervision to become a Licensed Professional Counselor in Louisiana.

Libby taught business education subjects for 14 years in the public school system as well as the Catholic school system in the greater New Orleans area and has been a school counselor for the past 14 years. As a business education teacher, Libby had the additional responsibilities of coordinating the School to Work program for her high school. This provided her with opportunities to present at conferences and to give workshops and presentations to the

community. While earning her master’s degree and her doctorate, Libby has balanced school with work. She has presented at local, state, and regional conferences on various school counseling topics.