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School Counselors

School Counselors. Experts in leadership, accountability and advocacy for students. Courtney Garza - CNDV 5330 - CNA. What are the responsibilities of a School Counselor?.

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School Counselors

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  1. School Counselors Experts in leadership, accountability and advocacy for students Courtney Garza - CNDV 5330 - CNA

  2. What are the responsibilities of a School Counselor? • Leadership – being in charge of student success by collaborating with on and off campus support systems in the interest of student success. • Advocacy – being the voice for students who are often not heard or even ignored. • Accountability – being able to show proof of positive outcomes of interventions that promote student achievement and making changes with interventions are not successful.

  3. School Counselors as Leaders Leadership is “the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations” (Dollarhide, C.T. and Saginak, K.A., 2012). Counselors are leaders on school campuses by promoting intrinsic motivation of students and staff. Counselors see the change that needs to be made for positive student improvement leads the campus in a direction to make these changes.

  4. ACTIVITYWhich student deserves counseling services more? Student A Student B • From an affluent neighborhood • Makes straight A’s every year • Involved parents • Enrolled in primarily PreAP level courses • Involved in campus leadership group • Student tutor • Lives in a foster home • Struggles with foundational knowledge due to educational gaps • Ethnic minority • One grade level behind peers • Often a discipline problem with two school suspensions this year • Tardy or absent often

  5. ASNWER: BOTH Counselors understand that no matter the background, ethnicity, parental involvement, etc. ALL students deserve to be heard and deserve to be successful in school and in life.

  6. School Counselors as Advocates “An advocate is a champion, a voice for those who are marginalized or excluded from decision making” (Dollarhide, C.T. and Saginak, K.A., 2012). School counselors are advocates for students who don’t have a voice. Counselors become the unheard student’s voice by communicating and interacting with others. Counselors take action and make a difference by making changes for the benefit of the students.

  7. School Counselors and Accountability MEASURE – a six-step accountability process • Enables counselors to demonstrate their effectiveness in promoting student achievement • Requires counselors to collaborate with administrators, faculty, and stakeholders • Uses specific school data (retention rates, test scores, etc.) to develop strategies for student improvement

  8. M-E-A-S-U-R-E M – Mission – The school counseling program must support the school’s mission statement and the annual school improvement plan. E – Elements – Counselors look at all elements of critical school data to ensure that no student group is ignored.

  9. M-E-A-S-U-R-E (cont.) A– Analyze – Data elements are analyzed so that the most important to student achievement are identified. The most important are addressed first. S – Stakeholders – Unite – The appropriate stakeholders are identified and work together creating an action plan for student achievement. The stakeholders include both those inside the school and outside in the community.

  10. M-E-A-S-U-R-E (cont.) R – Reanalyze – After initial results are met, reanalyze and make further changes to the action plan as needed. Keep interventions that worked, revise those that didn’t and change the action plan accordingly. E – Educate – Educate others by publicizing the results of the effective school counseling plan. This leads to everyone having a deeper understanding of the contributions of the school counseling program on student achievement.

  11. Counselors: • Feel challenged by the principles of social justice to ensure that all students have access to a high-quality education. • Ensure that every student, regardless of race, background, socioeconomic status, experiences a positive school atmosphere which will positively affect their quality of life • Accept responsibility to help eliminate achievement gaps and ensure all students receive quality education.

  12. Resources Dahir, C., Stone, C. (Not Dated). MEASURE-ingStudent Success: School Counselor Accountability, Article 57. Retrieved on August 4, 2013 from https://luonline.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-916214-dt-content-rid-6269100_1/courses/CNDV_5330_CNA_2013_60_AP2/six%20steps%20to%20success.pdf Dollarhide, C. T. & Saginak, K. A. (2012). Comprehensive school counseling programs: K-12 delivery systems in action. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. National Center for Transforming School Counseling (2013). School Counselors Working for Social Justice. Retrieved from www.edtrust.org/dc/tsc/vision

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