Transcript CONEWAGO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Key Stakeholders Needed to Impact Academic and
Career Maturity of All Students and to Design a
K-12 School Counseling Program
Parents/
Guardian
Business/
Community
Students
Educators/
Administrators
Post-Secondary
CONEWAGO
VALLEY
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
GUIDANCE ADVISORY
COUNCIL
INITIAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
Conewago Valley School District
Total enrollment = 3875
Male 1958
Female 1917
38% are economically disadvantaged
16% minority (Black, Asian, Hispanic,
Native, Multi-racial)
* 84% Caucasian
Currently we have 14 different languages
spoken by our student population.
11% of our students have a language
other than English spoken at home.
CVSD GUIDANCE MISSION
STATEMENT
The mission of the Conewago Valley School
District Guidance Department is to support
our school district’s educational mission by
providing a comprehensive school
counseling program which will prepare
each student to reach his or her fullest
academic, career, and social-emotional
potential.
What is the CVSD Guidance Department?
Elementary – 2 buildings: Grades 1-3
Conewago Township – Lisa Miller, Counselor
New Oxford Elementary – Roxann Hall, Student Support Teacher
Conewago Intermediate School Grades 4-6
Becky Wildasin, Counselor and Abby Reichart, Paraprofessional
New Oxford Middle School Grades 7-8
Laurie Miller, Counselor and Becky Myers, Paraprofessional
New Oxford High School Grades 9-12
Joe Connolly, Counselor A-C
Marcia Knorr, Guidance Intern D-G
Lorrie Eck, Counselor H-O
Mark Rodrigo, P-Z
Brad Trostle, Dropout Prevention Paraprofessional
Kelly Kuhn, Testing/Grad Projects Paraprofessional
Elementary
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NOE – 1 to 615 ratio; CTE – 1 to 525 ratio
Building level academic interventions
Small group support
School-wide positive behavioral support
Meet with individual students
Liaison to outside resources
System Support
Gifted Support
Intermediate
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2 to 611 ratio
Teach guidance classes
Grade 4 ~ Character Counts
Grade 6 ~ Junior Achievement BizTown
Individual/group counseling
Consulting teacher/parent/outside agencies
Support school-wide programs
Bullying/Homework Club/SWPBS/SST
Coordination system support: Report cards,
PSSA, scheduling
Middle
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Academic and Behavioral intervention and
support
Personal and Social individual/group counseling
Support school-wide initiatives: SWIBS, SIT, SST,
SAP, Anti-bullying
System support-scheduling, testing, homework
club, report cards, and other guidance related
activities
Consult with teachers, administrators, and outside
resources
High School
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4 to 1242 ratio
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J. Connolly – 228 students; M. Knorr – 179
students; L. Eck – 410 students; M. Rodrigo – 425
students
Individual and group meetings
Academic and behavioral intervention and
support
Personal/social individual/group counseling
College and career presentations
(student/parent)
System support: Scheduling, testing,
graduation projects, Blended Academy,
dropout prevention, SWPBS, SIT
Advisory Council
Stakeholders
 Students
 Parents/Guardians
 Business/Community
 Educators
 Post-Secondary Representatives
State Standards and Mandates
Chapter 339 mandates a comprehensive and integrated PreK-12 guidance plan
“There shall be a written plan on file, approved by the local board of school
directors, for the development and implementation of a comprehensive,
sequential program of guidance services for kindergarten through 12th grade.
The plan must include procedures to provide for guidance services to AVTS’s.
Upon request, the plan shall be submitted to the Pennsylvania Secretary of
Education.”
Chapter 12 mandates a comprehensive program of student services
“Each school entity shall prepare a written student services plan, including a
school counseling component, based on the needs of its students and consistent
with the district’s strategic plan requirements outlined in Chapter 4.
The Academic Standards for Career Education and Work
“Address the importance of career planning for all students related to labor
market projections and workforce needs”. Four strands are addressed in these
standards:
Career Awareness and Planning- (Discovery Self)
Career Acquisition- (Getting a Job)
Career Retention- (Keeping a Job)
Entrepreneurship- (Creating a Job)
The Workforce Issue
The Forgotten Half in the United States
 30%
of United States people between 1825 do not have a high school diploma.
 20%
of United States people between 1825 “only” graduate from high school
‘Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young
Americans for the 21st Century”
Unskilled jobs are disappearing;
demand for high skills is rising
100%
80%
16%
19%
26%
10%
40%
60%
54%
40%
73%
Professional
Skilled
Unskilled
40%
20%
0%
20%
1950
1994
2011
Source: U.S Bureau of Census and Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Center
for Workforce Information & Analysis (Pennsylvania statewide)
CVSD
 How
do we develop the best
possible program to benefit our
students?
 Increase in post-high school
attendance over the past 10 years,
but we do not have completion data
(or if they even actually attend
 In the big picture, how do we help
our students in all areas: academic,
personal/social, and career?
Goals
 To
establish the Guidance Advisory Council to
benefit from input from all stakeholders.
 To compile data by the spring Advisory Council
meeting to enable us to create goals for next
school year.
 To present the Guidance program to the CVSD
School Board and each building faculty by the
end of the school year.
Breakout group questions
 What
makes a successful and meaningful
program for our students?
 How can you help us be a better
program?
 What data could we provide that would
be helpful in guiding our future goals?
 Best starting time and meeting place?
 Spring date – May 12, 2014
 Fall date – October 20, 2014