Carol Dahir is a professor and former chair of the School Counseling Department at NYIT, Prior to joining the faculty at NYIT, she worked as a classroom teacher, school counselor, and supervisor of school counseling and pupil personnel services. Dahir is an accomplished presenter and trainer, working extensively, nationally and internationally, with the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive school counseling programs. She served as the project director for the American School Counselor Association's development of the National Standards for School Counseling Programs and the Planning for Life initiative.
For the past 12 years she has facilitated experiential summer programs for school counselors, teachers, and graduate students in cultural competence, both in New York City and in Turkey. Her Fulbright research brought her to Japan where she assisted in bringing Transformed School Counseling to Japanese counselor educators and to Turkey to help develop school counseling standards and comprehensive programs.
She is a past president of the New York State School Counselor Association and has served on the governing boards for the American School Counselor Association and the National Career Development Association. An established author of textbooks and articles, Dahir continues to focus her writing, research, and presentations on comprehensive school counseling programs.
Dahir is the co-author of ASCA's Sharing the Vision: The National Standards for School Counseling Programs and Vision into Action: Implementing the National Standards. Together with Dr. Carolyn Stone, they have published three editions of The Transformed School Counselor (2006, 2012, 2016) and three editions of School Counselor Accountability: A MEASURE of Student Success (2004, 2007, 2011).
Recent Projects/Research
- College and Career Readiness (high school and middle schools) – College Access Grants
- Cultural Competence Summer Institute
- Avatar Technology Applications in Schools
- Transformed School Counseling – the State of the Profession
- School Counseling in Turkey – Principals' Perceptions
Honors + Awards
- 2015 and 2013: Fulbright Scholar: Ochanomizu University (Tokyo) and Ege University (Izmir, Turkey)
- 2014 Life Career Achievement Award, New York State School Counselor Association
- 2011 Alabama Counseling Association Individual Publication Award. Principals as partners: Counselors as collaborators. Alabama Counseling Association
- 2009 The Carolyn S. Hewson Award for Exemplary Contributions to Counselor Education, Long Island University
- 2009 Trailblazer Recognition, National Center for Transforming School Counseling, Education Trust
Selected Publications
Publications
Stone, C. & Dahir, C. (2016). The transformed school counselor (3rd Dahir, C. (2020). Closing the gap to post secondary success: A high school and university partnership. Professional School Counseling.v23. p 1-9
Dahir, C. A., Cinotti, D. A., & Feirsen, R. (2019). Beyond compliance: Assessing administrators’ commitment to comprehensive school counseling. NASSP Bulletin.
Chandler, J, Burnham, J., Riechel, M., Dahir, C., Stone, C.& Oliver, D. (2018). Assessing the counseling and non-counseling roles of school counselors. Journal of School Counseling., 16(7). Retrieved from here.
Dahir, C., & Cinotti, D. (2018). Dropping out is not an option. Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2(1). Retrieved from here.
Yavuz, O., Dahir, C. Gumuseli, A. (2017). School principal perceptions of the school counselor’s role: Traditional or transformed? Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice. v.32(2), p. 81- 97
Yavuz, O., Dahir, C., Cayirdag, N., & Gumuseli, A. (2017). Improving student achievement through strengthening principal and school counselor partnership. International Journal of Educational Reform. v. 26, 2. p176-201. ed.) Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Dahir, C. Hatch, P., & Tyson, L. (2016). The ASCA national standards and the ASCA national model. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Professional school counseling: A handbook of theories, programs, and practices (3rd Ed). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
- Stone, C. & Dahir, C. (2016). Data driven school counseling. In B.T. Erford (Ed.), Professional school counseling: A handbook of theories, programs, and practices (3rd Ed). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
- Stone, C. & Dahir, C. (2011). School counselor accountability: A measure of student success. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
- Dahir, C., Burnham, J., Stone, C., & Cobb, N. (2010). Principal as partners and counselors as collaborators. NASSP Bulletin, v.94(4), 286-305.