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Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)

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Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)

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Per FERPA a students personal information must be kept confidential.

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As a school counselor it is important to protect your students confidentiality. This topic is important for teacher, students, parents, and school administrators. I chose this topic as I feel this is an important topic that school counselors must abide by when working with students. School counselors know a lot of private information regarding students such as grades

and social economic status of their students. A school counselor, who it in a counseling relationship with a

student, has an ethical and legal obligation to keep information contained within that relationship (ASCA,

2023).

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School dropout prevention and intervention group action plan

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School dropout prevention and intervention group action plan

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Independent reading – “Preventing Dropout in Secondary Schools” article.  Students will complete a 4-question multiple choice quiz over the article.

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This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations for reducing dropout rates in middle and high schools, and improving high school graduation rates. School educators and administrators can use the guide to find specific, actionable strategies for dropout prevention, examples of how to implement the recommended practices in schools, advice on how to overcome potential obstacles, and a description of the supporting evidence. Learn more.

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Resource: Preventing Dropout in Secondary Schools

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This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations for reducing dropout rates in middle and high schools, and improving high school graduation rates. School educators and administrators can use the guide to find specific, actionable strategies for dropout prevention, examples of how to implement the recommended practices in schools, advice on how to overcome potential obstacles, and a description of the supporting evidence.

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Importance of an education discussion with whole group.  Students will discuss why they feel school is not important and then discuss why it is needed.

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o   Students will develop effective decision-making skills.

o   Students will take responsibility for their own behaviors.

o   Students will develop self-management skills.

o   Students know that communication involves speaking, listening, and nonverbal behavior.

o   Students will use communication skills to know when and how to ask for help.

o   Students will understand the need for personal boundaries.

o   Students will understand individual rights and privacy needs of others.

o   Students will develop and use conflict resolution skills.

o   Students will define healthy and unhealthy relationships.

o   Students will identify characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships.

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The purpose of this group is to help students understand the importance of education and provide them with the skills to make it to graduation.

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Iacbini, A. L., Petiwala, A. F., & DeHart, D. D. (2016). Examining Adverse Childhood

Experiences among Students Repeating the Ninth Grade: Implications for School

Dropout Prevention. Children & Schools, 38(4), 218–226. https://doi-

org.easydb.angelo.edu/10.1093/cs/cdw029

Manlove, J. (1998). The influence of high school dropout and school disengagement on the risk of school-age pregnancy. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8(2), 187–220. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327795jra0802_2

Piscitello, J., Kim, Y. K., Orooji, M., & Robison, S. (2022). Sociodemographic risk, school

engagement, and community characteristics: A mediated approach to understanding high

school dropout. Children and Youth Services Review, 133. https://doi-

org.easydb.angelo.edu/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106347

Texas Education Agency. (2019, August 18). Dropout prevention and recovery policies. https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/support-for-at-risk-schools-and-students/at-risk-schools-and-students-dropout-prevention/dropout-prevention-and-recovery-

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o   The group will be organized and structured by the counselor.

o   The number of students in the group will depend on the need’s assessment and how many identified students are provided to the counselor.

o   The group will meet once bi-weekly for 30 minutes for 6 weeks.

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o      Students will develop effective decision-making skills.

o      Students will take responsibility for their own behaviors.

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Watch “Principal Ted Daughtrey's message”

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Motivational Message: Principal Ted Daughtrey