Key Stakeholders Needed to Impact Academic and Career Maturity of All Students and to Design a K-12 School Counseling Program

Parents/Guardian

Business/Community Post-Secondary

Educators/Administrators

Students

CONEWAGO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTGUIDANCE ADVISORY COUNCILINITIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Conewago Valley School District

Total enrollment = 3875Male 1958 Female 1917

38% are economically disadvantaged16% minority (Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native, Multi-racial)* 84% CaucasianCurrently we have 14 different languages spoken by our student population. 11% of our students have a language other than English spoken at home.

CVSD GUIDANCE MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Conewago Valley School District Guidance Department is to support our school district’s educational mission by providing a comprehensive school counseling program which will prepare each student to reach his or her fullest academic, career, and social-emotional potential.

What is the CVSD Guidance Department?Elementary – 2 buildings: Grades 1-3 Conewago Township – Lisa Miller, Counselor New Oxford Elementary – Roxann Hall, Student Support TeacherConewago Intermediate School Grades 4-6 Becky Wildasin, Counselor and Abby Reichart, ParaprofessionalNew Oxford Middle School Grades 7-8 Laurie Miller, Counselor and Becky Myers, ParaprofessionalNew Oxford High School Grades 9-12 Joe Connolly, Counselor A-C Marcia Knorr, Guidance Intern D-G Lorrie Eck, Counselor H-O Mark Rodrigo, P-Z Brad Trostle, Dropout Prevention Paraprofessional Kelly Kuhn, Testing/Grad Projects Paraprofessional

Elementary NOE – 1 to 615 ratio; CTE – 1 to 525

ratio Building level academic interventions Small group support School-wide positive behavioral

support Meet with individual students Liaison to outside resources System Support Gifted Support

Intermediate 2 to 611 ratio Teach guidance classes Grade 4 ~ Character Counts Grade 6 ~ Junior Achievement BizTown Individual/group counseling Consulting teacher/parent/outside

agencies Support school-wide programs Bullying/Homework Club/SWPBS/SST Coordination system support: Report

cards, PSSA, scheduling

Middle 1 to 611 ratio Academic and Behavioral intervention and

support Personal and Social individual/group

counseling Support school-wide initiatives:  SWIBS, SIT,

SST, SAP, Anti-bullying System support-scheduling, testing,

homework club, report cards, and other guidance related activities

Consult with teachers, administrators, and outside resources

High School 4 to 1242 ratio

J. Connolly – 228 students; M. Knorr – 179 students; L. Eck – 410 students; M. Rodrigo – 425 students

Individual and group meetings Academic and behavioral intervention and

support Personal/social individual/group counseling College and career presentations

(student/parent) System support: Scheduling, testing,

graduation projects, Blended Academy, dropout prevention, SWPBS, SIT

Advisory CouncilStakeholders

StudentsParents/GuardiansBusiness/CommunityEducatorsPost-Secondary

Representatives

 Chapter 339 mandates a comprehensive and integrated PreK-12 guidance plan“There shall be a written plan on file, approved by the local board of school directors, for the development and implementation of a comprehensive, sequential program of guidance services for kindergarten through 12th grade. The plan must include procedures to provide for guidance services to AVTS’s. Upon request, the plan shall be submitted to the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education.”  Chapter 12 mandates a comprehensive program of student services “Each school entity shall prepare a written student services plan, including a school counseling component, based on the needs of its students and consistent with the district’s strategic plan requirements outlined in Chapter 4.  The Academic Standards for Career Education and Work “Address the importance of career planning for all students related to labor market projections and workforce needs”. Four strands are addressed in these standards: Career Awareness and Planning- (Discovery Self) Career Acquisition- (Getting a Job)

Career Retention- (Keeping a Job) Entrepreneurship- (Creating a Job)

State Standards and Mandates

The Workforce Issue The Forgotten Half in the United States

30% of United States people between 18-25 do not have a high school diploma.

20% of United States people between 18-25 “only” graduate from high school

‘Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century”

73%

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16%

40%

40%

19%

20%

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20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1950 1994 2011

Professional

Skilled

Unskilled

Source: U.S Bureau of Census and Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Center for Workforce Information & Analysis (Pennsylvania statewide)

Unskilled jobs are disappearing;

demand for high skills is rising

CVSDHow do we develop the best

possible program to benefit our students?

Increase in post-high school attendance over the past 10 years, but we do not have completion data (or if they even actually attend

In the big picture, how do we help our students in all areas: academic, personal/social, and career?

Goals To establish the Guidance Advisory

Council to benefit from input from all stakeholders.

To compile data by the spring Advisory Council meeting to enable us to create goals for next school year.

To present the Guidance program to the CVSD School Board and each building faculty by the end of the school year.

Breakout group questionsWhat makes a successful and

meaningful program for our students?How can you help us be a better

program?What data could we provide that

would be helpful in guiding our future goals?

Best starting time and meeting place?Spring date – May 12, 2014Fall date – October 20, 2014