Transcript TK Portal Toolkits Overview

The RISCA
Toolkits Approach
to Implementing
Comprehensive School
Counseling Programs
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Primary Goals
for Our Profession
 Comprehensive school
counseling programs, based on
the ASCA National Model, are
implemented in all schools
 All students achieve the ASCA
National Standards
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How We Got Started
 Began in Providence (RI) Public Schools
by focusing on four building blocks:
1. District Framework for School Counseling
2. Administrative Handbook
3. Strategic and Annual Implementation plans
4. Professional Development Program
 This process evolved into the RISCA
Toolkits Approach to Implementing
Comprehensive School Counseling
Programs based on the ASCA model
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Why Use the Toolkits Approach?
 Answers the question: What do I do tomorrow
to implement a comprehensive School
counseling program based on the ASCA
National Model?
 Provides structured processes, clearly defined
protocols and easy-to-use tools to capture and
organize the results of your work
 Produces quality documentation that can be
used to promote the value of school counseling
to student success and the health of the school
community
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Eight Toolkits
 1—Strategic and
Annual Planning
 2—Essential
Counseling
Program
 3—School
Counseling Data
Management
 4—Professional
Development
Program
 5—Family and
Community
Engagement
 6—Program
Implementation
Management
 7—Individual
Counselors
Planning for Results
 8—Individual Student
Learning Plans
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All Toolkits Produce Products
1—Strategic Plan and
Annual Implementation
plans
2—Curriculum Framework
for School Counseling
3—Data reports on the
impact of your
counseling program and
SPARCs
4—Professional
Development program,
modules and PD
calendar
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5—Plan for engaging
families and
community, and
building partnerships
6—Counseling Department
administrative
handbook
7—Individual counselor
plans for the school
year
8—Individual Learning
Plan program for
students
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All Toolkits Consist
of a Series of Steps
 Each step is designed to help you reflect
on your practice and dialog with your
colleagues regarding the topic of the
toolkit
 Each step contributes to the final
products produced by the toolkit
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Step 1 in Each Toolkit is a Visit
to the “Toolkit Welcome Center”
 Four tasks are completed at the
Welcome Center:
1. Assemble a work group
2. Gain knowledge about the focus of the
toolkit
3. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of
your current approach
4. Develop a plan for using the toolkit in
your school and district
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What You Will Do in Each Toolkit
 The following slides identify the steps
involved in each toolkit
 Each step can involve one or more
tools
 Step 1 (Welcome Center) is assumed—
the slides begin with step 2
 Completing all toolkits will establish
the infrastructure for implementing
comprehensive school counseling
programs in your school and district
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Toolkit 1—Strategic and Annual
Planning
2. Examine the major forces impacting your
school counseling program
3. Learn how to implement a complete
planning cycle
4. Produce a strategic plan
5. Produce annual implementation plans
6. Implement your plan and monitor
progress
7. Produce accountability reports based on
your strategic and annual plans
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Toolkit 2—Essential Counseling
Program
2. Define your essential counseling program
(based on four components of delivery
system in ASCA National Model)
3. Develop a scope and sequence for your
counseling curriculum
4. Define expected results for curriculum
activities and align them with standards
5. Document your essential counseling
curriculum
6. Produce a curriculum framework for school
counseling for your district
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Toolkit 3—School Counseling Data
Management
2. Develop a School Counseling Data
Management Program for assessing :
a. Student progress towards standards
b. The impact of implementing your school
counseling program
3. Explore the CSCOR and EZAnalyze Web sites
4. Use data to respond to mandates (e.g., RI’s
Commissioner's Review)
5. Produce a SPARC for your school and district
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Toolkit 4—Professional
Development Program
2. Develop a Professional Development
(PD) program for school counselors
3. Publish a School Counseling PD
calendar
4. Document PD modules
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Toolkit 5—Family and Community
Engagement
2. Develop plan for engaging families and
community
3. Develop plan for developing/
enhancing partnerships (e.g.,
government agencies, higher
education, business community)
4. Publish a handbook for family,
community and partnerships
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Toolkit 6—Program
Implementation Management
2. Define and document school counselor
roles and responsibilities
3. Define and document policies and
protocols related to school counseling
4. Standardize processes and forms,
where appropriate
5. Maintain logs of implementation
activities
6. Produce an administrative handbook
for school counseling
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Toolkit 7—Individual Counselors
Planning for Results
2. Produce individual counselor plans for
the school year
3. Compile points to discuss with your
department head and/or principal
4. Identify barriers to achieving results
and strategies for overcoming them
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Toolkit 8—Individual Learning
Plans
2. Develop an Individual Learning Plan
(ILP) program for your school and/or
district
3. Develop materials to use with the ILP
4. Gather data that demonstrates
student progress toward counseling
standards
5. Gather data that demonstrates the
impact of planning on student
achievement
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What Works for Us
 Central coordinating function is key
 Completing the toolkits implements a
comprehensive counseling program
 Professional development is ongoing and
reinforces common themes
 On-site visits to schools are effective for
professional development
 Districts have realistic and manageable
targets to achieve during the year
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Coaches Program
 Goal is to have at least one counselor
in every district trained in the use of
the toolkits
 Coaches are a primary link between
RISCA (a statewide organization) and
counselors in the schools
 Coaches provide on-site technical
assistance in how to implement
comprehensive school counseling
programs
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Commissioner’s Review Process
 Schools are required to demonstrate
how they are using comprehensive
school counseling to support and
personalize student learning
 RISCA provides technical assistance
and tools to help counselors participate
in this process
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How Did/Will We Fund This?
 School-to-Career and Perkins Grants
 Fees for Professional Development
events
 A whole lot of in-kind contributions
 Toolkits and EZAnalyze are free
 RISCA is submitting grant proposals
 You will find a donation box at the
back door
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What We Have Learned
 These are essential:
— A community of dialog and selfreflection
— Leadership and ownership
— Front-end planning
— Facilitated process
— Short and long-term goals
— A smorgasbord of tools to use
(jump in anywhere)
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The Bottom Line
 A community of dialog and selfreflection
— We must reflect on our practice
— We must talk with each other about
how to improve our practice
— Building this community requires common
goals that are achieved
through shared experiences
 The RISCA Toolkits are the vehicles
through which this community is built
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How Do YOU Get Started?
Decide What Toolkits to Use
 Toolkits for All Counselors
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Toolkit
Toolkit
Toolkit
Toolkit
2—Essential Counseling Program
3—School Counseling Data Management
7—Personal Planning for Results
8—Individual Learning Plans
 Toolkits for Counselor Administrators
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Toolkit
Toolkit
Toolkit
Toolkit
1—Strategic and Annual Planning
4—Professional Development Program
5—Family & Community Engagement
6—Program Implementation Management
 We Recommend Beginning with Toolkit 2
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RISCA Toolkits Are Free
 The RISCA Toolkits are available for
free download from the Rhode Island
School Counselor Association’s Web
site:
www.rischoolcounselor.org
 Tools are continuously developed,
piloted and revised. Check our Web site
periodically to obtain the latest
version.
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