School Counselor Evaluation Task Force
February 23, 2011
Standards 101
• Convey a unified vision of the big ideas and
supporting concepts within a discipline
• Are the widely recognized criterion used as
a basis for judgment of performance or
practice
• Foundation for Practice –
Knowledge/Skills/Dispositions
West Virginia Professional
School Counselor Standards
Provide:
• A common language that describes what a
counselor needs to know and be able to
do
• A basis for West Virginia higher education
school counselor preparation programs
• A foundation for a school counselor
evaluation system
• Guide for professional development
West Virginia Professional
School Counselor Standards
Provide:
• an expanded vision of the integral nature of
the school counselor within the school and the
community;
• the parameters for the essential knowledge,
skills and dispositions that WV school
counselors are to possess,
• a discussion document that communicates the
essential functions of the school counselor ;
• the framework for a school counselor
performance assessment (evaluation system);
and
• a road map for continuous improvement.
State Model/
School
Counseling
Task Force
Formed
Creation of
School
Counselor
Standards
Draft
Standards for
National
Review
Preparations
for Policy
5100
Standards on
Public
Comment
Policy 5100
Approved by
State Board
Desegregated other Standards…
• American School Counselor Association
(ASCA)
• Utah, Texas, Missouri, New York,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Kansas School
Counseling Standards
• Charlotte Danielson
• CACREP (Council for Accreditation of
Counseling and Related Educational
Programs)
• National Technology Standards (ISTE)
• WV Educator and Leadership Standards
Pedigree of West Virginia
Professional Counselor Standards
• Developed by
• West Virginia school counselors
• Key stake holders (principals, central office
leaders, RESA, WVBE, and WVDE)
• Reviewed by National Experts (Dr. Pat
Henderson and others)
• Made ready for WVBE Policy 5100 in
conjunction with
• Individuals from the Office of Professional
Preparation
A Picture of the WV Professional
School Counselor Standards
 Standard 1:
Program Planning, Design and
Management
 Standard 2:
Program Delivery
 Standard 3:
Data Driven Accountability and
Program Evaluation
 Standard 4:
Leadership and Advocacy
 Standard 5:
Professional Growth and
Responsibilities
Architecture of West Virginia
Professional Counselor Standards
• Standard – Broad statements/constructs
• Function – Describes the important
functional or procedural parts of the
standard
• Indicator – Further delineate the functions
into observable measures
Architecture of West Virginia
Professional Counselor Standards
• Indicator Rubrics – Performance
descriptions of the indicator statement
• Levels of Performance
• Distinguished
• Accomplished
• Emerging
• Unsatisfactory
Sample Rubric
New School Counseling Evaluation System
Partnering with Edvantia
Timeline
January 2011
Convene Evaluation Task Force
Feb. – April 2011
Define Critical Elements and Measures
April – September 2011
Design Evaluation Process and Tools
Jan. – June 2012
Field Test and Further Refine
2011 – 2012 School Year
Pilot in SIG schools/demonstration sites
2012-13 School Year
Full Implementation
Policy 2315 Revisions
Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and
Counseling
January 2011
Convene Policy 2315 Revisions Task Force
Spring – Fall 2011
Work with task force to develop revision
recommendations
Winter 2011
Present Policy 2315 revision recommendations to State
Board
School Counseling Program
DEMONSTRATION SITES
Create ‘Model Programs’ to operationalize standards
Jan. – April 2011 (Development)
Develop Training Modules
Spring 2011
Identify schools to serve as demonstration sites
Spring – Fall 2011 (Training)
Train school teams to fully align programs with
standards
Fall 2011 – June 2012 (Align Practice)
Implement aligned processes and protocols
WVDE supports early implementation
Field Test evaluation system (Jan. – June 2012)
Barbara Ashcraft
School Counseling Coordinator
Office of School Improvement
bashcraft@access.k12.wv.us
304-558-3319
WV Department of Education