Your School District Comprehensive School Counseling Program

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Your School DistrictComprehensive School
Counseling Program
Wisconsin School Counselor Association

• Putting the piece together for positive change

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Key Points

• Your Districts Comprehensive School Counseling
  Program Basis
• The Goals
• Paradigm Shift
• Four Components
• Benefits
• Districts Mission
• Counseling Program Mission Statement
• Strategic Plan
• Synopsis

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Programs Based Upon

• National Counseling Standards
• Wisconsin Developmental Guidance Model

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
The Goal

• Is to help all students
• Learn about self
• Learn about the world
• And make meaningful connections between the two

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
A Paradigm Shift

• A paradigm shift for education requires a new
  view of counseling in schools!

From Position to Program
Key to Success
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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Paradigm Shift

• From
• Person
• Crisis driven
• On call approach
• Competencies
• Evaluated by effort and time
• At-risk centered, owned by department

• To
• Program
• Preventative
• Calendared time
• Standards
• Evaluated driven by data
• For all students, by all in the district and
  community

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Four Components

• Guidance Curriculum
• Individual Planning
• Responsive Services
• System Support
• (See Viewbook for more details)

Adapted from the ASCA National Model A
Framework for School Counseling Programs,
American School Counselor Association, 2003
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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Elementary School

• ASCA Suggested Percentages

• Non-Guidance 0
• System Support 10-15
• Responsive Services 30-40
• Individual Planning 5-10
• Guidance Curriculum 35-45

See Viewbook for your Districts details.
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Your School District
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Middle School

• ASCA Suggested Percentages

• Non-Guidance 0
• System Support 10-15
• Responsive Services 30-40
• Individual Planning 15-25
• Guidance Curriculum 25-35

See Viewbook for your Districts details.
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Your School District
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High School

• ASCA Suggested Percentages

• Non-Guidance 0
• System Support 15-20
• Responsive Services 20-30
• Individual Planning 40-50
• Guidance Curriculum 15-25

See Viewbook for your Districts details.
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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Benefits of Program

• Student achievement Pre K-12.
• Collaboration between parents, community, and
  schools.
• Attendance rates.
• Enrollment in rigorous academic courses.
• Post secondary school enrollments.
• Individual education planning.
• Career exploration and development for all
  students.

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Benefits of Program

• Continued
• Preparation for students to handle challenges of
  the 21st century through academic, career, and
  enhanced personal/social development.
• Problem solving and decision making skills.
• Strategies for closing the achievement gap.
• Equitable access to educational opportunities.
• Skill for developing effective interpersonal
  relationships.
• Integration of school counseling program with the
  academic mission of the district.

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Benefits of Program

• Continued
• Decreases in
• Discipline problems, suspensions, and expulsions
• Drop out rates
• Truancy rates

Ensuring Academic Success for All Students
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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Mission Statement

• Your School District
• Your School District is committed to developing
  motivated, educated and responsible citizens who
  are prepared to successfully adapt to the
  changing global environment.

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Mission Statement

• Your School District Comprehensive School
  Counseling Program
• Working within the schools educational plan, it
  is the Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
  K-12 mission to
• Provide learning experiences and activities
  within the areas of academics, career and
  personal/social development which will create a
  solid foundation for motivated, educated and
  responsible citizens of the future.

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
2006-2011 Strategic Plan

• Strategy 3 Career Education
• Objective 1 All students will develop a formal
  career plan by the end of their 6th grade year.
• Objective 2 All students will study career
  opportunities infused into each course and grade
  level.
• Objective 3 All students will learn to be
  adaptable while working individually and in
  teams.

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Program Synopsis

• Accountable to produce positive change for all
  students
• Managed by Certified School Counselors
• Delivered by all district staff and community
  members
• Driven by data

Believing in the success of ALL students
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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Paradigm Shift

• The Goal is to help ALL students
• Paradigm Shift must be made for our program to
  make the greatest positive impact on our students
• Focus on Four Components
• Benefits are huge for our students and our
  district
• Counseling Program Mission ties directly with the
  Districts Mission
• Program works directly with the Strategic Plan
• Somersets Comprehensive School Counseling
  Program Based on WI and National Standards

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Counseling Staff

• Elementary Counselors
• Jane Doe, M.S., LPC, NCC, NCSC WI Licensed
  School Counselor
• (BS in Resource Management Law Enforcement -
  Masters in Guidance Counseling, WI Licensed
  Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified
  Counselor, Nationally Certified School Counselor)
• Alan Doe, M.S.E. WI Licensed School Counselor
• (BS in Elementary Education - Masters of
  Education in Counseling Licensed Elementary Ed
  Teacher)
• Middle School Counselor
• Faye Doe, M.S. WI Licensed School Counselor
• (BA in Social Research/Program Evaluation -
  Masters in Educational Psychology Public
  Relations Advocacy Chair for WI School Counselors
  Association)

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Your School District
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Counseling Staff

• continued
• High School Counselors
• Alex Doe, M.A., M.Ed. WI MN Licensed School
  Counselor
• (BS in Business Administration, Masters in
  Professional Counseling Masters in Education,
  MN Licensed Associate Marriage Family Therapy,
  Licensed Secondary Marketing Ed Vocational Ed
  Teacher)
• Amy Doe, M.S. WI CO Licensed School Counselor
  
• (BS in Physical Ed - Masters in Counseling
  Psychology, Licensed K-12 Physical Ed Teacher)

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