School Counseling

1. School Counseling Update Barbara Ashcraft, MA, LPC WVDE School Counseling Coordinator 2008 Fall School Counselor Workshops

2. School Counselors Have Changed ?? Old… Random Acts of Guidance Saw one twice in 12 years (students report) Various extra duties Coordinating and giving tests Predominately “Responsive Services” Little accountability

3. School Counselors Have Changed New… • A Planned Program • Closing the gap in achievement • Career/college ready • Classroom lessons for all students • Support Individual Student Needs • ASCA National Model (Policy 2315)

4. ASCA National Model – Policy 2315

5. Delivery System Elementary Middle High School Guidance Curriculum 35-45% 25-35% 15-25% Individual Planning 5-10% 15-25% 25-35% Responsive Services 30-40% 30-40% 25-35% System Support 10-15% 10-15% 15-20%

6. How are counselors really spending their time? 75% 25%

8. Areas Critical to Support for School Counseling

9. Areas Critical to Support for School Counseling

10. Areas Critical to Support for School Counseling

11. Areas Critical to Support for School Counseling

12. Areas Critical to Organizational Effectiveness

13. Areas Critical to Support for School Counseling The strategic plan provides more details on each area. A COPY OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COUNSELING STRATEGIC PLAN IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. NEXT: Overview of some of the outcomes of last year’s plan.

14. Technology Integration • WVDE Technology Plan – Brenda Williams • School Counselor Technology Survey (coming soon) • WVDE Technology Summer Conference – School Counselor Strand • LINKS web-based lessons and framework • Web-based career planning tools • Career Cruising • Kuder • Bridges • www.WVeducationplanner.org • Technology tools (searching for grants) • Tools for Schools Gates Foundation • Gear Up Community Grants • Benedum Foundation Business Partners

15. WVDE School Counseling Coordinator works in collaboration with other WVDE departments and staff to fully support school counselors and school counseling programs.

16. Professional Development This year’s Numbers are about the same. Last Fall approximately 550 counselors attended

17. Professional Development

18. Professional Development • 21st Century HSTW Sites • April 23 & 24, 2007 • National Model/Policy 2315 • Resources • Informal Needs Assessment • Primary Goal- Student Advisement Program • April 1 & 2, 2008 • Introduced LINKS Student Advisement Program Pilot Program • Content Standards/ Planned Website • Career Cruising Pilot – Introduction • June 2008 – (4) 3 hour Training of Core Staff Career Cruising • Review of LINKS Website

19. Professional Development Workshop was co-sponsored by: WVDE WV School Counselor Association and Fairmont Approximately 80 attended our Inaugural Summer Conference July 16, 2008

20. Professional Development

21. Professional Development • Largest number ever attends ASCA Conference in Atlanta • 17 attends..makes noise for WV Comments: • I wish I would have done this when I started my career. I wonder what my program would look like now. • I learned a lot that will help me be a better counselor. • This was a lot of fun and I learned a lot. • I hope I can come every year.

22. Setting New Standards - ASCA

23. Professional Development Counties: Preston Cabell Preston Randolph Mason Lincoln Braxton Berkley Jefferson

24. Step-By-Step “How To” Guide (complete with tools and templates)

25. Tools

26. TOOLS – Three Year Plan

27. Principal/Counselor Agreements

28. Tools – Sample Calendar

29. Professional Development/Technical Support USDE Elementary and Secondary Education Grant …provides funding to LEAs to establish or expand elementary and secondary school counseling programs WVDE Provided - grant writing workshop - on-line support Lincoln County received almost 1.8 million over 3 years to: • add both elementary and secondary school counselors • provide professional development • add resources • improve practices to enhance school counseling programs.

30. State School Based Mental Health Steering Committee State Committees / Taskforces • WVDE / DHHR developing state model to increase mental health services for all WV students WVDE Parent/Family Community Involvement Taskforce HEPC College Access Committee Promise Ad Hoc Advisory Committee Financial Literacy Curriculum State Planning Taskforce

31. Research • Christie Schimmel “State of School Counseling in WV” • School Based Mental Health • National “State of School Counseling” Center for School Counseling Outcome Research • State ILP Study…Naviance

32. Field Questions

33. Increased communication… • Website • List serves (Elementary, Middle/High and County Coordinator) • Policy updates • Graduation requirement changes • Professional development opportunities • Tools • Best practices • New programs • WVDE updates, etc

34. School Counseling Website • Providing resources and tools for • Counselors • Parents • Students • Administrators • Teachers/advisors http://wvde.state.wv.us/counselors/

35. Web-basedStudent Advisement Program

36. LINKS Student Advisement Program • web-based framework and curriculum for student advisement programs (Advisor/Advisee) in West Virginia • designed to advance student learning and development in a proactive, deliberate manner to encourage individual success • involving a personal relationship with at least one adult serving as an advocate for the student. • Piloted in 21st Century HSTW sites • 40 lesson plans per grade level (WV specific, downloadable) • Standards based (Policy 2520.19 allows schools to offer for credit) • Free pilot with Career Cruising  (on-line career exploration and planning tool) http://wvde.state.wv.us/counselors/links

39. CAREER AND COURSE PLANNER This Career and Course Planner is designed to complement the LINKS Student Advisement Program. You will use this tool to help you document your career plans, assessment results, experiential learning and course work to help you make meaningful plans for your future. Student Identification Student Materials 9th Grade / Freshman Year 1 0th Grade / Sophomore Year LINKS Checklist 1 2th Grade / Senior Year Activities I need to complete each year to ensure that I am well-prepared for post-secondary success. 9th Grade/Freshman Year 1 1th Grade / Junior Year

42. LINKS Student Advisement ProgramEvaluation • Collaborating with • National Center for Family Literacy (Training and Evaluation) • Edvantia / ARCC • WVDE Office of Assessments/Research • HEPC …to conduct annual and longitudinal study on the impact of this program on student achievement and post-secondary success

43. LINKS Student Advisement ProgramLessons and Staff Training • Collaborating with • National Center for Family Literacy (Training and Evaluation) • Edvantia / ARCC • Roads to Success • Fulfillment Fund • Other state programs • Career Cruising

44. Use of Technology in Career Exploration • Career Cruising – 21st Century Sites • Kuder – 10 additional sites Other programs… • WV Clearinghouse • WV Education Planner

45. Future Goals • Revise Policy 2315 • Develop State School Counseling Model • WV in Middle Tier (according to extensive study by the Center of School Counseling Outcome Research – U Mass • Develop State Scope and sequence and web-based lessons. • Revise LINKS Student Advisement Program • Based on evaluation/feedback from Model Sites • Finalize School Counseling Website • Advisory Council???

46. Questions ?? Barbara Brady Ashcraft, MA, LPC School Counseling Coordinator WV Department of Education Bldg. 6, Room 221 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Charleston,  WV 25305-0330 Phone: 304-558-2348     Fax: 304-558-3946 bashcraft@access.k12.wv.us