continuing the journey: transforming school counseling
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Continuing the Journey: Transforming School Counseling. One Year Out Study. We have an Ethical Obligation. Must serve every student Special attention paid to historically underserved populations Advocates for and affirms diverse populations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Continuing the Journey: Transforming School Counseling
© 2011 THE EDUCATION TRUST National Center for Transforming School Counseling
ONE YEAR OUT STUDY
© 2011 THE EDUCATION TRUST National Center for Transforming School Counseling
© 2011 THE EDUCATION TRUST National Center for Transforming School Counseling
© 2011 THE EDUCATION TRUST National Center for Transforming School Counseling
© 2011 THE EDUCATION TRUST National Center for Transforming School Counseling
We have an Ethical Obligation• Must serve every student• Special attention paid to historically underserved
populations• Advocates for and affirms diverse populations• Ensure equity…through use of data to close
achievement and opportunity gaps• Protects against anything not in the student’s best
interest• Informs…anything potentially disruptive to school’s
mission
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What Does This Mean?
Situations that were not ethical dilemmas before are ones now.
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Equality Equity
“The Highest Equality is Equity”Victor Hugo
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Equity or Equality?
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Equity Gaps Based On:• Race• Class• Gender• Sexual Orientation• Religion• Culture• Ability/Disability• Age
GothNationalityOther Areas Unique to
Educations– Tracking– Athletes– Clubs– ?? (School counselors
know where the gaps are)
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Equity Gaps: Comission• School clubs• After-school programs• Athletic study tables• Gifted/Talented programs• Access to challenging courses• Access to support services• Access to resources• Distribution of teacher talent
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Equity Gaps: Omission• Lack of just-in-time student support• Not having early warning system for
students• Not paying particular attention to students
who have historically be underserved by the education system
Primarily the lack of Just-in-Time student
support
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HOW MIGHT SCHOOL COUNSELORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EQUITY GAP?
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School A: Latino/a CCR Course Sequence Access & Success Disaggregated by School Counselor
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School B: CCR Course Sequence Enrollment Disaggregated by School Counselor
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We have a Moral Imperative• Kids have no choice over the color of their
skin, their language or family income• We either help or harm, this is no neutral• Our responsibility to shed light and heat of
equity and opportunity gaps– Include both gaps of commission and
omission• Educators misinterpret incompetence for
insubordination
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So What is the School Counselor’s Role?
Step 1: Understand ItStep 2: Support ItStep 3: Act on It
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Understand It• Are aligned with college and work expectations; • Are clear, understandable, and consistent; • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge
through higher-order skills; • Build upon strengths and lessons of current state
standards; • Are informed by other top-performing countries so that
all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and
• Are evidence based.
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Support It
• Think across grade levels; • Develop comprehensive school counseling plans; • Provide focused professional support to teachers and academic
supports to students; • Work in alignment with American School Counselor Association
(ASCA) national standards for professional school counseling; • Create standards-based college- and career-focused lessons; and • Design clearer processes for course sequencing and credit
articulation.
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Adovcate for and Act on It
Content:• Literacy Instruction • Mathematics Instruction • Instructional Time • Instructional Practices • Professional Learning • Assessment • Technology Integration • Culture
How?• Become familiar with school
data • Disaggregate data by subgroups• Present inservice presentations• Join committees/leadership
teams
YOU ARE THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS
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PLH
ithin every child is a dream,Filled with the hope of happiness andThe bright promise of success.
We are the guardians of dreams.We must garner the power of education, family, community;Yea, of all creation if we must, So that not one dream fades into darkness.
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