Connecting Counselors to the Classroom: Crosswalking the National Counseling Standards with the New

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Connecting Counselors to the ClassroomCrosswalki
ng the National Counseling Standards with the New
York State Learning Standards
NYSSCA ANNUAL CONFERENCE November 2005 Deborah
Hardy, Coordinator for Comprehensive Model David
Ford, Coordinator for Crosswalk New York State
School Counselor Association
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The New York State Comprehensive School
Counseling Program Crosswalk

• Aligns ASCA National Standards with NYS Learning
  Standards. Used to
• Integrate school counseling to academic mission
• Align school counseling curriculum with Standards
• Improves collaboration between faculty members

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Defining Our RoleSchool Counselors Are

• Leaders, advocates and collaborators
• State certified educators who align program
  services with learning standards and national
  competencies to improve student success.
• Involved in the core of student achievement that
  impacts learning outcomes school planning,
  program development and evaluation, etc.

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• Take a moment to answer the following questions
• KEY POINTS TO REVIEW
• WHERE DO YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME?
• ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH TEACHERS IN PLANNING AND
  PRESENTING ACTIVITIES?
• DO YOU HAVE A WRITTEN PLAN OF GOALS AND
  OBJECTIVES?
• DOES YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND AND
  SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM?

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NYS Crosswalk

• What is the Crosswalk?
• Linkage between NYS Learning Standards and School
  Counselors Role
• Identifies student competencies and its match to
  the content area learning standards
• Goal of the Crosswalk
• Integrate school counseling to the academic
  mission of the school
• Increase staff collaboration and effectiveness
• Produce a high quality school counseling program

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How to use the Crosswalk

• Select the domain Academic, Personal/Social or
  Career
• Identify the National Counseling Standard
• Select the Student Competency
• Connect to the NYS Learning Standards Area
• Identify the Standard
• List on lesson plans, etc.

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Crosswalk Template

• Concise
• Easier to follow
• Provides quick access to standards
• Able to be modified

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How to use the Crosswalk
ACTIVITY SIMON SAYS.. EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE
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How to use the Crosswalk

• Simon Says "Who Are You?" Subjects
• Grades K-2 3-5
• Brief Description
• Students play a variation of Simon Says that
  highlights their similarities and differences.
• Objectives
• Students will explore their similarities and
  differences.
• Materials Needed
• none
• Lesson Plan
• Explain to students that they will play a version
  of Simon Says in which only some students will
  respond to each command.
• Tell students that they must watch carefully as
  they play the game because at the end, each
  student must tell one new thing they learned
  about a classmate.
• Lead a game of Simon Says. Provide such
  directions as
• Simon says "Everyone with brown eyes, stand up."
• Simon says "Everyone who has a dog as a pet, put
  your right hand on your head."
• Simon says "Everyone whose favorite sport is
  soccer, stand on one foot."
• Simon says "Everyone who speaks more than one
  language, jump up and down.
• and so on. Choose categories appropriate for your
  students.
• At the end of the game, have students sit in a
  circle. Ask each student to name one way in which
  he or she and another student are alike. The
  trait they share must be something they didn't
  know before playing the game. Students might say,
  for example, "I didn't know that Katie spoke
  Spanish" or "I didn't know that Jose was
  left-handed."

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How to use the Crosswalk
ACTIVITY USING THE CROSSWALK TEMPLATE, LETS
TRY TO ALIGN THE ACTIVITY
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How to use the Crosswalk
ACTIVITY NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL
COUNSELING PERSONAL/SOCIAL NYS LEARNING
STANDARDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH
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The Crosswalk and Classroom Activities

• How do school counselors get access to
• classroom activities?
• Establishing the teacher connection
• Take time to educate colleagues on outcomes
• Relate classroom curriculum to school counseling
  program
• Establish clear goals and outcomes as they relate
  to the NYS Learning standards

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The Crosswalk and Classroom Activities

• MAPPING YOUR PROGRAM
• Identify the ASCA National Standards
• Identify the person/people responsible for
  activity
• Establish the delivery process
• Have measurable accountability outcomes

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Writing BugEducation World.com
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Delivery SystemSchool Counseling Curriculum
Surviving the College Search Process A Workshop
For Juniors and Their Parents Canajoharie High
School Counseling Department Goal Students will
select and apply to colleges appropriate to their
needs. NYS Learning Standards CDOS Standard
1 ASCA Standard Career Standards B Evaluation
Method Students will express satisfaction in
their college choices. Outcomes measured
subjectively.
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A WALK IN MY SHOES

• Deb Hardy
• GRADE LEVEL ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND SECONDARY
• GOAL STUDENTS WILL LEARN TOLERANCE AND DIVERSITY
  BY SHARING PERSONAL QUALITIES
• NYS LEARNING STANDARD
• English Language for Information and
  Understanding
• Health Maintain a safety environment
• Social Studies Civics and character education
• NATIONAL STANDARD PSA-1.2 PSA-1.5
• Personal/ Social Development
• Standard A Students will acquire knowledge,
  attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them
  understand and respect self and others
• Competency A1 Acquire Self Knowledge
• Indicator A1.2 Identify values, attitudes and
  beliefs
• Indicator A1.5 Identify and express feelings

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Other lesson plan ideasHave students make a
list of synonyms for the word respect. For
example, esteem, honor, regard, value, cherish,
appreciate, admire, praise.Share books in
which respect is a clear theme.Match pieces to
complete puzzles on given topics.Develop
questionnaire to help students get to know each
other.Develop a graph that shows the students
activities.
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Check info in packets on NYSSCA Activity Manuals
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ResourcesEducation World www.educationworld.c
omNYSSCAwww.nyssca.org
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All this will not be finished in the first one
hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the
first thousand days, nor in the life of this
administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime
on this planet But let us begin.
-John F. Kennedy
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Thank you for coming and GOOD LUCK!!Deborah
HardyNYSSCA1_at_aol.com