Abstract
In 2008 the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology started the School Social Worker project in order to solve the vast number of problems in schools which have occurred recently. Concerning the School Counselor (SC) project, I reviewed the factors which are necessary for another specialist to work smoothly in in cooperation with teachers, using “teachers' culture” as a key word. During 14 years that have passed since the SC project in the schools, I found that the differences in their specialized fields and their sense of values were a cause between school cunselors and teachers. These cases suggest that construction of the trust relationship is important. As a result, this paper points out that the school social workers have to learn the special character of the schools and “teachers' culture” in order to carry out their activities smoothly. In additon, I consider the curriculum that is needed to raise the quality and the work conditions of the school social worker.
