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Denver Public SchoolsBlueprint for District-Wide School Counseling
Support
What is the „IT‟ that these people
have?
They Have „IT‟: They Own the Turf!
Ancient History (until 2007)
◦ How did DPS get to this point?
◦ Advisory Committee vs. Leadership Team
Difference in Philosophy
Amount of Empowerment
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
Structures to Support SCLT
Implementation Retreat
Monthly Meetings
◦ PDU
◦ Homework
Email Asks
Open Team
Targeted recruitment (ie – begging) to
ensure representation
Current Work (2011- present)
• Revisiting Mission, Beliefs and Philosophy
• Developing Vision
• Data Elements
• Plan to impact Data Elements through PD
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
Urban School Counseling InitiativeCreating Alignment Between the State, District and School
Counseling
State Vision & Mission School District Vision & Mission
Our mission as professional school counselors is to provide a comprehensive, developmental counseling program
to ensure that all students graduate from DPS college and career ready and successfully pursue postsecondary
opportunities that prepare them to be productive world citizens.
Vision:
Mission:
District-wide Transformed School Counseling Vision and Mission
Mission: The mission of the Colorado State Board of Education is
to provide all of Colorado‟s children equal access to quality,
thorough, uniform, well-rounded educational opportunities in a safe
and civil learning environment.
Vision: All children in Colorado will become educated and
productive citizens.
The mission of the Denver Public Schools is to provide all students the
opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become
contributing citizens in our diverse society.
Post Secondary Readiness: Our mission is to ensure that all Denver Public
Schools students graduate and successfully pursue postsecondary opportunities
that prepare them to be productive world citizens.
All Denver Public School students become lifelong learners and productive world citizens.
School Counseling Leadership Team
What DATA ELEMENTS do we, as DPS
School Counselors, OWN?
◦ Asked several subgroups of School
Counselors
◦ Variety of answers
School Counseling Leadership Team
School Counseling Data Elements
School Counseling Data Elements
Academic
Progress
AP
Transitions
GradRate
TESTSCORES
CreditRecovery
CompletionRates
SpecialEd
ELL
Retention
SocialStudentEngagement
PEP
Non-Cognitive
ServiceLearning
PostSecondaryReadiness
ScholarCentric
attendance
discipline
extracurricular
GT
SelfEf icacy
CourseEnrollment
multicultural
worldlanguage
21stC
CollegeandCareerReadiness
AP/IB/CE
HONORS
PLAN/EXPLORE/ACT
FAFSA
PEPElements
CollegeApplication
FinancialLiteracy
AlgICompletion
RigorouseCoursework
GPA
WorldLanuage
TechSkills
Data Elements?
Brainstorm session!
What do School Counselors need
to KNOW and BE ABLE TO DO to
move these Data Elements?
Brainstorm session!
School Counseling Leadership Team
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
Denver Public Schools Counseling
Department Reviews 2010-2011
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Mission Statement Philosophy and Beliefs
3 Department Goals Standards, Competencies and Indicators
Time/Task Analysis Counselor/Admin Agreement
Counseling Advisory Committee Year Long Calendar
Monthly Calendar Weekly Calendar
Curriculum Action Plan Closing Gap Action Plan
Pre/Post Test on Curriculum Action Plan Standards and Competency Data Compiled and Analyzed
Action Plan Results Report Closing the Gap Results Report
Data Results Over Time Goal Data Disaggregated
Yearly Counseling Program Audit School Counselor Performance Evaluation
Faculty Presentation Parent Presentation
School Board Presentation
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Technologies
Data Experience
ASCA Artifacts
Communication/Presentations
District Expectations
Current Issues
Lows
Avg
Zoomerang Survey - Areas to TargetPercent of Counselors who indicated they are “Meeting” & “Exceeding”
Tier 1 - Counseling PD Blueprint
Using data from:
◦ Counseling
Department Reviews
◦ Individual Counseling
Knowledge and Skills
Survey
Results in UniversalCounselor PD on:◦ Access to Data & How
to Use Data to Intentionally Target Change
◦ District & Community Trends and Expectations
◦ College-Going Culture PK – 12: Strategies towards Improvement
◦ Analyzing Data to Show Results & Presenting Information
Universal Professional Development
(how)
Access & Use of
Data
District/Community
Trends &
Expectations
College/Career
Readiness ECE-12
Analyzing & Sharing
Data
Optional Three Day Summer Academy:
1st PD – Data Knowledge
Areas of Need
0 20 40 60 80 100
Teacher Portal
Students' data after leaving your …
Drop-out Rate
College in Colorado Reports
Ad Hoc Infinite Campus Reports
Attendance
Standards-based Progress Reports
Identifying "gap" students
2nd PD – District / Trends
Areas of Need
0 20 40 60 80 100
Resource/Referral Matrix
Mentoring New Counselors
Grade Level Guide Books & Planning
Guides
Crisis Response Expectations for
Counselors
FERPA & School Partnerships
3rd PD - College & Career Readiness
0 20 40 60 80 100
College & PS Advising for
Undocumented Students
College Counseling K-12 & ASCENT
4th PD - Communication/Presentations
Areas of Need
0 20 40 60 80 100
School Board Presentations
Using Data to Communicate
Faculty Presentations
Communication with administration
http://dps-counseling.wikispaces.dpsk12.org/Data+Elements+We+Own
Tier 2 - Counseling PD Blueprint
Using data from:
◦ Counseling Department Reviews
◦ Individual Counseling Knowledge and Skills Survey
Results in TargetedPD on:
◦ New Counselor Network
◦ New Counselor Mentoring
◦ PEP Trainings
◦ Transitions
◦ RAMP
◦ School Counseling Leadership
Targeted Professional Development
◦ New Counselor
Network
◦ New Counselor
Mentoring
◦ PEP Trainings
◦ Transitions
◦ RAMP
◦ School Counseling
Leadership
Tier 3 - 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 REALLY
Targeted PD
through:
◦ Individual School Site
Visits and Problem
Solving/Support
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
Counselor Resource Page (Wiki)
Denver Public Schools District
Counseling Plan
Data Element Power Point Examples
ASCA Elements
DPS Counseling Website:http://curriculum.dpsk12.org/psp/PostSecondary/counselors/
As we move forward…
Plans
Survey this spring (instead of summer)
Using June SCLT Retreat to plan out PD for 2012-13
Naturally Occurring
Shared Leadership, not just Cori
More ownership to the work
More feelings of empowerment
More connections to drive the work forward,
Increased relationships
More cohesion within district
Continued Work & Challenges
Distributive & Shared Leadership◦ Recruitment to SCLT!
Advisory Board
Increased Visibility◦ School Board Presentations
On-going work with cohesion issues◦ Within schools
◦ District-wide
◦ Resistance!
Time (as always)
Balance & stability amidst waves of change
How to DO THIS Yourselves
Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed, it's the only thing that
ever has.
Margaret Mead
Big Picture/Vision
Dedicated times
Ask for support – HOW are you asking to be
supported? What does support look like?
Empowering ourselves: OWN THE TURF
Team Approach
Tools for the TeamAction Plan
How to Start a Team
◦ Identify like-thinking people
◦ Commitment to Move Forward: (Bus?)
◦ Meeting days/times/locations
How to get Support
◦ WHAT do you need to be successful?
◦ WHO do you ask for this support?
◦ What will be the BENEFITS for supporting this work? How will students be different because of this work?
Defining Counseling
Vision Work
◦ How do we want to be known in three years?
◦ Vision/Mission Alignment Template
Data Elements Brainstorm List
◦ How to develop survey based on list
◦ NON-anonymous (to use to deliver the PD)
Money Barriers?
Summer Academy Strategy
Get on the Bus!
Thank You!
Denver Public Schools
School Counseling Leadership Team• Cori Canty, Director of Counseling, Cori_Canty@ dpsk12.org
• Heather Dix, Professional School Counselor, Heather_Dix@dpsk12.org
• Julia Henrichs, Counseling Internship Supervisor, Julia_Henrichs@dpsk12.org
• Shanna Henry, Counseling Grants Manager, Shanna_Henry@dpsk12.org
• Joe Naughton, Professional School Counselor, Joe_Naughton@dpsk12.org
• Cathy Rowley, Professional School Counselor, Cathy_Rowley@dpsk12.org
• Kathey Thompson, Professional School Counselor, Kathey_Thompson@dpsk12.org