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School Counseling & PBIS. Bethel School District Oregon State PBIS Conference March 11, 2008. Acknowledgements. Bethel School District: Carl Cole, Ginger Kowalko, Tim Keeley
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School Counseling & PBIS Bethel School District Oregon State PBIS Conference March 11, 2008
Acknowledgements • Bethel School District: Carl Cole, Ginger Kowalko, Tim Keeley • Bethel School Counselors (K-8): Brigid Drobac, Terry Foytek, Sharon Jacobson, Jon Kline, Margaret Lathrop, Sonja Maul, Marilyn Perry, John Pinney, Carrie Tilson, Mark Wolfe
Purpose of Today’s Session • Understand how PBIS & Developmental Counseling Programs work together • Present information on the Elementary School Counseling Grant • Provide information on Counseling & PBIS in two Bethel Schools • Share outcomes from the Elementary School Counseling Grant in Bethel
Responsibility of aProfessional School Counselor “Implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes and enhances student achievement” American School Counselor Association
Comprehensive School Counseling Programs • School Guidance Curriculum • Responsive Services • System Support
National & State Counseling Standards Student Developmental Domains: Learning to Learn, Learning to Work, Learning to Live, Learning to Contribute Content Framework: Guidance Curriculum, Individual Planning, Responsive Services, System Support & Integration, Student Advocacy
School Counselors & PBS • Systems approach for the entire school • Team approach to working with students • Looking at “whole child” • Specific plans for school-wide, classroom, non-classroom and individual students
Counseling Programs Individual Counseling, Individual Behavior Plans, “Wraparound” Services 1-5% Individual Student Interventions 5-15% Targeted Group Interventions Counseling Groups, Check In Check Out, Social Skills, Lunch Buddies, Recess Club, etc. 80-85% School-wide Interventions School-wide Programs Classroom Guidance
Elementary School Counseling Grant “Enhancement of Elementary School Counseling in the Context of an Integrated Academic & Behavioral Services Network” Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools Bethel School District 2005-2008
Grant Goals • Increase the ratio of elementary counselors to students • Decrease discipline referrals school-wide • Decrease discipline referrals in students receiving counseling services • Increase District & State Reading scores • Increase the role of the school counselor in PBS
Fairfield Elementary School Counseling Program
Fairfield Demographics • Grades K-5 • 350 Students, Staff • 75% of Students are on Free/Reduced Lunch • Ethnicity: White-62%;Hispanic-29%;Native American-4%; African American-3%;Asian/Pac. Islander-.5%; Decline-1.5%
Green Zone Interventions • Recess Interventions • Behavior Log to Monitor Patterns-Entered into SWIS and analyzed at IPBS Meetings • Recess Remedy and Classroom Only Recess Card • Classroom Guidance Lessons
Yellow Zone Interventions • Check in Check Out • Point Card System Leading to Fade Out • HUG (Hello, Update, Goodbye)for Attendance/At-Risk Students • Earned Friendship Group • Student-Parent Notification of Minor Behavior Incidents
Red Zone Interventions • Simple Recess Level System with Accountability (Used for Green-Yellow-Red Zone Students • BSP Intervention- The Traveling Thumbs Up Card
Prairie Mountain School Counseling Program
Prairie Mountain Demographics • Grades K-8 • 797 Students, Staff • 51% of Students are on Free/Reduced Lunch • Ethnicity: White-71%;Hispanic-18%;Native American-2%; African American-2%;Asian/Pac. Islander-4%; Decline-3%
Goal 1: Increase Counselor: Student ratio • Prior to the Grant, Bethel had 4.4 Counselor FTE; Grant provided funds to increase the Counselor FTE to 10
Goal 3: Decrease Discipline Referrals in Students Receiving Counseling Services (Counseling Groups, Check In Check Out)
Goal 4: Increase District & State Reading Scores in Students receiving counseling services
Goal 5: Increase the role of the Counselor in PBS • All Counselors are on the School-wide PBS Team • Many Counselors are Team Facilitators • All involved in Universal, Targeted and Individual Student Systems • Average time involved in PBS has increased through the time of the grant: • 2005-06: 25 hrs per month • 2006-07: 37 hrs per month • 2007-08: (Preliminary reports: 44 hrs per month)
Anecdotal Data • Principals and Staff comments • Parent comments • Counseling Program Future in Bethel
Questions??? Contact Information: Sharon Jacobson, Counselor, Fairfield Elementary sjacobso@bethel.k12.or.us Carrie Tilson, Counselor, Prairie Mountain School ctilson@bethel.k12.or.us Celeste Rossetto Dickey, University of Oregon cdickey@uoregon.edu