Parent- Teacher Presentation Tabitha Rue EDCE 660 Liberty University

Comprehensive Program Elements How does the program promote development of students? Academic (Learning to learn) Career (Learning to work) Personal-Social (Learning to live) Classroom Guidance Activity- bullying Academic- This is where our students learn the importance of learning. School counselors should collaborate with teachers and parents to ensure that the student is achieving in the classroom. Also, they will assist the student to reach their full potential. Career- This is where we show our students the importance of work. Career fairs are a great source for students to become exposed to different jobs. With connections from the community, staff, and parents, school counselors can set up a career fair. Personal- This is where students learning the importance of taking care of ourselves. Decision-making, coping, stress relief, long-term and short-term goal setting, and bullying are all topics that can be discussed in this domain. School counselors can do individual counseling, group, or classroom guidance to reach students. While there are many ways and activities to promote each domain. School Counselors can also contribute to academic achievement at the same time. Each domain is connected. (Demonstration of classroom guidance.) For example: The class would talk about what a bully is beyond the standard definition. Each student would write down what they thought bullying was. They would write a poem, play, story, song, etc to express. “ A bully is…” Then we would share and talk about it as a class. This is an activity that is helping students develop personally and socially, but also academically. They are practicing their writing and expressing themselves.

Advocacy How can we advocate for students? School counselors Parents Teachers Everyone must believe that all students can reach their full potential in all domains- Collaboration School counselors pay an important part to advocate on behalf of all students. Not only can we advocate for them, but we can teach them how to advocate for themselves (Erford, 2015). School Counselors- Schools counselors can teach self-advocacy skills to students and families. For example, if a student is placed in a lower level class, but knows they can succeed in a higher level class, the school counselor, student, and family can advocate for a change (Erford, 2015). Parents- parents can advocate for students by being aware of what is happening at school. Whether it is behavior, academics, or personal-social issues, parents need to be aware of it. Teachers-Teachers can advocate for their students by pay attention to their habits in class. Because teachers spend the most time with the student in the school, they know their behaviors. They can also notice classes. Everyone must work together for the development of the students. Reference: Erford, B. (2015).  Transforming the school counseling profession.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson.

Advocacy and Standards ASCA Model Leadership, advocacy, collaboration and systemic change are all themes within the model to use data and identify the needs of the students (Erford, 2015).

Advocacy Approaches and strategies for promoting equitable educational practices and responsive climates in pluralistic schools Develop awareness Develop acceptance Acquire verbal and non-verbal skills Whether the strategy is classroom guidance, group counseling, individual counseling, they all can address the topics of pluralist schools. It is important to teach students about other cultures and to become aware of their own culture. It is important to teach student acceptance of everyone’s differences. Our differences make us special. It is important to show students how they should communicate with words and body language Culture can motivate students to learn (Mixon, 2009). Using this information, we can teach our students the importance of culture and differences. Reference Mixon, K. (2009). Engaging and Educating Students with Culturally Responsive Performing Ensembles. Music Educators Journal, 95(4), 66-73.

Access, Attainments & Achievement What is Access? Access is to obtain or retrieve data. Cultural Ethical Economic Legal Political issues Cultural- Students need to have access to different cultures and backgrounds. Examples: School clubs, organizations, projects. Ethical- Students need to have access to ethical principals of the community, school, students, teaches, and family. Examples: volunteer opportunities. Economic- Students should have access to potential careers and economic information. Students should have a basic understanding of how they world works. Example: speakers, stores, school clubs. Legal- Students should have access to information about legal principals. Example: classes and mock trials Political issues- Student need to have access to events that are happening around the world. Example: Current events presentation, morning announcement, lunch activities, student government School counselors can use the curriculum of the comprehensive school counseling programs to expose students to these topics and allow them to have access to this information. School counselors have access to student data, are aware of the academic success and failure, they know which teachers are seen as ineffective toward students, are in touch with parents and have many resources in the community (House &Martin, 1998).  References House, R. M., & Martin, P. J. (1998). Advocating for better futures for all students: A  new vision for school counselors. Education, 119(2), 284.

Access, Attainment & Achievement What is attainment? Attainment is achieving or completing a goal that one has worked towards. Cultural Ethical Economic Legal Political issues Cultural- Have goals for each grade or school to understand and experience different cultures. Example: Culture fair, projects, and presentations Ethical: Have students set goals to volunteer to help community, family, school, and teachers. Example: service projects Economic- Have students set goals about money. Examples: budgeting Legal: Have students set goals about legal principal. Example: process for student loans and applying to colleges Political issues- Have students set goals to learn something new everyday. Example: Study aboard experiences, current events lessons. Goal-setting is a critical skill for all students to learn. Goal-setting can be expanded across many topics.

Achievement What is achievement? Cultural Ethical Economic Legal Achievement is the act of reaching a goal or achieving something. Cultural Ethical Economic Legal Political issues Cultural- Students should have achievement in understanding of different cultures. Example: Clubs, fairs, study aboard experiences Ethical- Students should have achievement in ethical principals of the community, school, students, teaches, and family. Examples: volunteer opportunities. Economic- Students should have achievement in potential careers and economic information. Example: learning to budget and find a part time job. Legal- Students should have achievement in information about legal principals. Example: applying for loans on their own. Political issues- Student should have achievement in events that are happening around the world. Example: Current events presentation, morning announcement, lunch activities, student government. This should no longer be an assignment, but a habit. An example would be watching the news.

Barriers to Student Development Academic achievement The achievement gap Multicultural issues Oppressions Equity There are many barriers that can block student development. First, I will talk about Academic achievement and then the student’s well-being. Professional development with staff and teachers is important to talk about barriers and how to break them. Achievement gap- As a professional school counselor, collaboration is critical for success. School Counselors must collaborate with teachers, staff, and parents to close the gap between high performing students and low performing students. new vision-focused identity allows school counselors to focus on the emotional/social and academic needs of the school community. They are the catalysts focused on removing the institutional barriers that result in the achievement gap (House &Martin, 1998).  Multicultural issues- Counselors must be aware of their own biases and beliefs before they can assist students with a different culture. They also must educate themselves about that culture. Something may offend one culture that is not offensive in out own culture. Also, counselors must help teachers with multicultural issues. Oppressions- Instead of blaming a student’s family for academic concerns, counselors should recognize oppressive forces (Erford, 2015). Equity- counselors should advocate that all students have the right to reach their full potential and believe that underrepresented backgrounds should get extra support if needed. References House, R. M., & Martin, P. J. (1998). Advocating for better futures for all students: A   new vision for school counselors. Education, 119(2), 284.

Barriers to Student Development Student well-being Bullying Family Relationships Drugs Meetings with teachers about students are important to ensure student development. Also, there can be posters, bulletin boards, and other opportunities for counselors to expose information to students. Bullying – counselors should talk to students about bullying ( group, individual counseling, and classroom guidance) Family- Counselors should talk to students about their home life. This can be an indication into their success at school. (classroom guidance and parent meetings) Relationships- Counselors should talk to students about positive and negative relationships. Also, they should demonstrate what each relationship could look like. ( fun activities) Drugs- Counselors should expose students to the dangers of drugs. ( D.A.R.E, speakers, and activities).