1. Key Stakeholders Needed to Impact Academic and Career Maturity of All Students and to Design a K-12 School Counseling Program Parents/ Guardian Business/ Community Post-Secondary Educators/ Administrators Students

2. CONEWAGO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT GUIDANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL INITIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 11, 2013

3. Conewago Valley School District Total enrollment = 3875 Male 1958Female 1917  38% are economically disadvantaged  16% minority (Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native, Multi-racial)  * 84% Caucasian  Currently we have 14 different languages spoken by our student population.  11% of our students have a language other than English spoken at home.

4. CVSD GUIDANCE MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Conewago Valley School District Guidance Department is to support our school district’s educational mission by providing a comprehensive school counseling program which will prepare each student to reach his or her fullest academic, career, and social-emotional potential.

5. What is the CVSD Guidance Department? Elementary – 2 buildings: Grades 1-3 Conewago Township – Lisa Miller, Counselor Conewago Township – Lisa Miller, Counselor New Oxford Elementary – Roxann Hall, Student Support Teacher New Oxford Elementary – Roxann Hall, Student Support Teacher Conewago Intermediate School Grades 4-6 Becky Wildasin, Counselor and Abby Reichart, Paraprofessional Becky Wildasin, Counselor and Abby Reichart, Paraprofessional New Oxford Middle School Grades 7-8 Laurie Miller, Counselor and Becky Myers, Paraprofessional Laurie Miller, Counselor and Becky Myers, Paraprofessional New Oxford High School Grades 9-12 Joe Connolly, Counselor A-C Joe Connolly, Counselor A-C Marcia Knorr, Guidance Intern D-G Marcia Knorr, Guidance Intern D-G Lorrie Eck, Counselor H-O Lorrie Eck, Counselor H-O Mark Rodrigo, P-Z Mark Rodrigo, P-Z Brad Trostle, Dropout Prevention Paraprofessional Brad Trostle, Dropout Prevention Paraprofessional Kelly Kuhn, Testing/Grad Projects Paraprofessional Kelly Kuhn, Testing/Grad Projects Paraprofessional

6. Elementary  NOE – 1 to 615 ratio; CTE – 1 to 525 ratio  Building level academic interventions  Small group support  School-wide positive behavioral support  Meet with individual students  Liaison to outside resources  System Support  Gifted Support

7. Intermediate  2 to 611 ratio  Teach guidance classes  Grade 4 ~ Character Counts  Grade 6 ~ Junior Achievement BizTown  Individual/group counseling  Consulting teacher/parent/outside agencies  Support school-wide programs  Bullying/Homework Club/SWPBS/SST  Coordination system support: Report cards, PSSA, scheduling

8. Middle

9. High School  4 to 1242 ratio  J. Connolly – 228 students; M. Knorr – 179 students; L. Eck – 410 students; M. Rodrigo – 425 students  Individual and group meetings  Academic and behavioral intervention and support  Personal/social individual/group counseling  College and career presentations (student/parent)  System support: Scheduling, testing, graduation projects, Blended Academy, dropout prevention, SWPBS, SIT

10. Advisory Council Stakeholders  Students  Parents/Guardians  Business/Community  Educators  Post-Secondary Representatives

12. The Workforce Issue The Forgotten Half in the United States  30% of United States people between 18- 25 do not have a high school diploma.  20% of United States people between 18- 25 “only” graduate from high school ‘Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21 st Century”

13. Unskilled jobs are disappearing; demand for high skills is rising

14. CVSD  How do we develop the best possible program to benefit our students?  Increase in post-high school attendance over the past 10 years, but we do not have completion data (or if they even actually attend  In the big picture, how do we help our students in all areas: academic, personal/social, and career?

15. Goals  To establish the Guidance Advisory Council to benefit from input from all stakeholders.  To compile data by the spring Advisory Council meeting to enable us to create goals for next school year.  To present the Guidance program to the CVSD School Board and each building faculty by the end of the school year.

16. Breakout group questions  What makes a successful and meaningful program for our students?  How can you help us be a better program?  What data could we provide that would be helpful in guiding our future goals?  Best starting time and meeting place?  Spring date – May 12, 2014  Fall date – October 20, 2014