Timothy Poynton, Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor of Education and Human Services
Director, School Counseling Program

Mailing Address

Office

73 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Room 724
Phone:617-994-6454
Email: tpoynton@suffolk.edu

Dr. Poynton worked as a school counselor in New York State before shifting the focus of his career from school counseling practice to school counselor education.  During his doctoral training, Dr. Poynton worked at the National Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, where he conducted research and training for school counselors across the nation.  From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Poynton has presented at state school counseling conferences in Alaska, California, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin, and at national conferences for the American School Counselor Association, American Counseling Association, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.  Finally, Dr. Poynton is currently serving on the editorial board for the journal Professional School Counseling.

Degrees

• Ed.D. Human Development and Education, Boston University
• CAS School Counseling, State University of New York at Albany
• MS Counseling, State University of New York at Albany
• BA Psychology, State University of New York at Albany
  

Related Employment History

• Senior Research Fellow, Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
• School Counselor, Rensselaer Middle-High School, Rensselaer, NY.
• Crisis Specialist, St. Catherine’s Center for Children, Albany, NY.
  

• Poynton, T.A., Schumacher, R.A., and Wilczenski, F.L. (2008).  School counselors’ attitudes regarding statewide comprehensive developmental guidance model implementation.  Professional School Counseling 11(6), 417-422.
• Poynton, T.A., and Jencius, M. (2008).  What’s in your tech mailbox (part 2).  Counseling Today, 51(3), 30-31.
• Poynton, T.A., and Baker, T.D. (2007).  Free tech tools.  School Counselor, 44(3), 22-29.
• Jencius, M., Poynton, T. A., & Patrick, P. (2007).  Technical competencies for counselor education: Recommended guidelines for program development.  Available from www.acesonline.net/documents.asp (members only)
• Poynton, T.A., and Carey, J.C. (2006).  An integrative model of data-based decision making for school counseling.  Professional School Counseling 10(2), 121-130.
• Poynton, T.A., Carlson, M.W., Hopper, J.A., and Carey, J.C. (2006).  Evaluation of an innovative approach to improving middle school students’ academic achievement. Professional School Counseling, 9(3), 190-196.

• Poynton, T.A., (2005). Computer literacy: A review with implications for educators.  Computers in Human Behavior, 21(6), 861-872.

Research Interests

• School counselors’ use of data
• Professional development in school counseling
• School counselor preparation
• Technology applications
• Urban School Counseling
  

Courses Taught

• EHS 710 - Introduction to School Counseling
• EHS 714 - Psychology of Vocational Development
• EHS 731 - Action Research
• EHS 737 - Interpersonal Skills Laboratory
• EHS 738 - School Counseling Practicum I
• EHS 739 - School Counseling Practicum II