School Counselors as Leaders and Advocates:
Implementing the NC Guidance Essential
Standards using the ASCA National Model
Linda Brannan
K-12 Student Support Services Consultant
NCDPI Curriculum & Instruction Division
Career & College Ready Institute for School Counselors
McKimmon 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 Focus
Foundation
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 Counselors
NC 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
The Purpose of Standards:
To define and communicate the
knowledge and skills a student must
master to be globally competitive.
State Board of Education Goal:
NC public schools will produce globally
competitive students.
Mission
Good News!
2011-2012 Graduation Rate
• Highest graduation rate ever in NC
• 80.2 % = 89,126 students
Still Leaves…
21,975
What is
the role of
the SC?
DuFour ?
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)
Framework for Change lead
to Retooling NC Public
Education System
–
–
–
–
Information and Technology*
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
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
Review of Implementing
New Standards:
The Big Picture
How I teach
this standard
Differentiation
Standard
How this
standard is
assessed:
formative
benchmark
summative
Framework?
Connections
How this
standard is
reflected in
student
behavior/work
Reflection
1. Login into your penzu.com account, use
MSWord or “ole fashion paper/pen”
Answer the following questions & share
1. I think some of the benefits of implementing the
NC Guidance Essential Standards
are:_____________________
2. My major concerns about implementing the
Guidance Essential Standards are: ________
Program Focus: Student Competencies
NC Guidance Essential Standards
Alignment with National Standards for Students
“Identify and prioritize the
specific attitudes, knowledge
and skills students should be
able to demonstrate as a result
of the school counseling
program”
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”
ASCA National Model, 3rd Edition
GES Preamble, 2011
ASCA Student Competencies
Both are Student Centered
Organizational Alignment with
ASCA National Standards for Students
ASCA National Model
NC Guidance Essential Standards
Domains: Personal/Social, Academic & Strands: Socio-Emotional, Cognitive &
Career
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
NC K-12 Guidance Essential
Standards for Students
• Personal-Social
• Socio-Emotional
• Academic
• Cognitive
• Career
• 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
GES Poster by Proficiency Level
Proficiency
Levels
Strands
Revised
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Standards
Clarifying
Objectives by
Proficiency
Level
Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy
REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
Creating
Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things
Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing.
Evaluating
Justifying a decision or course of action
Checking, hypothesizing, critiquing, experimenting, judging
Analyzing
Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships
Comparing, organizing, deconstructing, interrogating, finding
Applying
Using information in another familiar situation
Implementing, carrying out, using, executing
Understanding
Explaining ideas or concepts
Interpreting, summarizing, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining
Remembering
Recalling information
Recognizing, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding
Dr. Lorin W. Anderson
RBT Verbs
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
R/E/D
E/EE
P
EI
Evaluate
Create
I
name tell list
predict
solve show
examine
choose
create
describe
explain
illustrate
compare
decide
invent
relate write
outline
complete
contrast
recommend
compose
discuss
examine
investigate
assess
plan
restate
use
categorize
justify rate
construct
find
translate
Compare
classify
identify
explain
prioritize
design
imagine
Higher Order Thinking
Analyzing, 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…
Creating
Activities 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
Proficiency
Levels
Revised
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Our Guiding Question?
What do students need to
and
, to ensure their success in the
future, whether it is to continue with current
study from grade-to-grade level or postsecondary 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 Standards
Beach 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
Delivery
2nd Edition
3rd Edition
Delivery
Direct
Student
Services
• In-person
interactions
with
With Students
students
Indirect
Student
Services
• Interactions with
For Students
others
Examples of Direct Student Services
Delivery
SC Core Curriculum
(NC Guidance
Essential
Standards)
Individual Student
Planning
Responsive
Services
Examples of Indirect Student Services
Delivery
Referrals
Consultation
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
Assessments
Management
Tools
Management
Annual
Agreement
Advisory
Council
Curriculum
Lesson Plan
Calendars
School Data
Profile
New
School Data Profile Template
p. 66
New
Lesson Plan
Template
Action Plan Templates
p. 69
Curriculum
Small
Group
Closing
the Gap
Annual
Agreement/
Work Plan
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
Page 64
Accountability
2nd Edition
3rd Edition
Types of Data
Process Data Perception Data
What did you do
for whom?
How Many
affected &
process
Guidance
Lessons,
groups,
parent
meetings,
etc.
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
How long?
What do people think
they know, believe or
can do?
CompetencySkill Attainment
Data
Attitudes
Skills
Knowledge
Strategies:
goals &
objectives
Outcome/Results Data
So what? – “Show Me The Money”
Achievement
-Related
Data
Strategies
leading to Attendance
Skill
Discipline
development
referrals
or Behavior Parent
Change
Involvement
Homework
Completion
Course
Enrollment
Failing
courses
Achievement
Data
EOG/EOC
SAT/ACT
Graduation
rates
GPA
AP tests
College prep
and CTE
course
completion
Retention rates
• Knowledge
gained before
compared to after
an intervention
(pre & post)
• 74% of students
feel that fighting is
wrong
• Every student 912 has completed
a 4 year
graduation plan
Outcome Data
• Percentage of
time spent in noncounseling duties
• Number of
individual
counseling
session/month
• Number of mental
health team
consultations
Perception Data
Process Data
Comprehensive School Counseling
Program Assessment
Impact on Student Achievement
• Retention rates by
grade level
• Graduation rates
by SES
• Graduation rates
improved 14%
over three years
• Expulsion rates
by ethnicity
• Results data
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
Accountability
SC Program
Assessment & Analysis
showing
Program
Outcomes/Results
SC Competencies
Assessment
(NC Professional
School Counseling
Standards, 2008)
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 2008
NC 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
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Not evidenced – professional area to work on developing
Artifacts=Evidence
School Counselor…role of
School 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 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?
How do
we close
the gap?
• 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
now?
Where
are we
going?
• 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
How do
we close
the gap?
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
Where
are we
now?
Plan for
Implementation of the
Guidance Essential
Standards
Questions?
Linda Brannan linda.brannan@dpi.nc.gov
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=CNati4J2ZMCFQEQGgodmTvPaA
•
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
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