Transforming School Counselor Education Tips for Success

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Transforming School Counselor Education Tips for
Success

• Vicki Brooks-McNamara
• vbmali_at_earthlink.net
• Anita Young
• youngjaaa_at_aol.com
• Reese House
• rhouse_at_edtrust.org

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Agenda

• Introductions
• 8 Essential Elements
• 5 Critical Components
• Tips/Ideas/Strategies
• Panel
• Q A

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8 Essential Elements
Recruitment and Selection of Candidates
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Curriculum Content
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Instruction and Field Experience
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Induction into the Profession
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School
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Community Partnerships
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Professional Development for Counselor Educators
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University
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School District Partnerships
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University
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State Department Partnerships
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5 Critical Components
Leadership
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Advocacy
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Teaming and Collaboration
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Assessment and Use of Data
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Counseling and Coordination
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TransformedUniversities/Colleges

University of North Florida (Dr. Carolyn Stone)
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University of Georgia (Dr. Pam Paisley)
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State University of West Georgia (Dr. Brent Snow)
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Ohio State University (Dr. Susan Sears)
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Indiana State University (Dr. Peggy Hines)
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California State University, Northridge (Dr.
Charlie Hanson)
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Lewis Clark College, Oregon (Dr. Laura Pedersen)
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Lehman College of City University of NY (Dr.
Stewart Chen
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Hayes)
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NY Institute of Technology (Dr. Carol Dahir)
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University of Mass., Amherst (Dr. John Carey)
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University of Maryland (Dr. Courtland Lee)
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Begin with a Vision

• Mission Statement
• Specific to the school counseling profession
• Reflects a commitment to train graduates to
  become leaders advocates within their school
  community
• Trains graduates to address issues of access and
  equity close achievement gaps
• Trains graduates to remove barriers that impede
  academic success
• Exemplars

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Theory to Practice

• Course Content
• Infuses tenets of educational reform movements
• Allows early integration of field experiences
• Expects evidence-based outcome research results
• Engages graduates in collaborative projects
• Technology as a tool
• Seeking Resources

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Panel Questions

• What single strategy was most important during
  the beginning phase of transformation?
• What was the largest unexpected roadblock during
  the transformation?
• What the most welcome surprise?
• What single tip would you give counselor
  educators beginning the journey?

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Technology
Collaboration
Leadership
Advocacy
Use of Data
Curriculum Change
Recruitment Selection
Systemic Change
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A Shift in Focus

• INDIVIDUAL FOCUS
• Works in Isolation
• Works with Individual Student Problems
• Involved Mostly in School Counseling Activities

• SYSTEMIC FOCUS
• Teams and Collaborates with All Stakeholders
• Works to Make Systemic Change
• Involved Extensively as a Leader in School and
  Community

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Lessons Learned

• Using data is a useful tool to bring people face
  to face with institutional and personal
  practices, policies, beliefs and behaviors that
  create inequities for poor students and students
  of color.

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Lessons Learned

• Being part of the process launched by this
  national initiative has caused a level of
  insightful reflection that we had not
  anticipated. Individuals and whole departments
  have reflected on their personal and collective
  belief systems about what they are teaching, the
  demographics of a changing world, education
  reform and accountability.