Are you feeling the pressures of having to figure out what "evidence-based practice" means and how to go about doing it? Worried you might have to "gather data" without knowing what it's for? Come learn about collaborative action research as a way to create relevant, tangible changes to strengthen school counseling practice. This session, for graduate students and/or counselor educators unfamiliar with school counseling, will explore a decade of school-based action research projects, rooted in theory, literature, and ASCA National Standards.