Building Relationships with Schools

Rene’ Moore

Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Program

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Welcome to School

The school answering machine…

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Needs:

Stressors:

Building Relationships Planning Sheet

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Small Group Activity

• Challenges

• Strengths

• Key Personnel

• Action Plan

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Big Question

How does your program impact and promote

achievement?

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Era of Standardized Testing

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Evolution of Education Reform

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)- passed in 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty– ESEA has provided federal funding to the

neediest students and schools for over 40 years. It has been reauthorized eight times—usually every five or six years—since 1965.

• 1980-1990- no significant changes other than creation of Title IV- Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities

• 1994-2001- Clinton’s Goals 2000 and Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)

• 2001- Bush’s NCLB passed

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NCLB Focus

NCLB requires all public schools to administer a state-wide standardized

test(all students take the same test under the

same conditions) annually to all students. The students' scores are

used to determine whether the school has

taught the students well.

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Adequate Yearly Progress

• Schools receiving Title I funding must make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in test scores:– Second year: publicly labeled as being "in need of

improvement“– third year: forces the school to offer free tutoring

and other supplemental education services to struggling students.

– fourth consecutive year: school is labeled as requiring "corrective action”

– fifth year: results in planning to restructure the entire school

– sixth year- the restructuring plan is implemented

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The NCLB Debate

Pros• Improved test scores• Increased

accountability• Increases in quality of

education• Promotes school

choice• Attention to minority

populations

Cons• “Gaming” the system• Problems with

standardized testing• Narrow curriculum-

focusing on math and English skill development

• Punitive

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Learn the Lingo

• AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress

• Title Funds• CEIP• AEIS• TEKS• TAKS• Curriculum

Framework• Alignment/Vertical• Other

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Texas Education Agency-TEKS

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TEA A-Z Index

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Critical Updates

• SDFSC Program• Health

Changes• PE

Requirements

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The competition begins…

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Small Group Activity

• Challenges

• Strengths

• Key Personnel

• Action Plan

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Big Question

How will your program impact and promote

achievement?

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Program Alignment

• Align with TEKS• Align with

Texas Counseling Strands• Align with

40 Developmental Assets• Supporting Research and

Documentation• Other

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TEA Counseling Strands

Counseling Strands

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TEA- Counseling Program

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Small Group Activity

• Challenges

• Strengths

• Key Personnel

• Action Plan

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Know your customer…

• School Data• Level of Readiness• Needs• Strengths• Stressors

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Prevention Readiness

• Community Tolerance • Denial /Vague Awareness• Preplanning• Preparation • Initiation• Institutionalization • Confirmation/Expansion• Professionalization

Where is your school or district?

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Relationship Building Tips

• Volunteer at the school• SHAC • Mentor• Help with TAKS• Serve on SBDM

• Staff Development- be the expert

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Relationship Building Tips

• Support Special Events• Counselor Week

(February)• Teacher

Appreciation Week (May)

• Career and Field Days

• Time of Tragedy

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Thinking outside the box…

• Partnering with Departments

• 21st

Century Learning Center Programs

• Tobacco Controllers Grants

• Other

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Small Group Activity

• Challenges

• Strengths

• Key Personnel

• Action Plan

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