1. Priming School Counselors for PreK-to-16 and ASEAN 2015 Challenges
School Counselors Circle of the Philippines
13th Annual Convention
Manila, Philippines
November 12, 2013
Carol Dahir, Ed.D.
Professor, School Counseling Department
New York Institute of Technology
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2. Our Role prepare our students for the future
support our teachers to develop highly skilled and highly qualified graduates
shift to learning outcomes (counseling too)
become familiar with the international portability of knowledge and skills
Philippines Qualification Framework eight levels:
knowledge, skills, values
application
degree of independence
qualifications
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3. A New Agenda 21st Century Skills ASEAN 2015
Learning and Innovation Skills
Information, Media and Technology Skills
Life and Career Skills
ASEAN 2015
ALL STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL
ALL STUDENTS COLLEGE AND CAREER READY
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4. 21st Century Education Skills
Mastery of core subjects and is essential to student success. Core subjects include reading or language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics.
• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Health Literacy
• Environmental Literacy
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5. Learning and Innovation Skills
Learning and innovation skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in today’s world and those who are not. They include: • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration
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6. Information, Media and Technology Skills
In a technology and media-driven environment, students must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills, such as: • Information Literacy • Media Literacy • ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy
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7. Life and Career Skills
Today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills, such as:
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
• Productivity and Accountability
• Leadership and Responsibility
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8. ASEAN Background
The phased implementation of the K to 12 Education Reform program started this school year
New curricula for Grades 1 and 7 and 8
Addition of universal kindergarten by virtue of RA 10157
Additional two years in High School starting in SY
Students graduate in basic education (after grade 12) ready for employment and/or higher education
Philippines Qualification Framework
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9. 10 Nations
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
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10. Portability in Professions
In addition to these below
ENGINEERING Dec. 2005
NURSING Dec. 2006
SURVEYING Nov. 2007
ARCHITECTURE Nov. 2007
DENTISTRY Aug. 2008
MEDICINE Aug. 2008
ACCOUNTANCY Feb. 2009
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11. Implications to TESD
The Free Flow of Services as well as the Free Flow of Skilled Labour are among the characteristics in the realization of a single market and production base in ASEAN. Facilitating the issuance of visas and employment passes for ASEAN professionals and skilled labor who are engaged in crossborder trade and investment related activities.
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15. Important Concerns the labor and legal implications of the transition
senior high school curriculum for the various career pathways
public-private partnership in education particularly for SHS
Schools are allowed to adopt their own structure for monitoring learning and teaching systems
primary consideration: compliance with national educational policies, plans, and standards (Sections 21-22, BP 232)
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16. Who is Involved in Implementing ASEAN 2015?
Current DepEd teachers
Teachers in the private schools
New teachers or graduates of the current teacher education curriculum
Superintendents
Principals
Subject area coordinators
Instructional school leaders
What about school counselors?
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17. GRIT
What will it take to motivate our students to succeed with these new opportunities? Angela Lee Ducksworth
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18. Reinventing Education?
ASEAN 2015 Closing the Achievement Gap Closing the Opportunity Gap World Class Education Motivation Increase Earning Potential
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19. This Is Our Future
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20. What Influence Do You Want to Have?
On your students…… On your schools….. On your nation…..
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21. What Do We Need To Do?
How
Implications
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22. Plan Your Next Steps
TOGETHER WE CAN!
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23. Your Promise Meet a new colleague here
Share this information with the other school counselors you work with
Become involved in the School Counseling Circle
Don’t forget your action plan
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24. The Power of One
Is You!
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25. Resources
The National Standards for Philippine School Counseling Programs
ASCA National Model for Comprehensive School Counseling (2012) 3rd edition
Stone, C. & Dahir, C. (2011). School counselor accountability: A MEASURE of student success. Cengage/Pearson
TED TALKS Angela Lee Ducksworth  
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