1. Comprehensive Guidance Programs / College Readiness
Margaret Morris, Clear Creek Elementary Counselor – Killeen ISD
Lendy Jones, Liberty Hill Middle School Counselor – Killeen ISD
Sarah Noteboom, Ellison High School Counselor – Killeen ISD
Michael Ann Fitch, Ellison High School Counselor – Killeen ISD
Angela Reese, Central Texas College,
Director of Recruitment Communication & Outreach

2. KISD uses the ASCA school counseling framework
District has established guidelines
Each campus works with their administration to establish priorities

3. Four components of the Comprehensive Guidance Program
Guidance Curriculum (15-25%)
Responsive Services (25-35%)
Individual Planning (25-35%)
System Support (15-20%)

4. Guidance Curriculum
Promotes guidance content in a systematic way to all students
Purpose is awareness, skill development, and application of skills needed in everyday life
Addresses: self-confidence development; motivation to achieve; decision-making; goal-setting; planning and problem- solving skills; interpersonal effectiveness (including social skills); communication skills; cross-cultural effectiveness; responsible behavior

5. Responsive Services Addresses the immediate concerns of students
Purpose is prevention and intervention
Addresses: academic concerns; school related concerns; relationship concerns; physical/sexual/emotional abuse; grief/loss; substance abuse; family issues; harassment issues; coping with stress

6. Individual Planning
Assists students in monitoring and understanding their own development (PGP’s, 4 year plans)
Purpose is for student planning and goal setting (Associate’s Degree Plan)
Addresses: educational needs; career needs; personal/social needs

7. System Support
Includes program and staff support activities and services
Purpose is program delivery and support
Addresses: Guidance Program development; parent education; teacher/administration consultation; staff development for educators; school improvement planning; counselor’s professional development; research and publishing; community outreach; public relations; needs of the transit military family

8. Senate Bill 158 & Senate Bill 518
Senate Bill 158 relates to counseling students regarding higher education
Senate Bill 518 requires all school counselors to assume responsibilities for working with school faculty and staff, students, parents and community to plan, implement and evaluate a developmental guidance and counseling program

9. Elementary School Guidance Program

10. Recommended Percentages
The state recommends you spend 35-40% of your time working with guidance curriculum (This component is used to help students develop basic life skills and lessons are taught in small groups or classrooms).
The state recommends you spend 30-40% of your time working with responsive services (The purpose of this component is to intervene on behalf of students who have immediate personal concerns or problems). (Example: individual counseling)
The state recommends you spend 5-10% of your time working with individual planning (The purpose of this component is to guide students as they plan for their future, set goals, discuss test scores, and help develop a healthy self concept).
The state recommends you spend 10-15% of your time working with system support (This component describes services that indirectly benefit students such as teacher consultation, parent education, helping with testing, and staff support activities.)

11. Programs and Materials
Yello Dyno
Second Step
books in counseling office
family puppets
playdough or clay
drawing materials
games
play therapy items
career awareness materials

12. Forms Elementary Student Survey Elementary Teacher Survey
Student Referral Form
Parent Referral Form
Teacher Referral Form

13. Problem Areas Inadequate computers share an office space
in the master schedule
have bus duty
morning or afternoon duty
handle discipline referrals
student council sponsor
cover classes on regular basis
parent liaison
volunteer coordinator
tutoring
in charge of TAKS testing
placement testing
504 coordinator
ELL coordinator
morale committee member/chair
part of administrative team
in charge of impact aid
coordinate parent teacher conferences
assist with class placement
Education Foundation representative
in charge of awards ceremony
in charge of benefits for staff

14. Comprehensive Developmental Guidance Program
Middle School
Comprehensive Developmental Guidance Program

15. Recommended Percentages
10%-15%
35%-45%
15%-25%
30%-40%

16. Goal: Achieve a Balanced Program

17. Individual Planning Assigning Counselors: Looping method
6th Grade A-L and M-Z
7th Grade
8th Grade
Personal Graduation Plans
Goal Setting

18. Guidance Curriculum Developed based on needs assessment
(students, staff and parents) and Campus Improvement Plan
Lessons presented 1-2 times /month
6th grade: History and Science
7th grade: History
8th grade: Technology Aps/Career Investigation

19. Topics Goal setting Responsibility and Respect
Study Skills/Student Success Skills
Test taking Skills/Test Anxiety
Responsible Behavior
Career Exploration
Bullying
Stress Management

20. Example: Lessons/Activities
6th Grade: Study Skills/Learning Styles- (Education Planner)
7th Grade: Getting the Most out of Class- (Skills for Living by Rosemarie Morganett)
8th Grade: Auction- (Activities That Teach by Tom Jackson)

21. Preparing
Discovering Discovering who and what you want to be is just the beginning of the journey. Your top career choices What learning style works best for you How much your education can help you earn MORE

22. Learning Style Inventory Reflection
The results of the inventory indicate that I am primarily a (an) __________________ learner. I learn by __________________and ______________________.
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After reading about my learning style, I will use the following tips in class and at home to help me learn better:
1).______________________________________________________________
2).______________________________________________________________
3).______________________________________________________________

23. Guidance Feedback for Teachers
During classroom guidance, all 6th grade students participated in a computer inventory exercise to discover their learning styles and how to use the knowledge to help in their endeavor to become better students. The students received a print out describing their learning style and strategies they could implement to aid in class and when they are studying at home.
Here are some things that Tactile Learners can do to learn better:
Use flash cards and arrange them in groups to show relationships between ideas.
Trace words with their fingers to learn spelling (Finger Spelling).
Take frequent breaks during reading or studying periods (frequent, but not long).
Use a computer to reinforce learning through the sense of touch.
Use lots of hand-on activities like art projects, taking walks, or acting out stories.
Here are some things that Auditory Learners can do to learn better:
Be sure they sit where they can hear.
Use flash cards to learn new word, but read them aloud.
Read stories, assignment, or directions out loud.
Tape yourself practicing spelling words and then listen to the tape.
Study new material by reading it out loud.
Here are some things that Visual Learners can do to learn better:
Sit near the front of the classroom.
Use flashcards to learn new words.
Try to visualize things that you hear or things that are read to you.
Write down key words, ideas, or instructions.
Draw pictures to explain new concepts, and then explain the pictures.
Color code things.
Avoid distractions during study times.

24. Responsive Services Academic Support Group
Anger Management Support Group
Girl Power Group
Math At Risk Support Group
Divorce Support Group
Deployment Support Group
ADHD Support Group
Junior Student to Student
Social Skills Group
Etc…

25. Liberty Hill Middle School Counseling Department Dear Students:
Several small group counseling sessions will be offered during the current school year. The groups will meet for approximately 6 weeks at a designated time and location. Sessions offered will be based on student interest and need. If you are interested in participating in one of these groups, please mark your choices below. Please rank your choices: mark 1 for your first choice, 2 for your second choice and 3 for your third choice.
_____Deployment
_____Anger Management
_____Stress Management
_____Girl Power
_____Bullying
_____Coping Skills
_____Divorce
_____Skills for Success
_____Grief and Loss
_____Self-Esteem

26. Closing the GAP Action Plan 0910- Lendy Jones, Counselor
Target Group: 6th (M-Z) & 7th Grade Students
Target Group Selection Criteria: Any Student who was retained or earned promotion through summer school
Data that drove this decision:
There were 15- 6th Graders (M-Z) and 16-7th graders who were retained or earned promotion through summer school
Intended Impact on Academics, Behaviors or Attendance
ASCA Student Competency
ASCA Domain/Standard
Type of Activity to be Delivered in What Manner?
Resources Needed
Projected Number of Students Affected (Process data)
Evaluation Method - How Will You Measure Results? (Perception and results data
Project Start/Project End
Decrease in
retention rate. Decrease
discipline referrals
Self- confidence, motivation to achieve, decision making, goal setting, planning, problem solving, responsible behavior
Academic Personal Social
Individual
and group
counseling
Access to students Funds for incentives and materials
40-6th & 7th grade students; an additional
9-7th grade students were added due to at risk status,
Comparison of pre/post Academic Records of targeted group; Comparison of discipline records of the targeted group
September 2009 to May 2010

27. Academic Support Group
Membership: Students who were retained or earned promotion through summer school
Topics:
Goal Setting
Study Skills
Time Management
Celebration for Success
Field Trip to Central Texas College

28. What is College Readiness?
Promoting a college-going culture that promotes access and participation by all students (includes dual credit or continuing education)
The College and Career Readiness program is developing and implementing educational standards that reflect what high school graduates must know in order to be successful in higher education and beyond

29. Facts: Learners with a college degree earn 49% of all income in the US
The public high school graduation rate in Texas has increased by 6.8% over the last 10 years while the national rate has only grown by 2.8%
*TEA statistics

30. Texas College Readiness Standards
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 90 percent of 21st-century skilled workforce jobs will require some form of post-secondary education.
If America is to remain competitive in tomorrow's global workforce, our students must first be able to successfully complete the first year of college without the need for remedial or developmental education. That is why it is up to us as concerned educators, parents and citizens to ensure every child within our respective states graduates from high school college-ready, equally prepared to meet the challenges of a college curriculum or the demands of an increasingly knowledge-based workforce.

31. Why do we need College Readiness?
We want to make all students aware that college is possible
We want to know that students are on the path to be prepared for college level coursework
We want all students to identify career areas that align with their interests (Continuing Ed, licensed programs, certification programs)

32. Large numbers of students take remedial courses or fail to make it beyond the first year of college (Over 40% of all new Texas students in required developmental education.) (Accuplacer – diagnostic testing)
The proportion of first-generation college attendees will continue to increase

33. The purpose of the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) program is to identify and define the competencies and skills graduating high school students must posses in order to be successful in higher education and beyond.

34. How are we addressing College Readiness at each level?
Elementary School
Middle School
High School

35. Elementary School CATE student presentations Static vehicle display
Dress up days
Ask administration to speak
Community businesses
Media resources
Thematic Unit
Career Video

36. Middle School-College Readiness
Examples of School-Wide Initiatives:
College Day-(wear t-shirts)
teachers discuss college experiences
Door Decorating Contest-College of Choice
Guest Speakers from Colleges for Classroom Guidance-CTC, UMHB, former students,etc
Workshop for Parents

37. College Readiness Education Planner Bridges Texas Scholars
Achieve Texas
Gear Up
The Great College Mystery starring the E-kids
Guest Speakers from CTC
Field Trips to CTC, Baylor, Texas A &M

38. Career Assessment
The Career Key™
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39. Copyright: 2006, Texas Business and Education Coalition
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Copyright: 2006, Texas Business and Education Coalition

41. Texas Guaranteed Financial Aid Information Center

42. High School
AP Program
Dual Enrollment with Central Texas College and Temple College
Concurrent Enrollment with Central Texas College
Bioscience Program with Temple College
Fast Track to CTC for KISD seniors
College/Military personnel visit the campus

43. High School CONTINUED…
FAFSA Night (with CTC)
Senior/Parent Night
Pathways to the Future Presentation (to all grade levels)
PSAT given during the week to all 10th and 11th graders at no cost to them
KISD College Night
Financial Aid Night

44. High School CONTINUED…
Accuplacer Testing on campus at no charge
ASVAB testing to interested students
Scholarship and current events newsletter provided to all seniors (and available online)
Allow college visits
Achieve Texas
Access to Communities in Schools and Texas Workforce Commission

45. College Readiness TEA – College Preparation Program
Provides opportunities for Texas public schools and districts to participate in certain college readiness assessments
Provides for state-funded college preparation assessments for students in grades 8, 10, and 11
Districts decide which assessments to use – either ACT or SAT

46. Measuring Readiness
The following will measure students’ readiness for advanced high school coursework:
Algebra I EOC
English II EOC

47. Measuring Readiness
The following will measure students’ college readiness:
Algebra II EOC
English III EOC

48. College Ready Initiatives
In 2006, the 79th Texas Legislature (3rd Called Session) enacted legislation that placed Texas at the forefront of the nation in advancing college and career readiness. Through House Bill 1, Texas put in place the mechanism for developing one comprehensive system that enables students to progress from one level of education to another, prekindergarten through college.

49. The initial step and foundation for creating a P-16 system is the development of college readiness standards. These standards are not the end of one system and the beginning of another, but rather an indicator of student readiness to progress to the next level of a unified system of public education. College and career readiness standards indicate what students need to know and be able to do to be successful in either entry-level college courses or the skilled workplace.

50. How CTC works with KISD to ensure College Readiness
Programs starting in Elementary School and continuing through High School
Café Con Leche
8th grade AVID/CI classes
Mentors
ESL Fast Track
How can other districts work out an agreement with CTC or their local Community College?

51. Things to remember
Most students leave college because they are working to support themselves and going to school at the same time. At some point, the stress of work and study just becomes too difficult.
Young people who fail to finish college are often going it alone financially. They’re essentially putting themselves through school.
The partnership with the local college gives an open door.

52. Among students who don’t graduate, the college selection process is far more limited and often seems happenstance and uninformed.
Students who leave college realize that a diploma is an asset, but they may not fully recognize the impact dropping out of school will have on their future.

53. The things to remember came from the first of three Public Agenda reports describing young Americans’ views on higher education and college completion – entitled “With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them”.
It was a national survey of young adults, ages 22 to 30.

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55. Questions?