1. SOHI School counseling Spring Advisory Committee
May 17, 2017
Margaret Griffin, Erin Neisinger, Megan Murphy School Counselors

2. Agenda Introduction of Members Purpose of council
The role of the school counselor & Asca model
School counseling program overview
Counseling department goals report
Committee members for next year
Agenda for fall
questions

3. Members Brian Dusek, School Board Member Tony Graham, School Principal
Margaret Griffin, School Counselor
Brock Kant, Sophomore student
Natalie Kant, sophomore Parent
Megan Murphy, sohi teacher, Interventionist
Erin Neisinger, School Counselor
Heather swanson, freshman parent

4. Purpose of Council
Review data and goals and Make suggestions based on need
review programming data and results
Provide feedback on programming
Make suggestions/recommendations
act as ambassadors/Advocates of the school counseling program

5. What is a School Counselor?
Different than a Guidance Counselor (term from the 50’s to the 80’s)
Professional educators with a mental health perspective
An individual with a masters degree in Counseling
With course work in : Counseling theory, human growth and development, Group and individual counseling, Statistics, data, testing and social and cultural foundations
Program Based on the ASCA National Model

6. What does a school Counselor do?
Advocates for all students and their care
Consults and collaborates with parents, teachers, and administrators
Provides data informed services based on student need and needs of the school
Programming based on ASCA Mindsets and behaviors
Delivers a grade-specific career and post-secondary planning curriculum

8. What is a school counselor?
A video by Dr. Richard cleveland

9. School Counseling Program overview
College & Career Readiness Classroom lessons: language arts, social studies, and Health classrooms 7th-12th
Responsive services: as requested by students, teachers and parents
Consultation and Collaboration with families, teachers and community resources
Crisis intervention & Social/emotional support groups
College & Career readiness Events and workshops: 2 annual parent nights, 1 financial aid night, 2 fafsa completion workshops, 5+ field trips (college visits, college & career fair, hospital careers fair, career avtec trip, kpc preview day)
Also see handouts: calendar and curriculum by grade level 7th-12th

10. Kenai peninsula borough school district’s goals for 2017-2017
Increase graduation rate by 5% in (currently 82.73%) and attain 92% by 2020
College/Career Readiness
High quality professional development of all staff for organizational excellence

11. Soldotna high school’s Goal (yes, just one goal!)
By may of 2017, we will increase the percent of teachers using canvas, at least at a substitute/support level, to 100% as evidenced by canvas usage data.
NOTE: Our school did achieve this goal for the school year

12. Data Review
class of 2017 (seniors) 6% < 16 credits earned
class of 2019 (sophomores) 13% < 4 credits earned
% of Juniors completed a school/program sort in akcis.org

13. Goal #1
Goal 1 Achievement & Attendance Goal: By May of 2017, 100% of the identified 6% of credit deficient seniors (12 students) will graduate.
Alternate wording: By May of 2017, the class of 2017 will increase the percentage of students on track to graduate by 6% from 94% to 100%.
Curriculum, small-group, and closing-the-gap action plans:
Interventions: Credit Recovery, S.Alt. Program, Individual Counseling
Attendance Hearings and follow up meetings
College & Career Readiness curriculum
Goal 1 results: 2017 Graduation rate: 2 of the identified 12 students did not graduate, increasing the graduation rate to 98.9%

14. Goal #2
Goal 2 Achievement & Attendance Goal: By May of 2017, the percentage of sophomores on track to graduate will increase by 7% from 87% to 94%.
Curriculum, small-group, and closing-the-gap action plans:
Small group FOL focus curriculum based on needs assessment
Goal setting, executive functioning skills
Interventions: Credit Rec., Core 4, S.Alt, Individual Coun, Attendance Hearings
Goal 2 results: Goal 2 results: Class of 2019 credits earned <7 = 22 students (12%). We increased the number of students on track by 1%. Our goal was to increase it by 7%.

15. Goal #3
Goal 3 College & Career Readiness Goal: By May of 2017, Juniors will increase their College & Career Literacy documentation by 47% from 23% to 70% by Completing a School/Program Search using AKCIS.org.
Curriculum, small-group, and closing-the-gap action plans:
Tools used: PLCP and School Sort in AKCIS.org and PowerSchool
Classroom visits, Individual meetings with all Juniors
Technology use: Canvas, Youtube, Counselor's Corner on SOHI website, Remind.com
Spring Parent Post-Secondary Planning Night
Goal 3 results: Goal 3 results: Juniors in class of 2018 increased from 47% of PLCP completion to 87% PLCP Completion, exceeding our goal by 10%

16. 2017-2018 advisory council Members
Tony Graham, School Principal
Margaret Griffin, School Counselor
Brock Kant, junior student
Natalie Kant, junior Parent
Megan Murphy, School Counselor
Heather swanson, sophomore parent
Penny vadla, School Board Member

17. Agenda For Fall 2017 Welcome and introductions
Approve Minutes from spring meeting
Data sharing Progress report
Visioning and goals for
Set meeting for spring 2018
Questions?