The Massachusetts Model
for Comprehensive
School Counseling “MA
Model” 101
College and Career Readiness Webinar Series
June 9, 2015
College and Career Readiness
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
MA Definition of College and Career
Readiness
 The Boards of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)
and the Higher Education (BHE) voted to adopt a common
definition of “college and career readiness” in February and
March 2013.
 These end goals are based on students acquiring
knowledge, skills and experiences in three domains:
Learning (academic), Workplace Readiness, and Qualities
and Strategies (personal/social) with the ultimate goal in
each domain being competency attainment.
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College and career readiness means an individual has the requisite knowledge, skills
and experiences in the academic, workplace readiness, and personal/social domains to
successfully navigate to completion an economically viable career pathway in a 21st
century economy.
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
MA Model 101
Kate Salas, Ed.D
MA Model 101
Why implement the MA Model?
What is the MA Model?
How to implement
Resources, lots of resources!
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Why Implement the MA Model?
What do school counselors do?
How are students different as a
result of what school counselors do?
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Why?
Tier 4
Refer out
Tier 4
Refer out
Tier 3 Intensive
Interventions
Tier 3 Intensive
interventions
Tier 2 (Individuals,
Groups)
Tier 2 Individuals,
Groups
Tier 1 Classroom
Lessons
Tier 1 Classroom Lessons
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What is the MA Model?
A systematic approach to developing and
implementing a comprehensive school counseling
program.
Counselors will ensure students acquire knowledge
and skills in the three domains
Academic/Technical Achievement
Workplace Readiness/Career Planning
Personal and Social Development
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Program Foundation
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Program Foundation
Student Competencies
MA Career Development Benchmarks
Professional Competencies
School Counselor Indicators for Educator
Evaluation
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Skills for Success
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Management System
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Use of Time
Guidance
Curriculum
Responsive
Services
Individual
Planning
System
Support
High School
15%-25%
25%-35%
25%-35%
10%15%
Middle/Jr.
High
25%-35%
30%-40%
15%-25%
10%15%
Elementary
35%-45%
30%-40%
5%-10%
10%15%
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Delivery System
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Responsive Services
Individual/Small Group
Consultation
Outside referrals
Crisis counseling
Safety/Crisis response teams
Student assistant teams
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Individual Planning
Academic check-ins
Individual/Small group counseling (goal setting)
Individual/Small group appraisal
Student monitoring
Consultation
Referral/placement
Individual Learning Plans
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Comprehensive SC Program
• Public Speaking
• Organization
• Group Skills
• 4x per year
• Weekly as
needed
• Exec Functioning
• Decision Making
• College/Career
7th Grade
Curriculum
8th Grade
Curriculum
Individual
Check Ins
Kid Day
Meetings
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Facilitate and
follow-up
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21st Century Skills Class
Taught by school counselors
2 classes per cycle (on the related arts
rotation)
60 class periods per year
Counselors loop with their students for 7th
and 8th grade
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What students say…
• “Sometimes I walk into class bored and unhappy but I
always leave happy and inspired”
• “You never know what to expect in 21st class but you
know it will be fun”
• “All of the teachers in this school hate me except you”
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Marilyn Belmonte (parents)
Disability Awareness
Social Skills
Individual check-ins
Bullying
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Substance Abuse continued
Individual check-ins
Cognitive Flexibility
April
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Career Exploration
May
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Initiative/Problem Solving
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Sex education
Employment skills
Transition to HS
Career/College Exploration
comprehensive project
Transition to high school
Course selection
Progress report check-ins
Initiation
Self-regulation
Executive functioning wrap-up
March
June
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Team work/Setting goals (Miracle)
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Progress reports
distributed March 11
-Marilyn Belmonte –
parent speaker, Drug
& Alcohol
Progress reports
distributed
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School trains us to be consumers of story but
not how to create story.
~Garr Reynolds
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Resources
Live TWITTER chats
#SCCROWD last Tuesday of
the month at 8:30pm
PPS School
Counselors
Twitter
#sccrowd
#scchat
Facebook
PD
Caught in the Middle
School Counselors
SC
Tech
Teacher
Diigo
HS Counselors
Network
#SCCHAT first Tuesday of
the month at 8:00pm
SC Central
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Diigo
Web based social bookmarking site
Colleagues can add to it
Accessible from any computer
Have to have a Gmail acct to access
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Diigo
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Facebook (its not all bad)
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Facebook for SC
“Like” these pages
School Counselor Central
Caught in the Middle School Counselors
High School Counselors’ Network
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Before Safe Share
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http://safeshare.tv
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After Safe Share
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Accountability
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Don’t work harder than the kids
http://www.gradecam.com
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Forms
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Student Scan
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Summary
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Kahoot!
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If you could change one thing about your
job, what would it be?
http://padlet.com/kate_salas/ASCA
Add your thoughts to the wall
Refresh the page to see more responses
Padlet is a great activator as students are entering
the class
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Padlet
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Google Forms
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Responses
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Tech Tools
Padlet: virtual wall that students can add thoughts
to http://padlet.com/my/padlets
Grade Cam: quick way to assess students by
scanning forms http://gradecam.com
Kahoot: game based classroom responses using
devices https://getakahoot.com
SCOPE: School Counselors Online Professional
Exchange http://scope4scs.org/
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Thank you!
Email:
Kate: drkatesalas@gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter @21stcenturykate
For more information on the MA Model
www.masca.org
MA Model Introductory Institute June 30th-July 1st at Dean
College
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