School counselor preparation necessitates that new counselors are trained to build a comprehensive school counseling program that uses data to develop, implement and evaluate their interventions. This presentation seeks to inform counselor educators of the benefits of using action research as a means to teach school counselors in training who may feel unprepared to use data and lack the experiential advocacy skills needed to impact systemic change. Participants will be guided through a step by step action research training model used with current school counseling graduate students. Examples of action research projects will be provided.
