Strategic planning and data collection for advocacy Denver Public Schools Laura Tobey-Davis & Brian Yoder Navigating road blocks

Objectives: Understand the importance of strategic planning Know what to measure Have practical examples to help share data

Connecting Data Collection… to District and School Mission and Goals

SPF’s

Sharing is Caring!

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Data and the Different Domains

Data for College and Career Readiness? What should we collect and share?

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School Counseling and Equity: What data should we look for?

ASCA Closing the Gap Action Plan School Name   Year: Goal: Target Group: Data to Identify Students School Counselor(s) ASCA Domain and Standard (Mindsets & Behaviors) Type of Activities to be Delivered in What Manner? Resources Needed Process Data (Projected number of students affected) Perception Data (Type of surveys to be used) Outcome Data (Achievement, attendance and/or behavior data to be collected) Project Start/Project End

Goals How do your grant / department goals and expected outcome data align with your school and District goals and expected outcomes? How do your grant / department goals and expected outcome data align with College and Career Readiness Data elements and equity? Look at interventions and how to make them systemic

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Work Time: 10 mins Take 5 mins to think about a counseling intervention and complete the NOSCA systemic Interventions Form Take a 5 min break

Accountability and …. ADVOCACY

Pre post test survey Pre-Survey Correct Incorrect Correct % What does the ICAP acronym stand for? 16 22 42 In which three areas do school counselors help students? 25 13 The Colorado Counseling Corp goal is to increase ICAP completion by what %? 8 30 Post-Survey 31 6 83 37 28 9

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CLOSING THE GAP RESULTS REPORT ASCA Results Report CLOSING THE GAP RESULTS REPORT School Name   Year: Goal: Target Group: Data to Identify Students School Counselor(s) ASCA Domain and Standard (Mindsets & Behaviors) Type of Activities to be Delivered in What Manner? Resources Needed Process Data (Number of students affected) Perception Data (Data from surveys used) Outcome Data (Achievement, attendance and/or behavior data collected) Implications

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Next steps: Application Create your advocacy timeline for the remainder of the grant and/ OR pick at least one accountability structure that you will use to share your data with stakeholders. NOSCA’s building level accountability report ASCA Results DATA report (School Counseling Spotlight)

Is this The End…… OR…… Just The Beginning?