Data in School Counseling

1. Data in School Counseling Brenda Leggiadro, East High School Ruth E. Lohmeyer, Northeast High School RAMP Schools – Lincoln Public Schools

2. What is RAMP? • Recognized ASCA Model Program • How are students different based on our program? • Can you prove it? • Data is key!

3. Who are we?

4. We want you to understand: • Why do counselors use data? • What data do counselors collect and use? • How is the data gathered?

5. Counseling Program Themes Collaboration Systemic change Leadership advocacy

6. School counselors work to develop skills in Three Domains: • Academic • Career • Personal-Social

7. School counseling interventions impact: students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in order to affect: • Attendance • Behavior • Achievement

8. What data do counselors collect and use? • Process – • What was done and for whom • Perception – • What students think, know, or demonstrate • Results – • So what?

9. How does this look in practice? Example:East High Counseling Goal - Transition • Gather information – baseline information surveys, test results, failures – look at subgroups • Design and deliver interventions based on research – process data • Identify performance of subgroups – perception data • Review results

10. Gather Information:Transition to H.S. by Subject – 9th graders

11. Gather Information:9th Graders Said They Need Help With

12. Design and Deliver Intervention:Hotmath

13. Design and Deliver Intervention: Transcript Activity Yes! A change in attitude!

14. Identify subgroups: Representative Sample - Failures

15. Design and Deliver Interventions: Students New to East • New student Blue Crew • Small group meetings 4-5 sessions long: Meet your administrator; Meet your counselor; Library skills; East Clubs; Follow-Up • Ambassadors trained to help new students transition to East

16. Follow Up • Students 9-12 from 2 counselors with 2 or more F’s were tracked. • New students participating in Ambassador/New Student Blue Crew activities showed significantly fewer failures • Dropped from 30% of failures prior to intervention to 15% after intervention

17. Results Data ACT Information • Percent of the class taking the ACT rose from 69% to 74% • Composite ACT rose from 24.4. to 24.6 • Percent meeting Math benchmark rose from 69% to 75% • Percent meeting all four benchmarks rose from 45% to 48%

18. LNE’s Counseling Goals • Increase the Graduation Rate • Decrease Course Failures • Increase College-Going Rate

19. Goal#1: Increase Graduation Rate

20. Who is not graduating in four years?Process Data • First Generation – Upward Bound • Low Income - Learn to Dream Scholarship • Minority – community resources • High Mobility – Social Worker • Case Worker/Probation • Mental Health – community resources

21. Counseling Goal #2: Decrease Failures • Added labels to Student Schedules for stake holders to see • N.O.T. – Not On Track to graduate with their class • NGR – 12th grader not graduating with class • Late Grad – 12th grader needing summer school to graduate with class • Our Focus – 9th/10th grade students with 3+ F’s • Plan: Meet with alpha administrator and student services personnel twice/month • Developed list of Interventions available Watch List PLC

22. Progress Grades – Perception Data

23. Interventions • Academic Support Class • Schedule Adjustment • Parent Meeting • IEP manager Check with teachers • Mental Health • SAT Referral • SCIP Referral • Social Worker Referrals • Bird-dogging

24. Results Data

25. Demographics of 9th Grade Watch List 138 students • 61% (84) Low Income (qualified for Free/Reduced Lunch) • 33% (45) Special Education • 36% (49) Enrolled in Academic Support class – Pinnacle check • 8% (11) Participated in the University of Nebraska Building Bridges counseling program • 2 students Participated in regular therapy from Child Guidance Services during the school day

26. Perception Data

27. Lincoln Northeast Goal #3 Increase college-going rate • College Access Grant-First Generation Target • College Field Trips • Senior Interview – college applications/transcript • FAFSA filing • ACT Compass Testing

28. Southeast Community College (SCC) – Learn To Dream Scholarship Program Focus: • Free/Reduced eligible seniors Intervention: • Senior Group Interviews • Partnered with Southeast Community College for Compass Testing, Application and Transcript Day • Partnered with EducationQuest for FAFSA • Scholarship Workshops • Field Trips to SCC

29. College Going Rate

30. Demographics of Learn to Dream students: • 45% of LNE graduates • 70% First Generation College • 52% Free/Reduced Lunch • 20% Minority • Rank in lower half of class (<2.75 GPA) • Accounted for largest increase in our college-going rate

31. College-and-Career Ready? 108 of 2012 seniors took ACT Compass Test: Math (32) 65/108 60% college-ready Reading (80) 47/108 43% college-ready Writing (70) 48/108 44% college-ready 23/108 met all three – 21%

32. How do counselors obtain data? • Test scores • Surveys • Subgroup scores • Observation tally • Attendance numbers • Website “hits” • Discipline referrals • Demographic Profiles • ACT Profile • Failures/GPA/Class Rank • College-Going Rates • Graduation Rate/Dropout Rate

33. Survey Monkey

34. How do counselors obtain data? • Test scores • Surveys • Subgroup scores • Observation tally • Attendance numbers • Website “hits” • Discipline referrals • Demographic Profiles • ACT Profile • Failures/GPA/Class Rank • College-Going Rates • Graduation Rate/Dropout Rate

35. So, now: • Why do counselors use data? • What data do counselors collect and use? • How is the data gathered?

36. Questions? • Brenda Leggiadro, Counseling Team Leader, Lincoln East High School – bleggia@lps.org • Ruth E. Lohmeyer, Counseling Team Leader, Lincoln Northeast High School – rlohm@lps.org