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Mueller Charter School. School Counseling Program: Classroom Guidance Results Nathan Locke Marcela Munoz . What did we do?. Presented in all four 5 th grade classes (120 students) Guidance curriculum was a two day presentation during November and December of 2007

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  1. Mueller Charter School School Counseling Program: Classroom Guidance Results Nathan Locke Marcela Munoz

  2. What did we do? Presented in all four 5th grade classes (120 students) Guidance curriculum was a two day presentation during November and December of 2007 Met with 5th grade teachers to coordinate lesson.

  3. Guidance Curriculum Topics • Developing a positive body image • Influence of peers and media • Recognizing negative and positive messages • Identifying positive characteristics in themselves • Learn strategies to deal with verbal bullying in school.

  4. National StandardPersonal / Social A Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect themselves and others

  5. Student Competency A1.1 - Develop attitudes toward self as a unique and worthy person. A1.4 – Understand change as a part of growth. A1.10 – Identify personal strengths and assets. A2.3 – Recognize, accept, respect, and appreciate individual differences.

  6. Goals of the Lesson Two of the goals of this lesson were: To increase students’ acceptance of their body. Acquire positive strategies to manage conflict.

  7. 47% - Students being teased because of the way they look 49% - Students who do not feel comfortable with their bodies Why are we teaching this?

  8. Research tells us… • “Students who are teased about their body can become isolated from friends and school and become vulnerable to risky behaviors.” (CHKS,2007) • According to the Search Institute (2008), the more assets a student has, the less likely they will engage in risky behaviors. Three of the assets we are building on are: • Personal conflict resolution skills • A positive self-image • Interpersonal Competence

  9. Research tells us… • Achievement Related Data: Research tells us a poor conflict resolution skills can lead to an increase in behavior referrals. • Achievement Data: Which in turn may lead to higher school drop out of rates.

  10. What do they BELIEVE? Pre 59% Disagreed or Strongly Disagreed with the statement Post 77% Disagreed or Strongly Disagree with the statement “I believe real beauty should be measured by the shape of models and actors in magazines and on television.”

  11. Belief Question: “I believe real beauty should be measured by the shape of models and actors in magazines and on television.”

  12. What do they BELIEVE? Pre 35% of students strongly agreed Post 52% of students strongly agreed “ I feel comfortable with the shape of my body”

  13. “I feel comfortable with my body”

  14. 49% identified proper strategies 85% identified proper strategies Skills Question Students were given a conflict case scenario and then asked to identify one correct strategy to deal with the situation. Post Pre

  15. Students who can identify anti-bullying strategies • This is a 73% increase!

  16. Results: Behavior Referral Rates This is a decrease of 47% !

  17. Implications / Limitations • Using developmentally appropriate visuals. • Having the lesson over two consecutive days. • Pre-Post test contained idioms that students may not have understood and could not be translated. • Students showed that they already knew some of the definitions that we spent time during the lesson re-teaching.

  18. Recommendations • Align the objectives and activities of the lesson to grade level standards. • Give pre-post test to a sample group before administering to the class. • Consider a school wide individual differences celebration. • Consider a school wide conflict resolution program.

  19. Next Steps • We need to wait for Spring 2008 California Healthy Kids Survey data results. • We will analyze and report the results ASAP.

  20. The school counseling program is contributing in a meaningful way to the personal development and academic achievement of all students. Thank you for your support

  21. “Our Children Will Change the World”

  22. Reference • California healthy kids survey: Technical report for Mueller Charter (Spring 2007). WestEd. • Search Institute. www.search-institute.org. 2009

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