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A Statewide Partnership Model

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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A Statewide Partnership Model

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  1. 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

  2. The Rhode Island School Counselor AssociationWho We Are • 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

  3. Strategic ResultsWe Hope to Achieve • Every RI student achieves the ASCA National Standards • Comprehensive school counseling programs are implemented in every public school district in Rhode Island

  4. Partnerships Are The Key • We cannot do it alone • It requires government, education, industry and the school community working in collaboration with professional school counselors

  5. RISCA Partnerships RIPublic SchoolDistricts RI Post-SecondarySchools Statewide Professional Associations Rhode IslandStateGovernment 36 K-12 Districtsin Rhode Island Providence College Rhode Island College New England Institute of Technology Superintendents Principals Social Workers School Psychologists Consumer Science Teachers Human Services Agencies Unions Dept of El. & Sec. Ed/Regents 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

  6. Post-SecondaryEducational Institutions • Providence College School Counseling Project • Rhode Island Association of Admissions Officers • New England Institute of Technology

  7. Professional Associations • There are many professional associations that help define and implement the State’s framework for school counseling: • Superintendents • Principals • Social Workers • School Psychologists • Human Services Agencies • Unions • Consumer Scientists

  8. State Government • 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

  9. National Partnerships • American School Counselor Association • The Education Trust—Transforming School Counseling Initiative • The College Board • Center for School Counseling Outcome Research/UMass-Amherst

  10. Partnership Toolkit • The Partnership Toolkit will help you identify key partners and how they can help you promote and save school counseling • It will help you organize critical information you need to plan for developing and enhancing partnerships in support of your counseling program

  11. Tool #1Howdy Partner! • This tool helps you identify your partners and how they can help you • It gathers this information: • Name of Partner • What They Can Contribute • Expected Results from the Partnership • Partner Contact Information

  12. Tool #2Build a Bridge • This tool helps you establish a collaborative working environment • It gathers this information: • Name of Partner • Partner’s Informational Needs • How Information is Communicated • Shared Results Statements (Goals) • Implementation Strategies • Indicators of Success

  13. Tool #3Develop a Plan • A results statement (goal) specifies an observable and measurable outcome • An action plan is developed for each results statement • Three data gathering templates: • 3A—Results Statement Planning Tool • 3B—Action Step Planning Tool • 3C—Plan Summary Tool

  14. Tool #3AResults Statements Tool • This tool organizes information about results statements: • Results Statement • Action Step • Begin & End Dates • Owner • Cost • Funding Source

  15. Tool #3BAction Step Planning Tool • This tool offers the opportunity to take one action step from Tool #3A and write the steps needed to achieve the result

  16. Tool #3CPlan Summary Tool • This tool organizes your results statements into a plan summary: • Results Statement • Action Steps • Begin & End Dates • Indicators • Owner • Cost • Funding Source

  17. RISCA Is Leading the Way • Our expected results are that every RI school district will: • Incorporate school counseling into its strategic and annual planning processes, with significant input from counseling staff • Define and document its essential counseling program • Implement a school counseling data management system • Build the capacity for transforming school counseling

  18. The Toolkit Approach • RISCA uses a Toolkit Approach to achieve its expected results • Toolkits provide a) structured processes, b) step-by-step instructions, and c) easy-to-use tools • Toolkits make the partnering process easier • 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

  19. RISCA Toolkit Approach Toolkit #1 Strategic& AnnualPlanning Toolkit #2 Essential Counseling Program Toolkit #3 School Counseling Data Management Program Audit 3-YearStrategic Plan Implementation Plan for Each School Year Frameworkfor School Counseling (Essential Counseling Program Defined & Documented) Data on Impact of School Counseling School Counseling Report Cards

  20. Remember—Partnerships Are The Key • We cannot do it alone • Partnerships help us achieve our expected results • We must be pro-active in finding partners to help support the future of school counseling

  21. Tool #4Personal Action Plan • As school counselors, we are accountable for our own transformation • This tool helps you document the steps you will initiate when you return to work • What do you need to do? • What results do you expect to achieve? • Who do you need to assist you? • By when do you expect to complete each step?

  22. Contact Information • Barbara Crudale, South Kingstown (RI) Public Schools • bjcrudale@cox.net • Jim Guarino, Westerly (RI) Public Schools • jeguar@hotmail.com • Arthur Lisi, Coventry (RI) Public Schools • alisi7@cox.net • Kevin Quinn, South Kingstown (RI) Public Schools • kevindquinn@verizon.net

  23. How to Get theRISCA Toolkits • The RISCA Toolkits are available on the RISCA Website: www.rischoolcounselor.org • For more information, contact: Belinda WilkersonCounselor-in-Residence at Providence CollegeOffice of Graduate StudiesProvidence College, Harkins 209549 River AvenueProvidence, RI 02918 Phone: 401-865-2789Email: bwilkers@providence.edu

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