Factors that Affect School Counselor Retention in Rural Settings An Exploratory Study.

STUDENT counselors; CLASSROOMS; SUICIDAL behavior in youth; TEACHER development; MENTAL health services; VOCATIONAL guidance

The article discusses how teacher retention and attrition is a well-known issue impacting K-12 schools in the U.S. Topics include scant research exists describing these factors within the context of school counselors working in rural settings; and employed an inductive phenomenological approach to learn more about key attrition and retention factors, utilizing a sample of five rural school counselors employed in rural locales throughout the U.S.