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Denver Public Schools Counseling: Elevating Support Through Strategic Planning and Collaboration

Explore the evolution of counseling support within Denver Public Schools from its historical foundations to current initiatives. Learn about the shift in philosophy, empowerment strategies, and data-driven decision-making process implemented by the School Counseling Leadership Team. Discover the comprehensive blueprint, including monthly meetings, professional development plans, and targeted recruitment efforts to ensure effective representation. Dive into the departmental reviews, counselor surveys, and performance evaluations that shape the continuous improvement cycle. Join the collaborative effort to enhance counseling services through shared best practices, resource highlighting, and ongoing professional development opportunities.

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Denver Public Schools Counseling: Elevating Support Through Strategic Planning and Collaboration

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  1. Denver Public Schools Blueprint for District-Wide School Counseling Support

  2. Ancient History (until 2007) • How did DPS get to this point? • Advisory Committee vs. Leadership Team • Difference in Philosophy • Amount of Empowerment

  3. Recent History (2007-2011) • How do we define ourselves and our work? • Professional School Counselors are… • How do we want to be known as in three years? What is our ideal state? (start of the SCLT) • How will we get there? • Three-year Strategic Plan was developed with yearly milestones

  4. Structures to Support SCLT Implementation • Retreat • Monthly Meetings • PDU • Homework • Email Asks • Open Team • Targeted recruitment (ie – begging) to ensure representation

  5. Current Work (2011- present) • Revisiting Mission, Beliefs and Philosophy • Developing Vision • Data Elements • Plan to impact Data Elements through PD

  6. Leadership Development Collaboration Shared Vision & Mission Team Decision-Making SCHOOL COUNSELING LEADERSHIP TEAM

  7. School Counseling Leadership Team • What DATA ELEMENTS do we, as DPS School Counselors, OWN?

  8. School Counseling Data Elements

  9. Q: How do we PRIORITIZE this huge list of elements?A: HOW WELL do School Counselors currently know or are able to do the priority elements? • Department Reviews • Individual Counselor Surveys

  10. Counseling PD Blueprint • Using data from: • Counseling Department Reviews • Individual Counseling Knowledge and Skills Survey • Other Data Sources (Time Task Analyses) • Anecdotal Data • Results in Universal PD • Results in Targeted PD • Results in REALLY TargetedPD

  11. School Counseling Leadership Team

  12. Department and Counselor Performance • Sharing of Best Practices & Resources • Wiki • PD • Highlighting Best Practices with each other • Next Survey • Looking for improvement • Next Department Review • Looking for improvement

  13. Wiki • Include District Counseling Plan page • Include Data Elements power point page • Include ASCA Elements page

  14. Get on the Bus!

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