ASCA National Model: ASCA National Model: School Counselors Using School Counselors Using

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ASCA Model School Counseling ASCA Model School Counseling Program (2002)Program (2002)

““ASCA has developed a National Model ASCA has developed a National Model for School Counseling Programs to for School Counseling Programs to connect school counseling with connect school counseling with current educational reform current educational reform movements that emphasize movements that emphasize academic achievement.”academic achievement.”

Three Phases of Massachusetts Three Phases of Massachusetts School Counseling ModelsSchool Counseling Models

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ComprehensiveDevelopmental

Guidance

Student Services

Student Services ModelStudent Services Model

► Career Placement and Humanistic Theory, Career Placement and Humanistic Theory, Remedial, Problem OrientationRemedial, Problem Orientation

► School Counseling provides services to School Counseling provides services to those in the most needthose in the most need

► School Counseling operates from Needs School Counseling operates from Needs AssessmentAssessment

► School Counselors use one-on-one School Counselors use one-on-one counselingcounseling

► Counselors are accountable for case loads Counselors are accountable for case loads and student contacts.and student contacts.

Comprehensive Developmental Comprehensive Developmental Guidance ModelGuidance Model

► Career Development and Human Career Development and Human Development Theory, Development Theory, Preventative/Developmental OrientationPreventative/Developmental Orientation

► School Counseling programs ensure that all School Counseling programs ensure that all students receive servicesstudents receive services

► School Counseling Programs Operate from a School Counseling Programs Operate from a Local Curriculum with Academic, Career, Local Curriculum with Academic, Career, and Personal/Social Domains.and Personal/Social Domains.

► School Counselors use Individual Planning, School Counselors use Individual Planning, Responsive Services, Guidance Curriculum Responsive Services, Guidance Curriculum and System Support.and System Support.

► School Counselors are accountable for time School Counselors are accountable for time spent on different activities.spent on different activities.

ASCA National ModelASCA National Model

► Human Development Theory and Standards-Human Development Theory and Standards-Based EducationBased Education

► School Counseling programs ensure that all School Counseling programs ensure that all students achieve academicallystudents achieve academically

► School Counseling Programs Operate from a School Counseling Programs Operate from a Curriculum with Academic, Career, and Curriculum with Academic, Career, and Personal/Social Domains that is based on Personal/Social Domains that is based on ASCA National Standards and connected to ASCA National Standards and connected to State Frameworks.State Frameworks.

► School Counselors use Individual Planning, School Counselors use Individual Planning, Responsive Services, Guidance Curriculum Responsive Services, Guidance Curriculum and System Supportand System Support

► School Counselors are accountable for School Counselors are accountable for measurable changes in academic measurable changes in academic achievement and school-related behavior.achievement and school-related behavior.

““The American School Counselor The American School Counselor Association has created the Association has created the National Model for School National Model for School

Counseling Programs to connect Counseling Programs to connect school counseling with current school counseling with current educational reform movements educational reform movements

that emphasize student that emphasize student achievement and success.” achievement and success.”

(ASCA, 2003).(ASCA, 2003).

““By aligning the School By aligning the School Counseling Program with district Counseling Program with district

and school mission, reform and school mission, reform initiatives and school initiatives and school

improvement plans, professional improvement plans, professional school counselors are leaders and school counselors are leaders and

partners in systemic change to partners in systemic change to ensure equity and access to ensure equity and access to

quality education and to promote quality education and to promote career and personal/social career and personal/social

development for all students.”development for all students.”

SystemicInterventions

IndividualInterventions

CareerDevelopmentOutcomes

Personal/SocialDevelopmentOutcomes

AcademicDevelopmentOutcomes

School CounselingProgram

School CounselingOutcomes

SystemicInterventions

IndividualInterventions

CareerDevelopmentOutcomes

Personal/SocialDevelopmentOutcomes

AcademicDevelopmentOutcomes

School CounselingProgram

School CounselingOutcomes

Strong Evidence

Weak Evidence

National Model Programs:National Model Programs:

►Are focused on improving Are focused on improving academic achievement and academic achievement and eliminating the achievement eliminating the achievement gapgap. .

►Operate from a mission that is Operate from a mission that is connect with the school district’s connect with the school district’s mission and educational reform mission and educational reform agendas.agendas.

National Model Programs:National Model Programs:

►Operate from a formal set of Operate from a formal set of Student Learning Objectives that Student Learning Objectives that areare connected to National Standardsconnected to National Standards aligned with State Curriculum aligned with State Curriculum

FrameworksFrameworks aligned with district standardsaligned with district standards based on measurable student learning based on measurable student learning

outcomesoutcomes►Are data-driven and accountable Are data-driven and accountable

for student outcomesfor student outcomes

ASCA National ModelASCA National Model

The ASCA National Model:The ASCA National Model:FoundationFoundation

►Mission that is aligned with the district Mission that is aligned with the district and school mission and school mission

►Measurable Student Learning Measurable Student Learning Objectives that are aligned with the Objectives that are aligned with the ASCA National Standards and connect ASCA National Standards and connect to State Curriculum Frameworksto State Curriculum Frameworks

►Beliefs and Philosophy guide program Beliefs and Philosophy guide program development, implementation and development, implementation and evaluationevaluation

The ASCA National Model:The ASCA National Model:Delivery SystemDelivery System

►Guidance Curriculum--structured Guidance Curriculum--structured developmental lessons connected with developmental lessons connected with academic areasacademic areas

► Individual Student Planning--work with Individual Student Planning--work with students and families to help all students and families to help all students develop personal goals and students develop personal goals and future plansfuture plans

►Responsive Services--meeting Responsive Services--meeting immediate student needs through crisis immediate student needs through crisis counseling, referral and follow-upcounseling, referral and follow-up

► System Support--activities targeted at System Support--activities targeted at maintaining and enhancing the maintaining and enhancing the educational environment and school educational environment and school climate climate

The ASCA National Model: The ASCA National Model: Management SystemManagement System

►Agreements with administrations ensureAgreements with administrations ensure effective implementation of the guidance effective implementation of the guidance

programprogram connection of the program to student needsconnection of the program to student needs connection of the program to district reform connection of the program to district reform

initiatives and school improvement plans.initiatives and school improvement plans.

►Advisory Councils of parents, students, Advisory Councils of parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community teachers, administrators, and community members to ensure that the program members to ensure that the program initiatives are responsive toinitiatives are responsive to needs.needs.

The ASCA National Model: The ASCA National Model: Management SystemManagement System

►Data-driven managementData-driven management Use of data to plan, monitor, evaluate, and Use of data to plan, monitor, evaluate, and

modify interventionsmodify interventions Use of data to document how students are Use of data to document how students are

different as a consequence of programdifferent as a consequence of program

►Day-to day operation of the School Day-to day operation of the School Counseling Program is monitored and Counseling Program is monitored and coordinated throughcoordinated through Action PlansAction Plans Audits of Time UseAudits of Time Use Use of Master Calendars Use of Master Calendars

The ASCA National Model: The ASCA National Model: Accountability SystemAccountability System

►Yearly Results Reports, including Yearly Results Reports, including quantitative data on student change, quantitative data on student change, are shared with all stakeholders.are shared with all stakeholders.

►School Counselor Performance School Counselor Performance Standards are used in annual Standards are used in annual performance evaluations.performance evaluations.

►Periodic Program Audit is used to Periodic Program Audit is used to ensure that the Program is targeted ensure that the Program is targeted at the right goals and implementing at the right goals and implementing interventions effectively.interventions effectively.

ASCA National ModelASCA National ModelCounselors Using Data:Counselors Using Data:

► To describe problems, plan programs, and target To describe problems, plan programs, and target interventions to help students and to change interventions to help students and to change systems.systems.

► To measure the outcomes of interventions and To measure the outcomes of interventions and modify interventions based on results.modify interventions based on results.

► To account annually for results to constituencies in To account annually for results to constituencies in Result Reports.Result Reports.

► To account annually for results to supervisors in To account annually for results to supervisors in school counselor performance evaluations.school counselor performance evaluations.

► To periodically evaluate the performance of the To periodically evaluate the performance of the school counseling program.school counseling program.

► To demonstrate the impact of school counseling on To demonstrate the impact of school counseling on student achievement.student achievement.

ASCA National ModelASCA National ModelASCA (2002)ASCA (2002)

““The old question was, What The old question was, What do counselors do?do counselors do?

The new question is, How are The new question is, How are students different because of students different because of what school counselors do?”what school counselors do?”

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