Implementing
Comprehensive
School
Counseling
A Statewide Partnership Model
Barbara Crudale, James Guarino, Arthur Lisi, Kevin Quinn
Rhode Island School Counselor Association
ASCA 2005 Annual Conference
The Rhode Island School Counselor Association
Who We Are
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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
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Strategic Results
We Hope to Achieve
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Every RI student achieves the ASCA
National Standards
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Comprehensive school counseling
programs are implemented in every
public school district in Rhode Island
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Partnerships Are The Key
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We cannot do it
alone
It requires
government,
education, industry
and the school
community working
in collaboration with
professional school
counselors
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RISCA Partnerships
RI
Public School
Districts
RI PostSecondary
Schools
Statewide
Professional
Associations
Rhode Island
State
Government
36 K-12
Districts
in Rhode Island
Providence
College
Superintendents
Dept of El. & Sec.
Ed/Regents
Rhode Island
College
New England
Institute of
Technology
Principals
Social Workers
School
Psychologists
Consumer Science
Teachers
Human Services
Agencies
Unions
Department of
Higher Ed/
Governors
Regional
Partnerships
STC Offices
Dept of Labor
Dept of Health
General Assembly
National Partnerships: ASCA, The Education Trust, The College Board,
Center for School Counseling Outcome Research/UMass
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Post-Secondary
Educational Institutions
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Providence College School
Counseling Project
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Rhode Island Association of
Admissions Officers
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New England Institute of
Technology
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Professional Associations
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There are many professional associations that
help define and implement the State’s framework
for school counseling:
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Superintendents
— Principals
— Social Workers
— School Psychologists
— Human Services Agencies
— Unions
— Consumer Scientists
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State Government
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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
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National Partnerships
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American School Counselor Association
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The Education Trust—Transforming
School Counseling Initiative
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The College Board
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Center for School Counseling Outcome
Research/UMass-Amherst
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Partnership Toolkit
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The Partnership Toolkit will help you
identify key partners and how they
can help you promote and save school
counseling
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It will help you organize critical
information you need to plan for
developing and enhancing
partnerships in support of your
counseling program
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Tool #1
Howdy Partner!
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This tool helps you identify your
partners and how they can help you
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It gathers this information:
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Name of Partner
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What They Can Contribute
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Expected Results from the Partnership
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Partner Contact Information
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Tool #2
Build a Bridge
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This tool helps you establish a
collaborative working environment
It gathers this information:
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Name of Partner
Partner’s Informational Needs
How Information is Communicated
Shared Results Statements (Goals)
Implementation Strategies
Indicators of Success
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Tool #3
Develop a Plan
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A results statement (goal) specifies an
observable and measurable outcome
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An action plan is developed for each results
statement
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Three data gathering templates:
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3A—Results Statement Planning Tool
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3B—Action Step Planning Tool
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3C—Plan Summary Tool
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Tool #3A
Results Statements Tool
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This tool organizes information about
results statements:
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Results Statement
Action Step
Begin & End Dates
Owner
Cost
Funding Source
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Tool #3B
Action Step Planning Tool
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This tool offers the
opportunity to take one
action step from Tool #3A
and write the steps needed
to achieve the result
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Tool #3C
Plan Summary Tool
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This tool organizes your results
statements into a plan summary:
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Results Statement
Action Steps
Begin & End Dates
Indicators
Owner
Cost
Funding Source
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RISCA Is
Leading the Way
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Our expected results are that every RI
school district will:
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Incorporate school counseling into its
strategic and annual planning processes,
with significant input from counseling staff
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Define and document its essential counseling
program
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Implement a school counseling data
management system
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Build the capacity for transforming school
counseling
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The Toolkit Approach
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RISCA uses a Toolkit Approach to achieve its
expected results
Toolkits provide a) structured processes,
b) step-by-step instructions, and c) easy-touse tools
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Toolkits make the partnering process easier
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Three Counseling Program Toolkits currently
in use are powered by partnerships between
RISCA, CSCOR, RI Dept of Education, RI
Department of Labor, Providence College, RI
Principals’ Association and experts in school
counseling
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RISCA Toolkit Approach
Toolkit #1
Toolkit #2
Toolkit #3
Strategic
& Annual
Planning
Essential
Counseling
Program
School
Counseling Data
Management
Program Audit
Framework
for School
Counseling
(Essential
Counseling
Program Defined
& Documented)
Data on Impact
of School
Counseling
3-Year
Strategic Plan
Implementation
Plan for Each
School Year
School
Counseling
Report Cards
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Remember—
Partnerships Are The Key
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We cannot do it
alone
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Partnerships help
us achieve our
expected results
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We must be proactive in finding
partners to help
support the future
of school counseling
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Tool #4
Personal Action Plan
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As school counselors, we are accountable
for our own transformation
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This tool helps you document the steps
you will initiate when you return to work
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What do you need to do?
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What results do you expect to achieve?
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Who do you need to assist you?
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By when do you expect to complete each
step?
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Contact Information
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Barbara Crudale, South Kingstown (RI)
Public Schools
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Jim Guarino, Westerly (RI) Public Schools
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jeguar@hotmail.com
Arthur Lisi, Coventry (RI) Public Schools
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bjcrudale@cox.net
alisi7@cox.net
Kevin Quinn, South Kingstown (RI) Public
Schools
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kevindquinn@verizon.net
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How to Get the
RISCA Toolkits
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The RISCA Toolkits are available on the
RISCA Website:
www.rischoolcounselor.org
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For more information, contact:
Belinda Wilkerson
Counselor-in-Residence at Providence College
Office of Graduate Studies
Providence College, Harkins 209
549 River Avenue
Providence, RI 02918
Phone: 401-865-2789
Email: bwilkers@providence.edu
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