1 / 35

Counselor Summer Institute – June, 2013

Counselor Summer Institute – June, 2013. HOPE ! Navigation 2.0. A Story of Systemic Change: Franklin Pierce Schools. Overview. The Mission Every Student Prepared for Post-Secondary Education Results Increased Attendance Decreased Suspensions Improved Graduation Rates Why

noelle
Download Presentation

Counselor Summer Institute – June, 2013

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Counselor Summer Institute – June, 2013 HOPE! Navigation 2.0 A Story of Systemic Change: Franklin Pierce Schools

  2. Overview The Mission • Every Student Prepared for Post-Secondary Education Results • Increased Attendance • Decreased Suspensions • Improved Graduation Rates Why • Social Justice How to sustain results • Leadership, system consistency and grit What is required • Research, analytical tools, policy and union contract coherence

  3. Franklin Pierce Schools • Located south of Tacoma in Parkland/Summit • 7436 Students • 70% Free and Reduced Lunch • 66 % non-white

  4. Principles…. Social Justice

  5. Census 2003 • 75% of BA Degrees awarded to students from top quartile • 28% from second quartile 7

  6. NAVIGATION 101 Components 1. Personalizing: Curriculum-Delivered Advisories 2. Planning: Portfolios 5. Evaluating: Data 3. Demonstrating: Student-Led Conferences 4. Empowering: student-Driven Scheduling

  7. NAVIGATION 101 GOAL Heart Hope Achievement Frustration No Skills Skills Failure Cynicism No Heart

  8. Intervention System(Pro-active Responsive Service)

  9. How… • Use research to create a framework for change • Board pressure, support and evaluation • Central Office Leadership/Vision • Administrative PLC • Guidance & Counseling Program Symmetry • Analytical tools – Honest evaluation

  10. Use research … • Johns Hopkins Research • Ruth Curran Neild (rneild@csos.jhu.edu) and Robert Balfanz (rbalfanz@csos.jhu.edu) are research scientists at Johns Hopkins University and coauthors of Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia's Dropout Crisis, 2000–2005 (Philadelphia Youth Network, 2006). Liza Herzog (lherzog@philaedfund.org) is Senior Research Associate at the Philadelphia Education Fund. • Summary • Students with even one of the following four signals had at least a three in four chance of dropping out of high school (over 50% of dropouts showed one or more of these during 8th grade): • A final grade of F in mathematics. • A final grade of F in English. • Attendance below 80 percent for the year. • One or more out-of-school suspensions during the year.

  11. …to create a common framework

  12. Risk Factors • A final grade of F in mathematics. • A final grade of F in English. • Attendance below 80 percent for the year. • One or more out-of-school suspensions during the year.

  13. Intensive Intervention TIER 3: 5% of Students Small Group Intervention Responsive Services TIER 2: 15% of Students TIER 2: 15% of Students Navigation 101 Classroom Core Instruction PBIS Safe & Civil Schools TIER 1: 80% of Students TIER 1: 80% of Students

  14. Board Pressure, Support and Evaluation

  15. Central Office Leadership/Vision • Assistant Superintendent – COO and Guidance Administrative PLC • Guidance & Student Support aligned to guidance and counseling program Monthly Meetings focus on: • District-wide Protocol Development • Policy Suggestions • Development of Common Evaluation System • Analyze Data and Report Back to Schools • Evaluate Effectiveness

  16. Guidance & Counseling Program Symmetry • Monthly Meetings to align district-work with • Guidance & Student Support Administrative Team • Tier 2 alignment • Tier 3 strategy • Curriculum Development • Data –driven program development New Evaluation ToolsCounselor-developed, union-approved evaluation aligned with comprehensive goals

  17. APPENDIX S Franklin Pierce Schools - Standards and Indicators for School Counselors The Counseling and Guidance Department in Franklin Pierce Schools endorses the American School Counseling Association model and works to support full implementation for the benefit of all students. Standard 1: The Professional School Counselor plans, delivers, and evaluates guidance lessons and programs that advance student understanding in the academic/learning development, life/career planning, personal/social development, and multicultural/global citizen development domains. These Tier 1 activities focus on school-wide prevention, climate, and positive behavior.

  18. Standard 2: The Professional School Counselor consistently collaborates with school staff or others as needed to facilitate and manage multi-disciplinary approaches to problem solving related to the identified groups of students.

  19. Analytical tools – Honest evaluation

  20. Freshman/Sophomore Success 13% 38% 33% 6% each

  21. Thank You Tim Stensager, Assistant Superintendent Franklin Pierce Schools tstensager@fpschools.org

More Related