1. ASCA National Model: School Counselors Using Data
John Carey, Carey Dimmit, Reese House
School Counseling Leadership Institute
2003

2. ASCA Model School Counseling Program (2002)
“ASCA has developed a National Model for School Counseling Programs to connect school counseling with current educational reform movements that emphasize academic achievement.”

3. Three Phases of Massachusetts School Counseling Models

4. Student Services Model
Career Placement and Humanistic Theory, Remedial, Problem Orientation
School Counseling provides services to those in the most need
School Counseling operates from Needs Assessment
School Counselors use one-on-one counseling
Counselors are accountable for case loads and student contacts.

5. Comprehensive Developmental Guidance Model
Career Development and Human Development Theory, Preventative/Developmental Orientation
School Counseling programs ensure that all students receive services
School Counseling Programs Operate from a Local Curriculum with Academic, Career, and Personal/Social Domains.
School Counselors use Individual Planning, Responsive Services, Guidance Curriculum and System Support.
School Counselors are accountable for time spent on different activities.

6. ASCA National Model
Human Development Theory and Standards-Based Education
School Counseling programs ensure that all students achieve academically
School Counseling Programs Operate from a Curriculum with Academic, Career, and Personal/Social Domains that is based on ASCA National Standards and connected to State Frameworks.
School Counselors use Individual Planning, Responsive Services, Guidance Curriculum and System Support
School Counselors are accountable for measurable changes in academic achievement and school-related behavior.

7. “The American School Counselor Association has created the National Model for School Counseling Programs to connect school counseling with current educational reform movements that emphasize student achievement and success.” (ASCA, 2003).

8. “By aligning the School Counseling Program with district and school mission, reform initiatives and school improvement plans, professional school counselors are leaders and partners in systemic change to ensure equity and access to quality education and to promote career and personal/social development for all students.”

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11. National Model Programs:
Are focused on improving academic achievement and eliminating the achievement gap.
Operate from a mission that is connect with the school district’s mission and educational reform agendas.

12. National Model Programs:
Operate from a formal set of Student Learning Objectives that are
connected to National Standards
aligned with State Curriculum Frameworks
aligned with district standards
based on measurable student learning outcomes
Are data-driven and accountable for student outcomes

13. ASCA National Model SO this leads up to the ASCA National Model
As you view the graphic, you will notice there are four areas
FOUNDATION
DELIVERY SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ACCOUNTABILITY
The visual show that the foundation, a program’s core beliefs, philosophy and mission, dictates both how the program is management and how it is delivered.
These two components go hand in hand:
Delivery system is the ways in which counselors deliver services.
The management system ensures that the delivery system is planned, organized, directed and controlled in a systematic fashion for every student.
Both the delivery and management lead to the Accountability component.
And accountability leads back to the foundation because results of our program lead to program improvement, which begins once again with the foundation.

14. The ASCA National Model: Foundation
Mission that is aligned with the district and school mission
Measurable Student Learning Objectives that are aligned with the ASCA National Standards and connect to State Curriculum Frameworks
Beliefs and Philosophy guide program development, implementation and evaluation

15. The ASCA National Model: Delivery System
Guidance Curriculum--structured developmental lessons connected with academic areas
Individual Student Planning--work with students and families to help all students develop personal goals and future plans
Responsive Services--meeting immediate student needs through crisis counseling, referral and follow-up
System Support--activities targeted at maintaining and enhancing the educational environment and school climate

16. The ASCA National Model: Management System
Agreements with administrations ensure
effective implementation of the guidance program
connection of the program to student needs
connection of the program to district reform initiatives and school improvement plans.
Advisory Councils of parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community members to ensure that the program initiatives are responsive to needs.

17. The ASCA National Model: Management System
Data-driven management
Use of data to plan, monitor, evaluate, and modify interventions
Use of data to document how students are different as a consequence of program
Day-to day operation of the School Counseling Program is monitored and coordinated through
Action Plans
Audits of Time Use
Use of Master Calendars

18. The ASCA National Model: Accountability System
Yearly Results Reports, including quantitative data on student change, are shared with all stakeholders.
School Counselor Performance Standards are used in annual performance evaluations.
Periodic Program Audit is used to ensure that the Program is targeted at the right goals and implementing interventions effectively.

19. ASCA National Model Counselors Using Data:
To describe problems, plan programs, and target interventions to help students and to change systems.
To measure the outcomes of interventions and modify interventions based on results.
To account annually for results to constituencies in Result Reports.
To account annually for results to supervisors in school counselor performance evaluations.
To periodically evaluate the performance of the school counseling program.
To demonstrate the impact of school counseling on student achievement.

20. ASCA National Model ASCA (2002)
“The old question was, What do counselors do?
The new question is, How are students different because of what school counselors do?”

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