A Statewide Partnership Model
Barbara Crudale, James Guarino, Arthur Lisi, Kevin QuinnRhode Island School Counselor Association
ASCA 2005 Annual Conference
Implementing Comprehensive
School Counseling
2
The Rhode Island School Counselor Association
Who We Are
RISCA was established in 1999 Current membership is 50% of all school
counselors in Rhode Island RISCA represents 90% of the school
districts in the Rhode Island RISCA is critical to the success of State
partnerships that support school counseling
3
Strategic ResultsWe Hope to Achieve
Every RI student achieves the ASCA National Standards
Comprehensive school counseling programs are implemented in every public school district in Rhode Island
4
Partnerships Are The Key
We cannot do it alone
It requires government, education, industry and the school community working in collaboration with professional school counselors
5
RISCA Partnerships
36 K-12 Districts
in Rhode Island
RIPublic School
Districts
Providence College
Rhode Island College
New England Institute of Technology
RI Post-Secondary
Schools
Superintendents
Principals
Social Workers
School Psychologists
Consumer Science Teachers
Human Services Agencies
Unions
Statewide Professional Associations
Dept of El. & Sec. Ed/Regents
Department of Higher Ed/ Governors
Regional Partnerships
STC Offices
Dept of Labor
Dept of Health
General Assembly
Rhode IslandState
Government
National Partnerships: ASCA, The Education Trust, The College Board, Center for School Counseling Outcome Research/UMass
6
Post-SecondaryEducational Institutions
Providence College School Counseling Project
Rhode Island Association of Admissions Officers
New England Institute of Technology
7
Professional Associations
There are many professional associations that help define and implement the State’s framework for school counseling:
― Superintendents— Principals — Social Workers— School Psychologists— Human Services Agencies— Unions— Consumer Scientists
8
State Government
Government agencies that impact the design and implementation of the State’s framework for school counseling include:
— Department of Elementary & Secondary Education / Board of Regents
— Department of Higher Education / Board of Governors
— Department of Labor— General Assembly— Southern Rhode Island Collaborative— Department of Health
9
National Partnerships
American School Counselor Association
The Education Trust—Transforming School Counseling Initiative
The College Board
Center for School Counseling Outcome Research/UMass-Amherst
10
Partnership Toolkit
The Partnership Toolkit will help you identify key partners and how they can help you promote and save school counseling
It will help you organize critical information you need to plan for developing and enhancing partnerships in support of your counseling program
11
Tool #1
Howdy Partner!
This tool helps you identify your partners and how they can help you
It gathers this information:― Name of Partner
― What They Can Contribute
― Expected Results from the Partnership
― Partner Contact Information
12
Tool #2
Build a Bridge
This tool helps you establish a collaborative working environment
It gathers this information:― Name of Partner― Partner’s Informational Needs― How Information is Communicated― Shared Results Statements (Goals)― Implementation Strategies― Indicators of Success
13
Tool #3
Develop a Plan
A results statement (goal) specifies an observable and measurable outcome
An action plan is developed for each results statement
Three data gathering templates:
― 3A—Results Statement Planning Tool
― 3B—Action Step Planning Tool
― 3C—Plan Summary Tool
14
Tool #3A
Results Statements Tool
This tool organizes information about results statements:― Results Statement― Action Step― Begin & End Dates― Owner― Cost― Funding Source
15
Tool #3B
Action Step Planning Tool
This tool offers the opportunity to take one action step from Tool #3A and write the steps needed to achieve the result
16
Tool #3C
Plan Summary Tool
This tool organizes your results statements into a plan summary:― Results Statement― Action Steps― Begin & End Dates― Indicators― Owner― Cost― Funding Source
17
RISCA Is Leading the Way
Our expected results are that every RI school district will:― Incorporate school counseling into its
strategic and annual planning processes, with significant input from counseling staff
― Define and document its essential counseling program
― Implement a school counseling data management system
― Build the capacity for transforming school counseling
18
Remember—Partnerships Are The
Key We cannot do it
alone
Partnerships help us achieve our expected results
We must be pro-active in finding partners to help support the future of school counseling