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VISION 2020 is a small group of high school seniors that all have the same vision for their life after high school. We work in small groups to discuss and complete college applications, scholarship applications, FAFSA/financial aid, and options for what comes next after high school.

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Through participation in Vision 2020, the following Mindsets and Behaviors, as listed in the ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success, will be acheived:

Mindsets

M 1. Belief in development of whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being (p.2)

M 2. Self-confidence in ability to succeed (p.2)

M 3. Sense of belonging in the school environment (p.2)

M 4. Understanding that postsecondary education and life-long learning are necessary for long-term career success (p.2)

Behaviors

B-LS 4. Apply self-motivation and selfdirection to learning (p.2)

B-LS 5. Apply media and technology skills (p.2)

B-LS 7. Identify long- and short-term academic, career and social/
emotional goals (p.2)

B-SS 2. Create positive and supportive relationships with other students (p.2)

B-SS 3. Create relationships with adults that support success (p.2)

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In order to get the word out about Vision 2020, the following will be used:
* morning announcements
* Chico ISD Facebook Page
* Chico ISD Website
* Chico ISD All Call System to
Senior Parents
* Flyer sent home via senior
students
* Flyers distributed by senior
English teacher

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Vision 2020 was developed to target those seniors that needed the most direction in their plans for after high school graduation. To determine this need, each senior will complete an interest survey and a Career Crusing Profile online. Using the results of these two evaluations, the students that display the most need will then be selected and have a brief interview. During these interviews the TAP-in method, developed by Rosemarie Smead, will be used in the following manner:
Tell student about the group. Each student chosen will be individually told about the purpose of the group and given a consent form requiriung their signature and that of their parents before their selection can be confirmed.
Ask student about his or her
level  of interest/commitment          to expectations of group. After the initial selection process, the student will be asked if they will particioate in the sessions with good intentions and in a positive manner. If the student would prefer not to attend or has conflicts, they can withdraw at this time.
Pick participants. Only the students that provide a signed consent, reply in the affirmative to the interview questions, and show a need to participate in the sessions will be chosen with a maxium group total of 10.

(Missouri Professional School
Counselors and Counselor
Educators, 2015, p.22).

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Once students have been selected to participate in Vision 2020, they will be required to attain parental consent as well as individual assent to positively participate in the group sessions. A form similiar to the one in the link below will be used and must be returned with the required signature before the date of the first session.
(Missouri  Professional School
Counselors and Counselor
Educators, 2015, p.24).

https://blackboard.angelo.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2239454-dt-content-rid-18975290_2/courses/12764.202010/12764.202010_ImportedContent_20191001111000/guid-respon-serv-small-group-counseling-guide-2015%2024.pdf

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The particpants of this group will be high school seniors that lack a clear pathway to their life after high school.
Stage 1
The first stage will focus on getting to know each other and understand where each of the participants are in regards to what they want to do after high school.  Establishing a relationship between the counselor and the students will allow the students to become comfortable discussing their needs in a group situation.
Stage 2
The second stage will focus on strengthening the relationships that were developed in the first stage.  The group will create their own ideas of success within the group and and will work together, cohesively, to reach their individual and group goals.
Stage 3
The third stage will focus on reaching the set upon group and individual goals. All participants that have completed all sessions will have completed all lessons that will help guide them toward a positive pathway for their life after high school graduation. A post assessment and anonymous survey will be completed by each participant and their parent to evaluate the effectiveness of the group sessions.

(Missouri  Professional School
Counselors and Counselor
Educators, 2015, p.7).

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Vision 2020 will practice the Participative Leadership style from Lewin''s Leadership Styles. In the type of leadership, the students are offered "guidance to group members, but they also participate in the group and allow input from other group members" (Cherry, 2019, p. 2). This leadership style allows each group member to be able to contribute to the group and to work cooperatively with other group members to reach similar goals. Providing guidance and allowing the students within the group to work with and challenge their peers will be of the most benefit to all involved.

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The following rules are nonnegotiable for participation in Vision 2020:
1. Be respectful.
2. Come ready to work/learn.
3. Confidentiality.
These three rules are in place to keep the Vision 2020 group a positive and progressing group. Other rules will be developed as the group continues and with the majority of the group building the rules. This group is intended to help graduationd seniors decide on a pathway for after high school, if at any popint the participants do not want to continue, they will be free to leave the group.
(Missouri  Professional School
Counselors and Counselor
Educators, 2015, p.26)

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Vision 2020 will utilize many of Yalom's Therapeutic Factors as the group progresses. Instillation of Hope because each member will have to believe that if they successfully complete the group sessions that they will find a pathway to follow.  Universality because the group will be made up of students with a similar goal of attaining a pathway for after high school.  Altruism because the group sessions will be organized to allow each group member to help and advize one another. Vision 2020 is designed to allow all group members the opportunity to research and decide on the correct pathway to reach their individual self goals.(Yalom, 1995).

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The American School Counsselor Association's Professional Standards and Competencies (2014) states that school counselors must  "adhere to the legal responsibilities of the role of the school counselor including the unique legal and ethical principles of working with minor students in a school setting" (B-PF 3, p. 3). Vision 2020 is designed to meet all the ethical and leagal requirements of a school counselor and group sessions. All participants and their strudents must sign a confidentiality consent aand assent form and during the first group session must verbally agree to confidentiality of all group matters.

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The Texas Education Code states that "each school counselor at an elementary, middle, or junior high school, including an open-enrollment charter school offering those grades, shall advise students and their parents or guardians regarding the importance of postsecondary education, coursework designed to prepare students for postsecondary education, and financial aid availability and requirements" (TEC, 2019,  Sec.33.007).  Vision 2020 is designed to help those students that have no clear path after high school find a pathway that best fits them. By allowing the students time and guidance in selecting that path, the legal requirement of postsecondary education is met.

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American School Counselor Association (2014). Mindsets and
Behaviors for Student Success: K-12 College- and Career-Readiness
Standards for Every Student. Alexandria, VA: Author.

Cherry, K. 2019. Leadership styles and frameworks you ought to know.
VeryWell Mind . Retrieved from https://www.verywellmind.com/leadership-styles-2795312.

Missouri Professional School Counselors and Counselor Educators. (2015). Professional school counselor small group counseling guide: A professional school counselor’s guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating school-based counseling groups. Retrieved from https://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/guid-respon-serv-small-group-counseling-guide-2015.pdf

2 Texas Education Code § 33

Yalom ID. (1995). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (4th ed.). New York: Basic Books.