Full Description
School counseling that makes a difference - for all students!
As a secondary school counselor, you're charged with implementing a comprehensive program to promote the academic, college/career, and social/emotional development for all students. This means developing school counseling core curriculum classroom lessons, delivering engaging content to students and families, managing classroom behaviors, providing and analyzing assessments, and sharing the results with stakeholders.
The good news is that you don't have to do it alone! In this guide, four experienced school counselors, national leaders, and expert trainers take you step-by-step through the creation, implementation, and evaluation of a high-quality Tier 1 school counseling system of supports. With a focus on proactive and prevention education through core curriculum classroom lessons, individual student planning, and schoolwide programs and activities, this practical text includes:
The school counselor's role in a Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Examples to help with design, implementation, and evaluation of Tier 1 school counseling activities
Instruction around selecting curriculum and developing lesson plans and action plans
Strategies for managing student behaviors in the classroom, aligned to the school counselor's appropriate role
Alignment with the ASCA National Model
Vignettes from practicing secondary school counselors
Recommendations for including families in prevention activities
Management tools, reproducible templates, and reflective activities and process questions
You teach the academic, college/career, and social/emotional competencies students need to be successful learners. With this book's expert assistance, you'll be prepared to not only help them succeed, but also demonstrate to others the impact of the school counseling program on student achievement!
Contents
Foreword by Carl A. Cohn
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. Multi-Tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports: A Framework for Tier 1
An Introduction to MTSS in Education
Connecting MTSS to School Counseling: MTMDSS
Multi-Tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports (MTMDSS)
MTMDSS Alignment to Text
Aligning MTMDSS With the ASCA National Model
Aligning MTMDSS With the ASCA Position Statements
Aligning MTMDSS With the ASCA Ethical Standards
Multi-Tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports (MTMDSS) Assessment
2. Franchising Core Curriculum
What Is Franchising?
What Can Students, Families, and Teachers Expect (Count on) From School Counseling Programs?
Ways to Deliver Core Curriculum
Best Practices for Successful Family Education Programs
3. Determining Core Curriculum
Introducing the Art and Science of School Counseling
Evidence-Based Practice and Core Curriculum
Resources
Factors to Consider in Selecting and Developing Core Curriculum
College and Career Readiness in Secondary Schools
Creating a Districtwide Evidence-Based Curriculum
4. Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan Development Components
Cultural Responsiveness and Considerations When Lesson Planning
5. Student Engagement
Engaging Student Learners
Student Engagement Strategies
6. Classroom Management
Managing Classrooms
Proactive Classroom Management
How to Handle Students Who Are Off Task or Misbehaving
7. Individual Student Plans
ISP or ILP?
Making Decisions on Your ILP, Implementation, and Best Practices
Overcoming Barriers to Implementation
8. Schoolwide Programs and Activities
What Are Schoolwide Programs and Activities?
Academic Domain Programs and Activities
College/Career Domain Programs and Activities
Social/Emotional Domain Programs and Activities
National Awareness/Pride Celebrations and Campaigns
Selecting and Aligning Your Schoolwide Programs and Activities
9. Pre- and Post-Tests and Assessments
Revisiting the Art, Science, and Wonder of School Counseling
Creating Pre- and Post-Assessments
10. Sharing School Counseling Program Results and Marketing Your Program
Results Reports
Flashlight Results Presentations
One-Pagers
Presenting Results to Specific Stakeholders
Using National School Counseling Week and Other Opportunities to Share School Counseling Program Results
Additional Ideas for Sharing Results
11. Supporting Successful Tier 1 Teams and Systems
Effective Systems
Effective Teaming
Recommendations for New School Counselors Related to Delivery of Tier 1 Services
Closing
References
Index
