1. Denver Public Schools Blueprint for District-Wide School Counseling Support

2. Ancient History (until 2007) ◦ How did DPS get to this point? ◦ Advisory Committee vs. Leadership Team  Difference in Philosophy  Amount of Empowerment

3. Recent History (2007-2011) How do we define ourselves and our work? ◦ Professional School Counselors are… How do we want to be known as in three years? What is our ideal state? (start of the SCLT) ◦ How will we get there? ◦ Three-year Strategic Plan was developed with yearly milestones

4. Structures to Support SCLT Implementation Retreat Monthly Meetings ◦ PDU ◦ Homework Email Asks Open Team Targeted recruitment (ie – begging) to ensure representation

5. Current Work (2011- present) Revisiting Mission, Beliefs and Philosophy Developing Vision Data Elements Plan to impact Data Elements through PD

6. Leadership Development Collaboration Shared Vision & Mission Team Decision-Making SCHOOL COUNSELING LEADERSHIP TEAM Leadership Development Collaboration Shared Vision & Mission Team Decision-Making SCHOOL COUNSELING LEADERSHIP TEAM Department & Individual Needs Assessment based on Performance Standards PD Planning & Implementation Department & Individual Performance Theoretical Framework

7. School Counseling Leadership Team What DATA ELEMENTS do we, as DPS School Counselors, OWN?

8. School Counseling Data Elements

9. Q: How do we PRIORITIZE this huge list of elements? A: HOW WELL do School Counselors currently know or are able to do the priority elements? Department Reviews Individual Counselor Surveys

10. Counseling PD Blueprint Using data from: ◦ Counseling Department Reviews ◦ Individual Counseling Knowledge and Skills Survey ◦ Other Data Sources (Time Task Analyses) ◦ Anecdotal Data Results in Universal PD Results in Targeted PD Results in REALLY Targeted PD

11. School Counseling Leadership Team

12. Department and Counselor Performance Sharing of Best Practices & Resources ◦ Wiki PD ◦ Highlighting Best Practices with each other Next Survey ◦ Looking for improvement Next Department Review ◦ Looking for improvement

13. Wiki Include District Counseling Plan page Include Data Elements power point page Include ASCA Elements page

14. Get on the Bus!