The Massachusetts Model for Comprehensive School Counseling “MA Model” 101 College and Career Readiness Webinar Series June 9, 2015 College and Career Readiness
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Welcome! Please type your question or comment in the chat window at any point during the presentation All phones will be muted (please mute yours if we cannot do it remotely) PowerPoint slides will be sent to all registered participants If you have problems with hearing the audio please dial to connect 2
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education MA Definition of College and Career Readiness The Boards of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Higher Education (BHE) voted to adopt a common definition of “college and career readiness” in February and March These end goals are based on students acquiring knowledge, skills and experiences in three domains: Learning (academic), Workplace Readiness, and Qualities and Strategies (personal/social) with the ultimate goal in each domain being competency attainment. 3
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education College and career readiness means an individual has the requisite knowledge, skills and experiences in the academic, workplace readiness, and personal/social domains to successfully navigate to completion an economically viable career pathway in a 21 st century economy. 4
MA Model 101 Kate Salas, Ed.D
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education MA Model 101 Why implement the MA Model? What is the MA Model? How to implement Resources, lots of resources! 6
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Why Implement the MA Model? What do school counselors do? How are students different as a result of what school counselors do? 7
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Why? Tier 1 Classroom Lessons Tier 2 (Individuals, Groups) Tier 3 Intensive interventions Tier 4 Refer out Tier 1 Classroom Lessons Tier 2 Individuals, Groups Tier 4 Refer out Tier 3 Intensive Interventions 8
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education What is the MA Model? A systematic approach to developing and implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. Counselors will ensure students acquire knowledge and skills in the three domains Academic/Technical Achievement Workplace Readiness/Career Planning Personal and Social Development 9
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Program Foundation 12
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Program Foundation Student Competencies MA Career Development Benchmarks Professional Competencies School Counselor Indicators for Educator Evaluation 13
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Skills for Success
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Management System 15
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Guidance Curriculum Responsive Services Individual Planning System Support High School 15%-25%25%-35% 10%- 15% Middle/Jr. High 25%-35%30%-40%15%-25%10%- 15% Elementary 35%-45%30%-40%5%-10%10%- 15% Use of Time 16
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Delivery System 17
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Responsive Services Individual/Small Group Consultation Outside referrals Crisis counseling Safety/Crisis response teams Student assistant teams 18
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Individual Planning Academic check-ins Individual/Small group counseling (goal setting) Individual/Small group appraisal Student monitoring Consultation Referral/placement Individual Learning Plans 19
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Comprehensive SC Program Facilitate and follow-up 4x per year Weekly as needed Exec Functioning Decision Making College/Career Public Speaking Organization Group Skills 7 th Grade Curriculum 8 th Grade Curriculum Kid Day Meetings Individual Check Ins 20
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education 21 st Century Skills Class Taught by school counselors 2 classes per cycle (on the related arts rotation) 60 class periods per year Counselors loop with their students for 7 th and 8 th grade 21
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education What students say… “Sometimes I walk into class bored and unhappy but I always leave happy and inspired” “You never know what to expect in 21 st class but you know it will be fun” “All of the teachers in this school hate me except you” 22
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education School trains us to be consumers of story but not how to create story. ~Garr Reynolds 26
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Resources Diigo PPS School Counselors Twitter #sccrowd #scchat Facebook Caught in the Middle School Counselors HS Counselors Network SC Central PD SC Tech Teacher Live TWITTER chats #SCCROWD last Tuesday of the month at 8:30pm #SCCHAT first Tuesday of the month at 8:00pm 27
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Diigo Web based social bookmarking site Colleagues can add to it Accessible from any computer Have to have a Gmail acct to access 28
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Facebook (its not all bad) 30
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Facebook for SC “Like” these pages School Counselor Central Caught in the Middle School Counselors High School Counselors’ Network 31
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education After Safe Share 34
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Accountability 35
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Don’t work harder than the kids 36
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Forms
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Student Scan 38
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education 39 Summary
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Kahoot!
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education If you could change one thing about your job, what would it be? Add your thoughts to the wall Refresh the page to see more responses Padlet is a great activator as students are entering the class 42
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Google Forms 44
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Responses
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Tech Tools Padlet: virtual wall that students can add thoughts to Grade Cam: quick way to assess students by scanning forms Kahoot: game based classroom responses using devices SCOPE: School Counselors Online Professional Exchange 46
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Thank you! Kate: Follow me on For more information on the MA Model MA Model Introductory Institute June 30 th -July 1 st at Dean College 48