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PRINCIPLES AND BOUNDARIES: Developing a new counselling standard

PRINCIPLES AND BOUNDARIES: Developing a new counselling standard. Workshop discussion document Botswana SAACDHE Conference: September 2009 Presenters: R Connelly & D de la Harpe. Outline. Introduction Role clarification & workshop outcomes Group introductions

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PRINCIPLES AND BOUNDARIES: Developing a new counselling standard

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  1. PRINCIPLES AND BOUNDARIES: Developing a new counselling standard • Workshop discussion document • Botswana • SAACDHE Conference: September 2009 • Presenters: R Connelly & D de la Harpe

  2. Outline • Introduction • Role clarification & workshop outcomes • Group introductions • Group discussion: existing institutional context • Presentation: theoretical framework • Group discussion: new strategies / models for building faculty partnerships * Revisiting support networks • Evaluation

  3. Introduction INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE: Admission & Retention COUNSELLING CHALLENGE: The potential to become involved is too often constrained by…

  4. Partnerships RETENTION

  5. Why are these collaborative relationships important? BENEFITS FOR FACULTY: attracting and retaining the most able and highly committed students to their programs. BENEFITS FOR COUNSELLORS: Collaboration provides avenues for our services to be more deeply embedded in the academic culture

  6. Roles & Outcomes • Roles • Interactive: Facilitative / consultative / participatory vs prescriptive / teaching • Outcomes • Provide a workspace for counselling staff to reflect on and plan for new strategies in engaging with academic staff. • To facilitate an exchange and cross-pollination of ideas to empower and equip.

  7. Who are we? • INTRODUCE YOUR GROUP • Institution name? • How many counsellors do you have (overall)? • How many faculties have you got (overall)?

  8. Group discussion: existing institutional context PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS • Describe inhibiting factors • STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS • Describe existing partnerships • How were these formed • With whom? • How are they maintained? • What works well (strategies) • What hasn’t worked / challenges

  9. Theoretical framework

  10. NMMU example: evolving strategy

  11. Summary of referral process Faculty Referrals Warned Excluded LEC assessment Individual feedback / mgmt plan Recommendation to faculty (Excl) Follow up monitoring sessions / ROADMAP KEYS / Qualitative assessment informed by tracking retention / progress

  12. Broadening of the referral process Faculty Bursary holders Referrals (GM / Financial Aid) Warned Excluded Developmental reactive / remedial / preventative … proactive LEC assessment Challenges

  13. Broadening of the referral process Faculty Bursary holders Referrals (GM / Financial Aid) Early Identification Warned Excluded Developmental proactive reactive / remedial / preventative … proactive LEC assessment Challenges

  14. Broadening of the referral process Faculty Bursary holders Referrals (GM / Financial Aid) Early Identification Warned Excluded Developmental proactive reactive / remedial / preventative … proactive

  15. Description of specific sampleTracking career paths

  16. Expanding support network: an NMMU example

  17. The way forward

  18. Group discussion: the way forward • Strategies • Building / implementing partnerships with academic stakeholders

  19. THANK YOU!

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