Continuing the Journey:
Transforming School Counseling
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ONE YEAR OUT STUDY
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We have an Ethical Obligation
• Must serve every student
• Special attention paid to historically underserved
populations
• Advocates for and affirms diverse populations
• Ensure equity…through use of data to close
achievement and opportunity gaps
• Protects against anything not in the student’s best
interest
• Informs…anything potentially disruptive to school’s
mission
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What Does This Mean?
Situations that were not ethical
dilemmas before are ones now.
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Equality
Equity
“The Highest Equality is Equity”
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Equity or Equality?
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Equity Gaps Based On:
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Race
Class
Gender
Sexual Orientation
Religion
Culture
Ability/Disability
Age
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• Nationality
• Other Areas Unique to
Educations
– Tracking
– Athletes
– Clubs
– ?? (School counselors
know where the gaps
are)
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Equity Gaps: Comission
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School clubs
After-school programs
Athletic study tables
Gifted/Talented programs
Access to challenging courses
Access to support services
Access to resources
Distribution of teacher talent
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Equity Gaps: Omission
• Lack of just-in-time student support
• Not having early warning system for
students
• Not paying particular attention to students
who have historically be underserved by
the education system
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HOW MIGHT SCHOOL COUNSELORS
CONTRIBUTE TO THE EQUITY GAP?
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School A: Latino/a CCR Course Sequence Access & Success
Disaggregated by School Counselor
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School B: CCR Course Sequence Enrollment
Disaggregated by School Counselor
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We have a Moral Imperative
• Kids have no choice over the color of their
skin, their language or family income
• We either help or harm, this is no neutral
• Our responsibility to shed light and heat of
equity and opportunity gaps
– Include both gaps of commission and
omission
• Educators misinterpret incompetence for
insubordination
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So What is the School Counselor’s Role?
Step 1: Understand It
Step 2: Support It
Step 3: Act on It
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Understand It
• Are aligned with college and work expectations;
• Are clear, understandable, and consistent;
• Include rigorous content and application of knowledge
through higher-order skills;
• Build upon strengths and lessons of current state
standards;
• Are informed by other top-performing countries so
that all students are prepared to succeed in our global
economy and society; and
• Are evidence based.
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Support It
• Think across grade levels;
• Develop comprehensive school counseling plans;
• Provide focused professional support to teachers and academic
supports to students;
• Work in alignment with American School Counselor Association
(ASCA) national standards for professional school counseling;
• Create standards-based college- and career-focused lessons; and
• Design clearer processes for course sequencing and credit
articulation.
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Adovcate for and Act on It
Content:
• Literacy Instruction
• Mathematics Instruction
• Instructional Time
• Instructional Practices
• Professional Learning
• Assessment
• Technology Integration
• Culture
How?
• Become familiar with school
data
• Disaggregate data by subgroups
• Present inservice presentations
• Join committees/leadership
teams
YOU ARE THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS
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ithin every child is a dream,
Filled with the hope of happiness and
The bright promise of success.
We are the guardians of dreams.
We must garner the power of education, family, community;
Yea, of all creation if we must,
So that not one dream fades into darkness.
PLH
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Resources
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Peggy Hines:
Questions? Contact:
phines@edtrust.org
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