SD School Counseling Model: How to make it work for you Presenter: Elizabeth Rus, MS, NCC Elementary School Counselor Brandon Valley School District

Overview: Collecting Data: Not as hard as you think... Needs Assessments/Surveys/TOOLS Goal Setting Action Planning Results Sharing Results

Collecting Data You already have most of these! -discipline reports -attendance reports -grades -demographic data -pre/post tests -DIBELS/DRA/Smarter Balanced I’m freaking out right now!!

Needs Assessments/Tools What do you want to know? Create your own or borrow! Staff Needs Assessment Teacher Survey Classroom Skills Character Survey

Data Examples SIP Data: use your School Improvement Plan Character Survey Data: Minute Meeting Data: Teacher Survey of Classroom Skills: Pictures of a Whiteboard!

Check-in QfA

Goal Setting Based on your data, what would you like to improve? Make sure it’s SMART.

Goal Examples Academic Goal: Increase by 20% the number of identified Gap Group students to meet benchmark as measured by DIBELS Next Reading Assessment. Personal/Social Goal: Decrease the number of office discipline referrals by 20% for the school year. Academic, Personal/Social, and Career Goal: Decrease severity of impulse control and attention problems in the classroom as reported by teachers by 20%.

Action Plans What are you planning to do to reach these goals? -curriculumcurriculum -small groupsmall group -other interventionsother interventions

Results How are students different as a result of your intervention? Results reports examples FAE Small Group VSE Small Group GAP Group SLO Narrative Curriculum

*Staff Meetings *Advisory Meetings *Parent/Teacher Conference Display *Website **Let others know how awesome you are!! Share your results!!

Resources Young, A., & Kaffenberger, C. (2009). Making DATA work (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Va.: American School Counselor Association. ASCA national model: A framework for school counseling programs (3rd ed.). (2012). Alexandria VA: American School Counselor Association.