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Pleasantville Elementary was a pleasant place - for a while...

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Pleasantville Elementary was a pleasant place - for a while...

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The teachers, principal and other support staff and students were going along well until one day - standardized testing revealed some academic weaknesses.

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At the same time, they noticed that over time, discipline issues began to arise...

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At the same time, they noticed that over time, discipline issues began to arise...

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"We did not have this kind of behavior when I was a student, and we certainly did not see it as often as we do now". Whatever shall we do?

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and the "feeling" of success and camaraderie just was not the same.

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and the "feeling" of success and camaraderie just was not the same.

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...and the school climate began to change, the "personality of the school"...

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Four Walden trained school counselors moved into the neighborhood.

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Four Walden trained school counselors moved into the neighborhood.

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Because they were social justice and equity minded advocates, they attended the local school decision-making meeting. As they listened attentively to the concerns being raised, they asked if the administration and community knew about the American School Counselor Association and how it offered  researched, evidence-based solutions to employ in elementary schools such as theirs.  The school and community team began to listen with eagerness as they presented information...

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Young, A. & Kaffenberger, C.(2011). The beliefs and practices of school counselors who use data to implement comprehensive school counseling programs. Professional School Counseling, December, 15(2).

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Extra Resource
This PowerPoint will be an excellent resource for any school counseling program and will help offer strategies to use to best serve the students.

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Collaboration Practices
Without collaboration a school counselor will not be of maximum service to the students he/she serves.  The ASCA repeats time and time again the importance and need for collaboration amongst colleagues, supervisors and other professional school counselors so as all bases are covered as there are so many “gray” areas in student matters on a daily basis, no one single person could handle everything that may arise.  Thus it is best suited for school counselors to enter the field with the open-mindedness to be willing, ready and able to collaborate on any subject that may come up when dealing with a student.

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Consultation Practices
“For school counselors, consultation with adult partners allows for efficient use of time while creating collaborative partnerships that are both proactive and preventative; consultation allows school counselors to work with adult partners to advocate for systemic change and equity in education—a critical theme of ASCA’s National Model” (pg. 186)
Reference:
Dollarhide, C. T, & Saginak, K. A. (2017). Comprehensive school counseling programs: K–12 delivery systems in action (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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School counselors serve as a resource leaders for implementing safe school initiatives and improving school climate. Some topics include gun safety, conflict resolution and bullying/harassment prevention, including safe use of technology.
American School Counselor Association. (2019). School counselors and safe schools and crisis response. Position Paper. Retrieved https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/PositionStatements/PS_SafeSchools.pdf.

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“Through intentionally embedding the CSCP into all facets of the school experience, which includes curriculum, school programming and influential social systems, CSCP’s are integrated with the academic agenda” (Pg. 59).
It is imperative that the CSCP is integrated into the elementary school curriculum as this is a prime age to stress safety habits for our students.  The following lesson plan stresses understanding electrical safety and the importance of knowing the dangers all around a classroom, school and even home.
Reference:
Dollarhide, C. T, & Saginak, K. A. (2017). Comprehensive school counseling programs: K–12 delivery systems in action (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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A Comprehensive School Counseling Program (CSCP) should begin with the four themes: Leadership, Advocacy, Collaboration, and Systemic Change (ASCA, 2012). While focusing on the themes, the program can be built around its foundation, management, delivery, and accountability. When these themes are combined, the CSCP will be efficient in helping students achieve their goals safely and successfully.
Student safety is a top priority for school counselors. Elementary school counselors can help students identify if they feel unsafe by teaching them identifying words and feelings.

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It is essential to evaluate the program of the school counselor to determine the effectiveness of any and all interventions, as well as the implementation of the entire program (Dimmit, 2009). Evaluation with a variety of standardized and formal /informal screens can be used. Happily, the ASCA National Model provides a blank copy for the school counselor's use.

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The four Walden change agents asked for information on Pleasantville's School Data Profile regarding Academic achievement and behavioral concerns. Disaggregating this data will help them monitor student progress, identify struggling students and barriers to learning and most importantly - identify access and equity issues. It would also help them identify where the school needed to improve, modify or change their services and close opportunity and achievement gaps.

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School counselors use action plans to deliver the school counseling curriculum, small-group and closing-the-gap initiatives (Dollarhide & Saginak, 2017)
The design, documentation and implementation topics all report the details in the action plan.
Below is a good action plan for elementary schoolers to follow when they are struggling with behavior issues. This worksheet uses the metaphor of a train running off its tracks, and what they can do to slow the train down.

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Delivery of services is for all students: it can be direct through individual, small group or classroom 'guidance' lessons.  It can be indirect through consultations with other staff, mental health professionals or family resource providers in the community. Individual counseling can occur in several different areas: career or academic planning; personal social development; family concerns or need; student behavior; ESOL learner; LGBTQIA; death in the family or crisis in the community.  Hence, the need for counselors to be culturally sensitive, knowledgeable and competent in dealing with students, their parents, and adult partners in the community.

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A comprehensive school counselor program is centered around student needs in the areas of academic, career and personal/social development that promote behaviors that enhance learning to help all students reach their full potential;  SMART goals -specific, measurable, attainable, results-oriented and time-bound - for the student and the school and larger community as they work with adult partners.  They include specific standards including the Framework for 21st Learning, National Career Development Guidelines, Six Pillars of Character and local State Standards.
American School Counselor Association. (2012). The ASCA national model: A framewor for school Coumseliing programs, (3rd. ed.). Alexandria, VA: Author.

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School counselor self-assessment

This form provided by the ASCA allows school counselors to self-assess and make sure the CSCP is on task and is providing full range for the students served.

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School counseling curriculum

“School Counselors provide services to students, parents, school staff and the community with direct services and indirect services” (pg. xiv).
Reference:
American School Counselor Association. (2012). ASCA national model: A framework for school counseling programs (3rd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Author.

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There are three results reports that school counselors can present to show accountability.  Those being: Curriculum, Small-Group, and Closing-the-Gap Results Reports.
"Data collection provides the school counseling program with the information needed to evaluate the program as it relates to student progress." (ASCA National Model, 2012)

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Management: Annual Agreement

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after the Walden counselors' presentation, the Pleasantville members felt a sense of relief and confidence that they could restore their school's climate, academic rigor, and camaraderie by implementing what had been shared with them.

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after the Walden counselors' presentation, the Pleasantville members felt a sense of relief and confidence that they could restore their school's climate, academic rigor, and camaraderie by implementing what had been shared with them.

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They did not live "happily ever after", but they did have the necessary tools to help them address immediate concerns, promote systemic change, monitor accountability, deliver for student success and deal successfully with change!

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Foundation: Mission Statement

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In this collaborative effort, I made contact initially with the members of the team and solicited their input on how to creatively set up this Padlet project. I offered the title and theme set up the introduction.  I also contributed to school safety, foundation, advocacy, accountability and management themes. To the best of my understanding, I tried to arrange the tiles to make a story.

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For this final project I was able to contribute by inputting images,a PDF, and information as it relates to the four components of the ASCA National model.

Calendars,school safety, advisory council, foundation, management, responsive services, Delivery, annual agreement, and mission statement

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Contributions to final project:
School Safety Idea
Delivery: School Counselor Curriculum
Collaboration Practices
Consultation Practices
Accountability: School Counselor Self-Assessment

It has been a pleasure working with such a talented and dedicated group throughout the quarter and each member of this group will go on to be excellent, caring, serving and most importantly, professional school counselors.  This is proof that collaboration is a must and if it can be done from a distance it’ll be even easier once the time comes to implement it ourselves.