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Presenters:

April E. BellAssociate Director

National Office for School Counselor Advocacy

Vivian V. LeeSenior Director

National Office for School Counselor Advocacy

Best Practices for Implementing

NOSCA’s Eight Components of

College and Career Readiness

Counseling with Equity

Webinar

NOSCA: National Office for School Counselor Advocacy

Participants will learn:

•About their unique roll in promoting college and career readiness

for all students, especially traditionally underserved populations.

•How to use data to identify disparities between student groups and

plan systemwide interventions.

•How to implement interventions systemically that increase students

participation and performance necessary for college and career

readiness.

Learning Outcomes

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Transform a Full Plate into an

Intentional Platter

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Program

Implementation

Program ImplementationData Usage

Building & Sustaining

Programs

New Initiatives

MeetingsPolicy & Procedures

Time

Administrative &

Clerical

School Counselors Serving Students


Possibilities or Paralyses?

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NOSCA Offers A New Way To Work

Best Practices in College and Career

Readiness Counseling with:

Equity

Data &

Working Systemwide

To Inform and Shape

Implementation


School Counselor’s Guides K-12

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Source: nosca.collegeboard.org.


NOSCA’s Eight Components of College and

Career Readiness Counseling:

A Systemic K-12 Approach

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Elementary School – To create early awareness, knowledge and skills that

lay the foundation for academic rigor and social development necessary for

college and career readiness.

Middle School – To create opportunities to explore and deepen college

and career knowledge and skills necessary for academic planning and goal

setting.

High School – To create access to college and career pathways that

promote full implementation of personal goals that ensure the widest range

of future life options.

College and Career Readiness Counseling:

School Counselors Unique Position in the

Systemic K-12 Approach

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EQUITY

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We took notes for you:

Equity recognizes and acknowledges that the playing filed is not level for all students.

Equity seeks to level the playing field for all students.

Equity is based in a belief that when the playing field is level all students can meet high

expectations.

Equity means giving students what they need to ensure

they have the academic preparation and social capital

necessary to remove the racial/ethnic predictability in

K-12 and postsecondary educational outcomes.


Data-Driven

vs.

Data-Driven for EquityWhat is the difference?

Who does it impact?

Why does it matter?

DATA


Data-driven may or may not result in equity focused; it may just focus on the aggregate.

Data-driven for equity examines disaggregated data to identify which students are most in

need.

Data-driven for equity helps direct school counselor work to those who need it the most.


WORK SYSTEMWIDE

Systemwide means:

delivering a consistent message of college and career readiness across the community;

intentionally engaging all members of the school community in the school counseling program;

an expectation of programming and performance that move beyond traditional ways of working.

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Systemic means the ―whole‖ - all students - the school community.

Systematic – means ―orderly‖ - done in a particular way.

School counselors work should be systemic (serving all students and the whole school

community) and done in systematic (orderly, well planned) ways.


Student

•Individual

•Group

•Classroom

•Grade

Community

Families

District

School

WORK SYSTEMWIDE

Source: Content describing how to work systemwide is derived from Lee, V. V., & Goodnough, G. E. (2011). Systemic data-driven school

counseling practice and programming for equity. In B. T. Erford (Ed.) Transforming the school counseling profession (3rd.). Boston, MA:

Pearson Merrill Prentice-Hall.

Student

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School Counselor’s Guides K-12

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FOR EACH COMPONENT

Goal

Why it Matters

What to Measure - Relevant Data

What to Look For - Data Dialogue

Work Systemwide - Interventions

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Let’s Take A

Look Inside!


* High School

Layout for Each

Component in

Each Guide

Source: nosca.collegeboard.org


WHAT TO MEASURE

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Data Element Chart

HS Guide: Page 20

ES & MS Guides:


Data elements provide metrics for

the eight components.

Data elements provide information

about how groups of students are

progressing.

Information about groups of

students inform and guide school

counselors work.


Activity:

What Data is Relevant to Your

School and District?

Directions:

1. Download a copy the Data Elements Chart.

2. Place an ―X‖ over data elements that you identify as

important to your school’s mission, vision and goals.

3. Place a check ― ” by data elements that are used to

measure College and Career Readiness in your

school/district/state.

4. What data patterns emerge? What picture does the data

paint?

5. Next Steps: ―What To Look For‖.

* School Counselor Leaders are recommended to complete this activity for each level within their district.

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Data by student groups:

Race and ethnicity

Gender

Grade

Income level (students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals)

Special education students

English language learners

Other student groups, as appropriate for your school

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Ask Critical Questions:

Who are the student groups in your

school – context?

What percentage of the total student

enrollment does each group

represent?

When data is disaggregated for

different student groups, what story

does the data tell?

What are the disparities between

student groups; around which data

elements?

Activity:


WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Data by student groups

Disparities between student groups

– How do the English proficiency rates of African American students

compare to those of white students?

– How do enrollment and completion rates in AP classes compare for

males and females?

– Do low-income students complete courses required for in-state college

admission at the same rate as their more advantaged peers?

Component

Source: High School Counselor's Guide: NOSCA’s Eight Components of College and Career

Readiness Counseling, National Office of School Counselor Advocacy, The College Board, 2011.

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* High School


•Individual – Meet with individual students

•Group – Conduct group counseling

•Classroom – Collaborate with teachers in collaborative classroom instruction

•Grade-level – Facilitate grade-level transitions

School-wide – Use school-wide data to impact policies and procedures

District – Use horizontal and vertical teams to build a systemic pipeline

Parents/Families – Build social capital to promote empowerment and engagement

Community – Create collaborative partnerships

Source: Definition for each level: Lee, V. V. & Goodnough, G. E. (2011). Systemic data-driven school counseling practice and

programming for equity. In B. T. Erford (Ed.) Transforming the school counseling profession (3rd.). Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill

Prentice-Hall.

Students

WHAT TO DO

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* High School

Interventions

for Each

Component in

Each Guide



Review & Recap - 2 Big Sections

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1st

Equity,

Data &

Working Systemwide

2nd

What to Measure

What to Look For

What to Do


Page 20 HS

Page 16 ES& MS

Component 2

Academic Planning for College and Career

Readiness

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Students(Individual, Group, Classroom and Grade)

Component 2


Readiness

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Elementary School: Use college and career content to develop activities and

assignments that promote good learning habits with targeted opportunities for

students who are most in need and least engaged in school. Focus on planning and

checking work for accuracy, asking for feedback, listening to directions, completing

tasks on time, and asking clarifying questions.

Middle School: Help students identify the knowledge and skills they have and those

they must acquire for success in middle and high school and beyond. Provide concrete

information about how taking courses such as Algebra I in eighth grade can affect

their future opportunities.

High School: Help students plan and implement a program of study that meets

requirements for acceptance to in-state universities and/or leads to industry and

technology licenses and certifications.


Component 2


Readiness

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High School: Collaborate with teachers, including those who teach Algebra I,

calculus, physics, chemistry, AP, honors, IB and other rigorous courses to develop

strategies to help more students succeed (e.g., using technology and experiential

learning, tutoring, extra study time and special skills sessions).

Middle School: Build early-warning systems for all students experiencing academic

difficulty. Provide safety nets, peer supports and mentoring to help students learn

concrete ways to improve their performance through skill development.

School

Elementary School: Participate on school leadership teams and use data to inform

recommendations for improving student learning, outcomes and expectations. Review

procedures related to how students are selected for programs, including gifted and

talented and other special academic programs.


Component 2


Readiness

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Middle School: Work with high school counselors to communicate high school

academic opportunities and requirements to help parents and students prepare

for the transition from middle school. Identify students who will need academic

support.

District

Elementary School: Collaborate with middle school counselors to create

information sessions that advise parents about academic opportunities for their

children as they make the transition to middle school. Identify students who will

need extra academic support.

High School: Collaborate with other high school counselors in your district to build

networks and to share interventions that support rigorous course-taking patterns to

reach school and district goals.


Component 2


Readiness

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Parents and Families

High School: Help parents and families assist their children in developing and

implementing academic plans and understanding the consequences of not engaging

in the planning process.

Middle School: Help parents and families learn how to help their children develop

and implement a program of study, create a positive and productive learning

environment at home, and understand the consequences of not engaging in the

process.

Elementary School: Give parents and families academic planning information for

middle school to assist in both short and long-range academic planning for their

children.


Component 2


Readiness

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Community

High School: Team with community-based organizations to provide mentoring

opportunities aimed at promoting participation in college-preparatory courses.

Middle School: Promote community engagement opportunities that link science,

technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields and college and career readiness

through real-life hands-on activities such as robotics.

Elementary School: Invite community champions to the school, and ask them to

promote academic excellence and early college and career awareness in ways that

are relevant to the lives of diverse student populations.


School Counselors Working Systemwide for Equity

in College and Career Readiness

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SCHOOL COUNSELING ACROSS

THE K–12 PIPELINE

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Every person in every school community can

help students — in elementary, middle and high

school — develop the skills and aspirations that

are critical to preparing for college and career.

School Counselor Leadership is

Central to this Work.


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Now Responding to Your Webinar Questions

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April E. Bell, Associate Director, [email protected]

Vivian V. Lee, Senior Director, [email protected]

We want to hear from you!

Please keep us informed as to how you are building your college and career readiness

agenda in your school, district and state!

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Upcoming NOSCA Webinar

May 10, 2012

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Community

Learn how school counselors can develop and mobilize Own the Turf

collaborative community partners to build student and family social capital

and the knowledge needed for all students to graduate from high school

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