The New School Counselor provides school administrators and school-counselor educators, supervisors, and practitioners, with a unified understanding of the new roles and functions of the school counselor. Rita Schellenberg introduces standards blending, a systems-focused, integrated, and student-centered approach that directly and overtly aligns school counseling programs with academic achievement missions. Each chapter includes relevant research, literature, key players, real-world applications, and major developments and trends shaping contemporary school counseling in a school reform environment.