Erica J. Harris M.Ed. ASCA School Counseling Data and Leadership Specialist Advisement Specialist OK Dept. of Career & Technology Education

Why did you chose this session? Why you chose the School Counseling Profession? Data Literacy Tools for advocacy and school counseling improvement plan. 

 How do we define and advocate for our profession?

 Busy Professionals  or Always Available?  Starters vs.  Utility Players?  What gives our students the best?

We can do it but we can’t do it all well!

 Direct Services  In person SC’s working with students DIRECTLY  School Counseling Core Curriculum  Lessons (Research Based) help students gain the ATTITUDE, KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS… end game productive student and citizen!  Individual Student Planning  Systemic interventions to assist students in reaching planning and developing future… end game productive student and citizen!  Responsive Services  Interventions that meet immediate needs, individual, small group or crisis.  Indirect Services  Work done on the behalf of a student’s academic, social emotional or career achievement… end game productive student and citizen!

 Your Favorite Color Sticky Note-  What you wish students received MORE of from your program.  White Sticky Note-  What you wish your program worked smarter not hard on for students.

Norm Gybers Father of Modern School Counseling  Add an additional School Counselor  Decrease non-counseling duties  Increase direct services with students  Increase student achievement  HS Increases college attendance rate

University of Florida Study  “Even though school counselors know that addressing social and self- management skills contributes to improved academic outcomes, they rarely have school-based outcome data to support the effectiveness of this type of intervention.” (Luck & Webb, 2009)

“DATA is the LOVE language of administrators!” #ASCA15

Who, what, when and where? Students Knowledge, Attitude and Skills Attendance, Grades, Behavior, Suspension and Test Scores

 Kahootit

 Return on investment (ROI) for the district.  Why should I hire a certified school counselor?  Successful programs die and we do what has always been done.

 OSCAR  ASCA RAMP  Templates SC Program Assessment SC Program Smart Goal Annual Agreement Advisory Council Closing-the-Gap Results Report

 Site improvement plan  Site goal Academic, Attendance, Behavior, Career, EOI Enrollment Trends  How will your program assist and intervene?  Make intervention time bound.  How will you know you have helped students? Track Data Yellow Blue Green

 Track time  You don’t know what you don’t know!  CSCORE What is their foundational knowledge and experiences of school counselors?  TELL!

 Ezanalyze.com  Dr. Tim School Counselor Educator California Free Donation Based  School Counselor Central  Dr. Deborah Hardy Director of School Counseling in New York $150 site, $600 a district

“Advocacy is difficult and it is an activity that should never end!” – Norm Gybers

 Advisory Council  Piktochart.com  Free Info graph creator  Present at conferences, in your building, PTA meetings.

 PTA Meetings  School Board Meetings  Professional Organizations  Attend Conferences  Create a PLN

1. Start with your school’s improvement plan and outcome data, how can you enhance those initiatives? Attendance, Academic, Behavior, Career, EOI, ACT  Enrollment Trends (gender, ethnicity, feeder schools) 2. SMART GOAL 3. Annual Agreement 4. Time Analysis 5. PLN 6. Advocacy PLAN

 Questions  More information  Ideas  Concerns  Discussion 