School Counseling Program The Family School
School counseling programs are collaborative efforts benefiting all stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, administrators and the overall community. An effective counseling program is important to the school climate and a crucial element in improving student achievement. School counselors provide proactive leadership in the school’s counseling program through the delivery of activities and services to promote student success in the three ASCA domains: academic, career and personal/social in additional to NOSCA 8 college readiness. Services are delivered in individual, group or developmental lesson plans. School counselor services and programs help students resolve emotional, social or behavioral problems and help them develop a clearer focus or sense of direction. (http://www.schoolcounselor.org).
The Family School P.S. 443x 1116 Sheridan Avenue Bronx, NY 10456 718-538-3266 Developer: Jenenea Hall, School Counselor Intern JHall11@schools.nyc.gov www.schoolcounselorscorner@weebly.com
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Foundations of Counseling
What is ACCESS? ACCESS is an acronym summarizing the competencies all students should have if they have been through a data-driven, comprehensive, developmental school counseling program K-12 based on the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model Framework/ASCA Standards with Added Emphasis on College and Cultural Readiness. Academic Career College/ post-secondary education Emotional/personal Social/cultural Skills program for every K-12 student (Chen-Hayes, 2010).
Like any solid structure, a school counseling program is built on a strong foundation. Based on the school’s goals for student achievement, what every student should know and should be able to do, the foundation determines how every student will benefit from the school counseling program. Many school counseling programs are based on the ASCA National Standards for Student Competencies.
What is TACKLE? TACKLE is the acronym to succinctly describe the key achievement, opportunity, and attainment gap-closing skills: Teaming and Collaboration Advocacy Culturally Competent Counseling and Program Coordination Knowledge and Use of Technology Leadership Equity Assessment Using Data (Source: Chen-Hayes, 2007, 2011).
Based on the core beliefs, philosophies and missions identified in the foundation, the delivery system describes the activities, interactions and methods necessary to deliver the program such as Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning, Responsive Services, and Systems Support.
Intertwined with the delivery system is the management system, which incorporates organizational processes and tools to ensure the program is organized, concrete, clearly delineated and reflective of the school’s needs. This is a relatively new concept for administrators and school counselors who traditionally have not viewed school counselors as “managers.” Management consist of Management agreements, Advisory Council, Use of Data, Action Plans, Use of Time, and Use of Calendars.
School counselors and administrators are increasingly challenged to demonstrate the effectiveness of the school counseling program in measurable terms. To evaluate the program and to hold it accountable, school counselors must collect and use data that link the program to student achievement such as Results Reports, School Counselor Performance Standards and Program Audit (http://www.ascanationalmodel.org/).
Created by: Jenenea Hall