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School Counselors as Leaders and Advocates: Implementing the NC
Guidance Essential Standards using the ASCA National ModelLinda Brannan K-12 Student Support Services ConsultantNCDPI Curriculum & Instruction DivisionCareer & College Ready Institute for School CounselorsMcKimmon Center, October 5, 2012
What do you need from today’s session?
Top 2-3 items: List each on a post it note
Post-It Note Graffiti
At the end of this session, participants will:
• Learn about DPI resources and tools to support the initiatives within the RttT Grant
• Understand the Guidance Essential Standards in order to meet the learning needs of all students
• Understand how using the ASCA National Model will create opportunities to implement a comprehensive data-driven school counseling program.
• Make Connections!
NC School Counseling Wiki
NCDPI School Counseling WikiSpace
http://schoolcounseling.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
NCDPI School Counseling LiveBinder
Graffiti Write
What does a 21st Century Counselor Do?
• Brainstorm & write as many ideas as possible on chart paper
• Post chart paper on the wall
Framework for NC School Counseling 3rd Edition
Foundation
2nd Edition 3rd Edition
1. Program FocusFoundation
Beliefs Vision Mission Program Goals
GUIDING MISSION
“The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.”
Vision of NC School CounselorsNC State Board of Education, 2008
“The demands of twenty-first century education dictate new
roles for school counselors. Schools need professional
school counselors who are adept at creating systems for
change and at building relationships within the school
community. Professional School Counselors create
nurturing relationships with students that enhance
academic achievement and personal success as globally
productive citizens in the twenty-first century. Utilizing
leadership, advocacy, and collaboration,
professional school counselors promote academic achievement and
personal success by implementing a comprehensive school
counseling program that encompasses areas of academic,
career, and personal/social development for all students.”
NC K-12 Guidance Essential Standards
Mission
State Board of Education Goal:
NC public schools will produce globally competitive students.
The Purpose of Standards:To define and communicate the knowledge and skills a student must master to be globally competitive.
Good News!2011-2012 Graduation Rate• Highest graduation rate ever in NC
• 80.2 % = 89,126 students
Still Leaves…
21,975
DuFour ?
What is the role of the SC?
NC Standard Course of Study• Common Core State
Standards– English Language Arts (and
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects)
– Mathematics
• NC Essential Standards– Arts Education – Career and Technical
Education– English Language
Development*– Guidance* – Healthful Living (Health &
Physical Education)– Information and Technology*– Science– Social Studies– World Languages
Framework for Change lead to Retooling NC Public Education System
NC School Counselors…
• Design data-driven comprehensive school counseling programs that promote student achievement.
• Deliver programs that are comprehensive in scope, preventive in design and developmental in nature.
• Are accountable for assuring that every student has the opportunity to learn, achieve and graduate college and career ready.
2. Student Competencies Foundation
ASCA Student Standards
Other Student Standards (NC
Guidance Essential Standards)
Understanding & Implementing the
NC Guidance Essential Standards
Standard
How I teach this
standard
How this standard is reflected in
student behavior/work
How this standard is assessed:
formative
benchmark
summative
Differentiation
Connections
Review of Implementing New Standards: The Big Picture
Connections
Framework?
Reflection
1. Login into your penzu.com account, use MSWord or “ole fashion paper/pen”
Answer the following questions & share 2. I think some of the benefits of implementing the
NC Guidance Essential Standards are:_____________________
3. My major concerns about implementing the Guidance Essential Standards are: ________
Program Focus: Student CompetenciesNC Guidance Essential Standards
Alignment with National Standards for Students
ASCA Student Competencies
“Identify and prioritize the specific attitudes, knowledge and skills students should be able to demonstrate as a result of the school counseling program” ASCA National Model, 3rd Edition
NC Guidance Essential Standards
“The ultimate goal for 21st Century students is to be informed about the knowledge and skills that prepare them to be lifelong learners in a global context”GES Preamble, 2011
Both are Student Centered
Organizational Alignment with ASCA National Standards for Students
ASCA National Model NC Guidance Essential Standards
Domains: Personal/Social, Academic & Career
Strands: Socio-Emotional, Cognitive & Career
Standards for Students Standards for Students – 9 total
Student Competencies Proficiency Levels - 5 total
Indicators Clarifying Objectives
Crosswalk of K-12 Guidance Essential Standards
ASCA National Competencies for Students
• Personal-Social
• Academic
• Career
NC K-12 Guidance Essential Standards for Students
• Socio-Emotional
• Cognitive
• Career
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Proficiency Levels•Readiness/Exploratory/Discovery (RED)•Early Emergent/Emergent (EEE)•Progressing (P)•Early Independent (EI)•Independent (I)
Preamble - IMPORTANT
• Overview, purpose & goals of the standards
• Organization and Structure
• Based upon the ASCA Standards for Students and Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Not grade level but developmentally appropriate based upon proficiency levels of students
• Expectation that all school staff will be knowledgeable of the standards and ready to implement
Guiding Question • What do students need to
know, understand and be able to do to ensure their success in the future, whether it be the next class, post-secondary study, the military or the world of work? (CCR)
Understanding the Guidance Essential Standards
• Preamble – Review the overview and purpose
• Candy Teams – Discuss item from Preamble on your table and be ready to share with group
M&M’s Reese Cups
Twix 3 Musketeers
Hersey Kisses Carmel Candy
Preamble Candy
M & Ms = Philosophy
Twix = Purpose
3 Musketeers = Course of Study & Organization
Carmel Candy = Program Description, National Standards & Research
Hersey Kisses = Features
NC Guidance Essential Standards
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Proficiency Levels
Strands
Standards
Clarifying Objectives by Proficiency Level
GES Poster by Proficiency Level
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMYCreating
Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing thingsDesigning, constructing, planning, producing, inventing.
Evaluating
Justifying a decision or course of actionChecking, hypothesizing, critiquing, experimenting, judging
Analyzing
Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationshipsComparing, organizing, deconstructing, interrogating, finding
Applying
Using information in another familiar situationImplementing, carrying out, using, executing
Understanding
Explaining ideas or conceptsInterpreting, summarizing, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining
Remembering
Recalling informationRecognizing, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding
Dr. Lorin W. Anderson
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create
name tell list
describe
relate writefind
predict
explain
outline
discuss
restate
translateCompare
solve show
illustrate
complete
examine
useclassify
examine
compare
contrast
investigate
categorize
identifyexplain
choose
decide
recommend
assess
justify rateprioritize
create
invent
compose
plan
construct
designimagine
RBT Verbs
R/E/D E/EE P EI I
Higher Order ThinkingAnalyzing, Evaluating, Creating
• Aligns with GES Proficiency levels
– Early Independent
– Independent
Students must get to higher order thinking to be career and college ready!
Analyzing
Complete a Decision Making Matrix to help you make an important decision
Role Play Construct a graph to illustrate selected information Design a questionnaire to gather information
Breaking information down into its component elements
Evaluating
Activities and Products Write a letter to the editor
Prepare and conduct a debate
Evaluate the character’s actions in the story
Write a persuasive speech arguing for/against…
CreatingActivities and Products Write about your feelings in relation to…
Write a TV show, play, puppet show, or pantomime about…
Design a CD, book, or magazine cover for…
Sell an idea
Diving Deeper Guidance Essential Standards
Understanding the Structure of the Guidance Essential
Standards
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Proficiency Levels
Our Guiding Question?
What do students need to know, understand and be able to do, to ensure their success in the future, whether it is to continue with current
study from grade-to-grade level or post-secondary college or career?
Example: Essential Standard Readiness/Explorator/Discovery:
RED.SE.1 Understand the meaning and importance of personal responsibility.
Clarifying Objective: Understand the importance of self-control and responsibility.
Activity: Your best friend tells a lie about you to several of your friends.
• Describe how this makes you feel.
• Draw a picture showing how this made you feel.
• List three (3) things you can do in this situation to help you control your emotions.
Example: Essential Standard Early Emergent/Emergent:EEE.SE.1 Understand the meaning and importance of
personal responsibility.
Clarifying Objective: Contrast appropriate and inappropriate physical contact.
Activity: A student keeps purposefully bumping into you each time that student sees you. This behavior is now making you uncomfortable.
• List some ways you can approach this student and express how this behavior makes you feel.
• Demonstrate to me what you consider to be your “personal space”.
• Role Play how you can approach and talk with student.
Example: Essential Standard Progressing:P.SE.1 Understand the meaning and importance of
personal responsibility.
Clarifying Objective: Identify how to set boundaries that maintain personal rights while paying attention to the rights of others.
Activity: You have been divided into groups in your class. As a group leader, you made the team assignments, but one member is not joining the group and fulfilling his duties.
• List some approaches you might use to address this student?
• Identify how this student’s actions are affecting others in the group.
• Explain how the student is not demonstrating responsibility to the group?
• Develop an action plan as a group that would help everyone get involved.
Example: Essential Standard Early Independent:
EI.SE.1 Understand the meaning and importance of personal responsibility.
Clarifying Objective: Explain the impact of personal responsibility on others.
Activity: You are with two friends when a third friend asks you to steal an item off the lunch line.
• How would you categorize this behavior (stealing)?
• What function will your personal values play in your decision making about this request?
• Analyze how your decision in this matter could affect your future.
Example: Essential Standard Independent:
I.SE.1 Understand the meaning and importance of personal responsibility.
Clarifying Objective: Understand the importance of self-control and responsibility.
Activity: Your classmate who is the class representative has a reputation for not being hones and not following through on promises. He asked you to chair a committee to examine the school’s discipline code. You are undecided about how to answer because of reputation.
• Explain your decision in terms of personal responsibility and leadership.
• Predict (hypothesize) your classmate’s reaction.
• How would you justify your decision while maintaining a positive relationship with your classmate?
Level Group Activity
• Divide into level groups – elementary, middle, high
• Complete the NCGES worksheet with school counseling and guidance activities you are already doing that meets the objectives in the standard.
Understanding the StandardsBeach Ball Activity
S – choose a strand/standard and read aloud
CO/PL – read aloud a clarifying objective & proficiency level within this standard then state one PL verb for this specific CO
A – describe a counseling activity using the proficiency level verb that might help a student understand this standard and clarifying objective
NC School Counseling Wiki
NCDPI School Counseling WikiSpace
http://schoolcounseling.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
NCDPI School Counseling LiveBinder
Delivery2nd Edition 3rd Edition
80%
Delivery
Direct Student Services
•In-person interactions with students
Indirect Student Services
•Interactions with others
With Students
For Students
Examples of Direct Student Services
Delivery
SC Core Curriculum (NC Guidance
Essential Standards)
Individual Student Planning
Responsive Services
Examples of Indirect Student ServicesDelivery
ReferralsConsultat
ion
Collaboration
Framework for NC School Counseling 3rd Edition
Management
2nd Edition 3rd Edition
Assessments p. 59
Program Assessment/Audit
Assessments p. 63
Use of Time Assessment
AssessmentsManagement
ToolsManagement
Annual Agreement
Advisory Council
Calendars
Curriculum Lesson Plan
School Data Profile
New
School Data Profile Template p. 66
New
Lesson Plan Template
Action Plan Templatesp. 69
Curriculum
Small Group
Closing the Gap
Important Tool for Shared Vision
• Develop preliminary school counseling program based upon data & School Improvement Plan (SIP)
• Meet with Administrator to discuss & finalize goals & plan for the school year
• Goals/Plan should support student achievement, align with SIP and School Counselor evaluation instrument
Annual Agreement/Work Plan
Page 64
Accountability2nd Edition 3rd Edition
Types of DataProcess DataWhat did you do for whom?
Perception Data What do people think they know, believe or can do?
Strategies: goals & objectives
Outcome/Results Data So what? – “Show Me The Money”
How Many affected & process
Competency-Skill Attainment Data Strategies
leading to Skill
development or Behavior
Change
Achievement-Related Data
Achievement Data
Guidance Lessons, groups, parent meetings, etc.Who?What?When?Where?How long?
Attitudes
Skills
Knowledge
AttendanceDiscipline referralsParent InvolvementHomework CompletionCourse EnrollmentFailing courses
EOG/EOCSAT/ACT Graduation ratesGPAAP testsCollege prep and CTE course completionRetention rates
Comprehensive School Counseling Program
AssessmentProces
s Data
•Percentage of time spent in non-counseling duties•Number of individual counseling session/month•Number of mental health team consultations
Perc
eption
Data
•Knowledge gained before compared to after an intervention (pre & post)
•74% of students feel that fighting is wrong
•Every student 9-12 has completed a 4 year graduation plan
Outcome
Data
•Retention rates by grade level•Graduation rates by SES•Graduation rates improved 14% over three years•Expulsion rates by ethnicity•Results data
Impact on Student Achievement
School Counselors: Leaders in School Improvement Planning
D3M (Data-driven Decision Making)
1. Transition – in and out (transition between levels/graduation)
2. Intervention – Attendance/Academic Recovery/Socio-Emotional
3. Academic – course rigor; promotion from grade to grade; and to graduate career & college ready
4. Data – school-wide; data needed by PLCs; school improvement data; assisting others in selecting and using appropriate data
5. Teacher Retention/Recruitment – collaboration and support efforts of the teachers since “high quality teaching yields high performing students”
Evaluation & Improvement
AccountabilitySC Competencies Assessment
(NC Professional School Counseling Standards,
2008)
SC Program Assessment & Analysis
showing Program
Outcomes/Results
SC Performance Appraisal
(NC School Counselor Evaluation Instrument)
Samples on pages 114-116 of ASCA National Model Book
The performance evaluation is based on the 2008NC Professional School Counseling Standards
Standard 1 – School counselors demonstrate leadership, advocacy, and collaboration.
Standard 2 – School counselors promote a respectful environment for a diverse population of students.
Standard 3 – School counselors understand and facilitate the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program.
Standard 4 – School counselors promote learning for all students
Standard 5 – School counselors actively reflect on their practice.
No Standard 6
Performance Appraisal Ratings• Developing – an awareness or some knowledge
• Proficient – demonstrating/doing - implementation of standard …WOOHOO! You are a good counselor… able to do all that you are being asked to do on a routine basis
• Accomplished – mentor other counselors or share components of counseling program within school/district
• Distinguished – “one in a million type of work” - able to share successful strategies, programs you/team developed on a wide-scale basis such as district, state or nationally
*******************************************************************************Not evidenced – professional area to work on developing
Artifacts=Evidence
School Counselor…role ofSchool Leader & Advocate
• Leadership: Stepping up in support of the academic mission; a facilitative leader
• Advocacy: Being a voice for ALL students/equity for each student. Acting with students and on behalf of students
• Collaboration: Creating a responsive system for all students and stakeholders/not done in isolation
Connected Counselors create Systemic Change
Graffiti Write• Return to your group’s chart paper
• Use different colored dots to categorize 21st professional behaviors that align with the components of the ASCA National Model.
Dot Legend• RED Foundation
• GREEN Delivery
• YELLOW Management
• BLUE Accountability
Where are we going?
Where are we going?
Where are we now?
Where are we now?
How do we close the gap?
How do we close the gap?
Where Do I Begin?• Use the ASCA National
Model
• Review and learn the Guidance Essential Standards
• Start implementation planning in curriculum areas where there are natural alignments?
• Review your school’s data
• What are the areas of need indicated by the data? Gaps? Use SIP!
• How do the needs align with the SIP?
Where are we going?
Where are we going?
Where are we now?
Where are we now?
How do we close the gap?
How do we close the gap?
• Review all information with your administrator
• Develop a program to include in the annual agreement
• Analyze Outcome Results Data & Publicize
• Align program to meet SC Evaluation
Program Planning
• Assure other curriculum areas understand the Guidance Essential Standards
• Work with teachers through PLC’s/PLT’s
• Include Direct and Indirect Services to Students
• Align with SIP goals of the school & district
Plan for Implementation of the
Guidance Essential Standards
Useful Websites• School Counseling Wikispace:
www.schoolcounseling.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
• NCDPI School Counseling LiveBinders – link to this site from the wikispace
• NC Falcon: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/falcon/ note the Professional Development tab on the left – formative assessments
• NC Education: RBT video https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/login/index.php
• American School Counselor Association (ASCA) http://www.schoolcounselor.org/
References & Resources• ASCA National Model: Framework for School Counseling (3rd ed.) (2012)., American School
Counselors Association. Alexandria, VA http://p.b5z.net/i/u/10045791/f/PDF/Draft_National_Model_3rd_Ed.pdf
• Dahir, C.A. & Stone, C.B. (2012) The transformed school counselor (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole
• Dimmitt, C., Carey, J.C. & Hatch, T. (2007). Evidence-based school counseling: Making a difference with data-driven practices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
• Ehren, B. EdD, Montgomery, J., PhD, Rudebusch, J., EdD, Whitmire, K., PhD, New Roles in Response to Intervention: Creating Success for Schools and Children, November 2006
• RTI Action Network. Retrieved June3, 2008 http://rtinetwork.org/?gclid=CNati4-J2ZMCFQEQGgodmTvPaA
• Shaprio, E. S. Tiered Instruction and Intervention in a Response-to-Intervention Model. Retrieved June 5, 2008
• http://www.rtinetwork.org/Essential/TieredInstruction/ar/ServiceDelivery/1
• Young, A., & Kaffenberger, C. (2009). Making Data Work. Alexandria, VA: American School Counselors Association
“The digital tools used during the course of this training have been helpful to some educators across the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the training.”