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Title: Ive Got the Data Blues: Using Data to Effect Change in School Counseling Programs


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Ive Got the Data BluesUsing Data to Effect
Change in School Counseling Programs
  • Linda Krantz
  • School Counseling Programs
  • Wisconsin DPI

2
ASCA NATIONAL MODEL
  • FOUNDATION
  • DELIVERY SERVICES
  • MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • Advocacy, Leadership,
  • Technology, and Systemic Change

3
FOUNDATION
  • Beliefs/Philosophy/Assumptions
  • Mission
  • Domains Academic, Career, Personal/Social
  • ASCA National Standards/Competencies

4
DELIVERY SYSTEM
  • School Guidance Curriculum
  • Individual Student Planning
  • Responsive Services
  • System Support

5
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
  • Agreements
  • Advisory Committee
  • Use of Data
  • Action Plans
  • Use of Time/Calendars

6
ACCOUNTABILITY
  • Results Reports
  • Counselor Performance Evaluation
  • Program Audit

7
Program Audits
  • Contain items in every category of ASCA National
    Model
  • FOUNDATION DELIVERY
  • MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
  • None -Implemented
  • In Progress -N/A
  • Completed

8
Use of Data to Effect Change
  • Data DRIVES decisions
  • Ensures EVERY student gets benefit of the school
    counseling program
  • Counselor initiated activities
  • Intentional Guidance (Closing the Gap)
  • Underrepresented, underserved and under
    performing youth
  • Monitoring student data

9
Multiple Uses of Data
  • Creates urgency for change
  • Serves as a catalyst for focused attention
  • Challenges existing policies
  • Engages decision makers, district leaders, school
    teams in data driven decision making
  • Surfaces evidence of access or equity issues
  • Focuses resources where they are most needed
  • Supports grant writing efforts

10
Monitoring Student Progress
  • Counselors must be proficient in
  • Collection of data
  • Interpretation of data
  • Analysis of data
  • So that they can
  • Recognize barriers to learning
  • Advocate for systems change
  • Data has multiple intentional and diagnostic
    uses, and can be categorized differently

11
Student-Achievement Data
  • Standardized test data
  • Grade Point Averages
  • SAT and ACT scores
  • Changes in achievement levels (Math, reading)
  • Drop-out rate
  • Completion of college prep requirements

12
Achievement-Related Data
  • Course enrollment patterns
  • Discipline referrals
  • Suspension rates
  • Alcohol, tobacco and other drug violations
  • Attendance rates
  • Parent involvement
  • Extracurricular activities

13
Standards and Competency-Related Data
  • Percentage of students who
  • Have 4-year plans
  • Participate in job shadowing
  • Have set and achieved their goals
  • Apply conflict resolution skills

14
Disaggregate Data
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Socio-economic status
  • Language
  • Special Education
  • Grade level
  • Teacher

15
Program Evaluation Data
  • Process data
  • Perception data
  • Results data

16
Process data
  • What you did for whom
  • Evidence that the event occurred
  • How the activity was conducted
  • Did the program follow the prescribed practice?

17
Process Data - Examples
  • Six counseling groups with 8 students each were
    held
  • 1,350 6-8th grade students received the Time to
    Tell guidance lesson
  • All incoming high school students were seen
    individually to prepare 4 year plan.

18
Perception Data
  • What others think, know or demonstrate
  • data.
  • Measures competency achieved, knowledge gained or
    attitudes/beliefs of students
  • Pre-post
  • Competency achievement
  • Surveys
  • Evaluations
  • Measures what students are perceived to have
    gained in knowledge

19
Perception Data - Examples
  • Competency Achievement
  • Every student in grades 9-12 completed a 4 year
    plan
  • Every 10th grade student completed an interest
    inventory
  • Knowledge Gained
  • 89 of students demonstrate knowledge of
    promotion/ retention criteria
  • 92 can identify Early Warning Signs of violence
  • Attitudes or Beliefs
  • 74 of students believe fighting is wrong
  • 29 of students feel safe at school
  • 78 know the name of their school counselor

20
Results Data
  • So WHAT data
  • Hard data
  • Application data
  • Proof your program has (or has not) positively
    impacted students ability to utilize the
    knowledge, attitudes and skills to effect
    behavior
  • Attendance
  • Behavior
  • Academic achievement

21
Results Data - Examples
  • 42 students on the retention list avoided
    retention
  • Graduation rates improved 14 over three years
  • Attendance improved among 9th grade males by 49

22
Data Over Time
  • Immediate
  • Intermediate
  • Long range (Impact Over Time)

23
Action Plans - 2 Types
  • Planned Guidance Curriculum
  • structured developmental lessons
  • designed to assist in competency attainment
  • provides EVERY student the knowledge and skills
    in the three domain areas (A, C, P/S)
  • Intentional Guidance Planning Activities
  • data driven - where are your gaps?
  • what must be in place to ensure equity and access
    to achievement for all?

24
Planned Guidance Curriculum Action Plans
  • Standards to be addressed
  • Competency (or indicator)
  • Description of guidance lesson
  • Assurance it is for EVERY student
  • Title of curriculum (cross-walked)
  • Timeline (projected start - end date)
  • Name of who is responsible for delivery
  • Means of evaluation
  • Expected results
  • Reviewed by administrator

25
Data Intentional Guidance (Closing the Gap)
  • Not all students learn at the same pace
  • Disaggregating data helps focus on where
    additional help is needed
  • Helps uncover access and equity issues
  • Counselors design intentional activities to
    remove barriers to learning
  • Advocate for all students

26
INTENTIONAL GUIDANCE ACTION PLANS
  • Data that drives the decision
  • Standards to be addressed
  • Competency (or indicator)
  • Description of guidance activity
  • Title of curriculum that may be used
    (cross-walked)
  • Timeline (projected start - end date)
  • Name of who is responsible for delivery
  • Means of evaluating student success
  • Expected results
  • Reviewed by administrator

27
INTENTIONAL GUIDANCE EXAMPLE
  • Landmark Middle School
  • Any student who received a SARB II letter
  • Individuals / groups
  • 200 students
  • comparison of attendance records within targeted
    groups
  • comparison of academic record and discipline
  • 10 improvement in attendance

28
Results Report
  • How are students different
  • as a RESULT of what you do?
  • What does the data tell you?
  • Was the program successful?
  • What worked?
  • What did NOT work?
  • What needs to be changed?

29
Results Report- A Tool For
  • Ensuring program was carried out
  • Evidence that every student was served
  • National Standards are addressed
  • Developmentally appropriate
  • Documenting process, perception, results data
    immediate, intermediate, and long range impact of
    program
  • Analyze effects
  • Share successes
  • Advocate for systemic change

30
Results Report Examples
  • Planned Guidance Curriculum
  • Intentional Guidance (Closing the Gap)

31
Impact Over Time
  • Show several years of growth
  • Connect to standards
  • Dont measure EVERYTHING
  • Make decisions based on needs of district, site
    and access to data
  • Goal is to learn from data, not be evaluated on
    data

32
Advocacy Pieces
  • Elementary and Secondary Narratives
  • Board Presentation
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School
  • Alternative Ed
  • Student Assistance Program
  • Newsletters

33
Thanks for coming!
  • I hope Ive made data less scary, and helped you
    to understand how to utilize its power, as you
    advocate for school counseling programs.
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