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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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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