Elementary School Counseling Essentials OSPI Summer Institute 2017

Elementary School Counseling Essentials OSPI Summer Institute 2017 Emily Weber

Outline • Introduction • School Counseling Essentials/ASCA Domains • Evidence-Based Elementary School Counseling • Data = Advocacy Tool

About Me • 2007 SPU Graduate • 7 years School Counselor @ Franklin Pierce School District • 3 years HS, 4 years ES • 2014 National Board Certification • Current: • • School Counselor, Tumwater Hill Elementary School WSCA Elementary Vice President Free Spirit Publishing Company Advisory Board OSPI Integrated Student Supports Workgroup

About You • Who is here today? • Counselors: ES, MS, HS • Administrators • Teachers • Other • Years of Experience?

School Counseling Essentials/ASCA Domains • Career & College Readiness • Personalized Planning for all Students • Social Emotional Support • Student Support Resources • Academic Achievement • Evidence-Based School Counseling Academic Achievement Career & College Readiness Social Emotional Support

Career & College Readiness • Personalized Planning for all Students • What does it look like in elementary school? • Resources: • Career Guidance Washington (grades 6+) • ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors • Work with the end in mind (K-12) • Equity focus • Data Academic Achievement Career & College Readiness Social Emotional Support

Career & College Readiness • My Programs • Apple Cup Food Drive • Classroom Lessons • Career Day • College Month • March Madness • Your Ideas?

Social Emotional Support • Student Support Resources • Resources: • Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks • www. k 12. wa. us/studentsupport/default. aspx • Community Partnerships • Data: • Healthy Youth Survey • What else? Academic Achievement Career & College Readiness Social Emotional Support

Social Emotional Support • Tumwater School District Strategic Plan • Book List • Classroom Lessons • • • Second Step: K-2 nd Growth Mindset: 3 rd Personal Advocacy/Anti-Bullying: 4 th • Needs Assessment Small Groups • Your Ideas?

Academic Achievement • Evidence-Based School Counseling • Provides a practical process for using evidence to determine three critical issues: • What needs to be done • Which interventions should be implemented • Whether or not the interventions are effective Academic Achievement Career & College Readiness Social Emotional Support

Academic Achievement: Evidence. Based School Counseling • As we incorporate data-driven decision-making and program planning into our work, we’ll see positive academic and personal changes in our students. We will have a way to measure the difference we are making in our students’ academic, career and social/emotional development. (Evidence-Based School Counseling: Carey Dimmitt, John Carey, Trish Hatch 2007)

Academic Achievement: Evidence. Based School Counseling • What does this mean for us in our daily practice? • Choose, collect & analyze data for informed planning • Build collaborative partnerships • Measure student learning & behavior change • Communicate results to stakeholders Academic Achievement Career & College Readiness Social Emotional Support

Academic Achievement: Evidence-Based School Counseling • What does it REALLY mean for our work with students? • Identify needs of students • Prevention: School-wide • Intervention: Targeted • Implement programs • Collect data • Evaluate programs • Communicate effectiveness Academic Achievement Career & College Readiness Social Emotional Support

Dr. Trish Hatch

Dr. Trish Hatch

Academic Achievement • Student Intervention Team Process • Teacher Referral • 2017 -2018 Goal: Data-driven referrals • Instructional facilitator, counselor, teacher, Sp. Ed staff, principal • Also behavioral, social/emotional concerns

OSPI Data Analytics Accessing Data Step 1: Go to www. k 12. wa. us and click on the K-12 Data & Reports button

OSPI Data Analytics Accessing Data Step 2: Click on the OSPI Performance Indicators link

OSPI Data Analytics Accessing Data Step 3: Click on the link

OSPI Data Analytics • What can we do with this information? • How can it inform our practice? • How can we communicate it to our stakeholders?

General Resources • Blogs • • • Savvy School Counselor: www. savvyschoolcounselor. com Technology Rocks. Seriously: www. technologyrocksseriously. com The Counseling Geek: www. thecounselinggeek. com Facebook Groups • • Elementary Counseling Blog: www. elementarycounseling. blogspot. com Elementary School Counselor Exchange On the Road to RAMP Pinterest Teachers Pay Teachers

Contact Me! • (360) 709 -7305 • emily. weber@tumwater. k 12. wa. us • Pinterest: Emily Ryan • My Website: https: //www. tumwater. k 12. wa. us/domain/324