Capital Region Counselors Network CAIU February 7, 2012

1. Tools for Developing a ComprehensiveK-12 Guidance and Counseling Plan“Chapter 339, Chapter12 and CEW Compliance” Capital Region Counselors Network CAIU February 7, 2012

2. Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century February 2, 2011 Harvard Graduate School of Education Dr. William Symonds Pathways to ProsperityEducational Reform Brief

3. Why is this Important to Counselors? • Comprehensive Program to Help All Students Become College and Career Ready in the 21st Century Economy • To Develop a Network or System of Accurate and Helpful Information for Parents and Students to Transition from Academic to Career • To Understand the Interconnection and importance of the 3 D’s of: Career, Workforce and Economic Development

4. 21st Century Economic Realities Unskilled jobs are disappearing; demand for high skills is rising

5. PA ranks 5th in the nation for sending HS students to college. PA ranks 45th in the nation for graduating the same HS students similar for 2008 from college. This data is also. The Pa. Pipeline to College .

6. 21st Century Economic Realities Annual Income By Education

7. 43% of licenses & certificates earn more then an AA degree 27% of licenses & certificates earn more then a BA degree 31% of AA degrees earn more then a BA Licenses & Certificates

8. The Post Secondary Sieve “The One Way to Win Syndrome” 100 Ninth Graders 30 Graduate Work Bound30 Drop Out 40 enter 4-year college 20 graduate from 4-year college (5.5 year average) 10 graduates are underemployed 10 graduates receive high skill/high wage employment in major Dr. Ken Gray, “Other Ways to Win”

9. State Standards and Mandates Chapter 339 mandates a comprehensive and integrated PreK-12 guidance plan “There shall be a written plan on file, approved by the local board of school directors, for the development and implementation of a comprehensive, sequential program of guidance services for kindergarten through 12th grade. The plan must include procedures to provide for guidance services to AVTS’s. Upon request, the plan shall be submitted to the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education.” Chapter 12 mandates a comprehensive program of student services  “Each school entity shall prepare a written student services plan, including a school counseling component, based on the needs of its students and consistent with the district’s strategic plan requirements outlined in Chapter 4. The Academic Standards for Career Education and Work  “Address the importance of career planning for all students related to labor market projections and workforce needs”. Four strands are addressed in these standards: Career Awareness and Planning- (Discovery Self Career Acquisition- (Getting a Job) Career Retention- (Keeping a Job) Entrepreneurship- (Creating a Job)

10. Background • 2009-10 A Committee of Counselors met and developed the Pa. Companion Guide to the ASCA Model and a Toolkit/Implementation Guide • The Guide and Toolkit provide school districts and counselors a step by step process, framework, resources and best practice models for writing the plan

11. Support PDE Vision School Counseling in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Supporting Every Student to College and Career Success

12. “Well, well…if it isn’t the counselor who told me I’d never amount to anything.”

13. Defining School Counseling A profession that focuses on the relations and interactions between students and their school environment with the expressed purpose of reducing the effect of environmental and institutional barriers that impede student academic success. The Education Trust

14. A Shift in Focus… SYSTEMIC FOCUS • Teams and Collaborates with All Stakeholders • Works to Help the School Change to Better Meet Student Needs • Involved Extensively as a Leader in School and Community INDIVIDUAL FOCUS • Works in Isolation • Works Primarily with Individual Student Problems • Manages School Counseling Program Separate from School Mission

15. “Leadership is not about a position, nor is it about a title, a seat, a place on the organizational chart.   For school counselors, it’s about taking action, moving the agenda, making something happen that results in positive benefits for students and the school.  It’s about having a vision about what needs to be done and getting others to help you systemically carry out that vision.” Patricia J. MartinAssistant Vice President National Office for School Counselor Advocacy The College Board

16. Shifting the ParadigmonSchool Counselors Using Results Data To Demonstrate That School Counselors Are Vital Members Of A Schools Academic Team For: • Raising Academic Achievement • Advocating For Underrepresented Youth • Meeting School District Goals • Preparing All Students For College And Career Success

17. ASCA National Model

18. Components of a Comprehensive K-12 School Counseling Program Foundation • Identify core beliefs, philosophies and mission statements • Based on schools goals for academic achievement • Delivery • Describes activities, interactions and methods necessary to drive the program • Management • Organizational processes and tools to ensure a organized, concrete program clearly delineated and reflective of the school’s needs • Accountability • Using data to measure program effectiveness and impact on student achievement

20. Addressing Students Needs in Three Domains Academic Development Career Development Personal/Social Development

21. Pa. Companion Guide to the ASCA Modelwww.psca-web.org

22. What’s In It? Chapter 1-School Counseling in Pa. Chapter 2-School Counselor Roles Chapter 3-Foundation Chapter 4-Delivery System Chapter 5-Management Chapter 6-Accountability Chapter 7-Getting Started-”How to Build” Appendix

23. Guidance Plan Outline- What Goes in the Chapter 339 Plan? List of all Counselors and assignments by level and building Core Belief, Philosophy and Mission Statements Role of all 5 Stakeholders in the Plan Role of the counselor as leader, advocate, collaborator and systemic change agent Delivery System at all 3 levels-Elementary, Middle, High School Counseling Curriculum Individual Planning Prevention, Intervention and Responsive Services System Support Job Descriptions at all levels

24. How Can the Comprehensive Guidance Plan Help Area-CTC Programs? • Provide an avenue for a systematic and developmental delivery of career options for all students K-12(Career Domain through the Standards). • Provide a vehicle for sending school districts to include events and activities on how students become aware of the CTC programs K-12. • Provides specific written procedures for applying to and making the decision to attend an CTC. • Engages parents early in the process as one of the stakeholders in helping their child make a decision about attending a CTC. • Helps to eliminate the perception that only non-academic students attend the local CTC.

25. School Counseling Programs Are About… RESULTS. How are students different as a result of the school counseling program?

26. Typesof Data & Function

27. Contact: Michael D. Thompson PDE Consultant mikethompson@centralpenn.edu 717-728-2351