Effective Supervision

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Effective Supervision

• Pre practicum Meetings
• 2003-04

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Effective Supervision

• Timelines
• Pick up practicum materials in Room 257 and sign
  affidavit agreeing to read them, follow
  guidelines and procedures, and attend a pre
  practicum meeting
• Attend meeting review guidelines get feedback
  on goals
• Follow specific district application procedures
• Turn in practicum proposal plans for approval

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Effective Supervision

• Meeting agenda
• Briefly review key elements in guidelines
• Pick up district-specific application procedures
• Pick up supervisor packets
• Briefly discuss practicum plan proposals
• Review elements of effective practicum
  supervision
• Feedback on practicum goals role play
  interviewing supervisors

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Effective Supervision

• Purpose of Supervision
• Capture the essence of the profession
• Build your school counseling competencies
• Promotes accountability in the profession

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Effective Supervision

• Standards of the School Counseling Profession
• National Model for School Counseling Programs
  www.schoolcounselor.org
• Transforming School Counseling Initiative
  www.edtrust.org
• Wisconsin Content Standards for School
  Counselors
• Students want to know how what they do fits into
  the big picture of school counseling. You may
  need to ask this question.

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School Counselor Supervision Connecting to
Standards

• Successful supervision GOALS are the key!
• State standards the knowledge and skills needed
  in order to act as ---
• ASCA model leaders, advocates, collaborators,
  users of data ---
• in order that all students have the
  personal-social, academic, career competencies
  needed to achieve success in and out of school

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School Counselor Supervision Connecting to
Standards

• Setting goals
• specific performance goals based on state
  standards
• experiences with the transformed roles for school
  counselors
• building in reflection time for student and
  supervisor to connect skills with purpose

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School Counselor Supervision Setting Supervision
Goals

• 1. Review knowledge and skills required of
  school counselors
• 2. Develop specific goals with observable and
  measurable outcomes
• 3. Plan activities in accord with goals
• 4. Agree on evidence of meeting goals
• 5. Set times to measure progress provide
  feedback and suggestions
• 6. Review and revise goals as needed

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Effective Supervision

• Supervision Relationships THE KEY to a
  successful supervision experience.
• Requires mutual agreement on goals and tasks
• Requires specific measures for evaluation
• Requires a degree of emotional bonding
• Students want to have a purpose for tasks and to
  receive helpful feedback/evaluation frequently.
  You need to prepare goals, discuss them and
  request ongoing evaluation.

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Effective Supervision

• Student Counselor Development
• Student counselors go through stages of
  development as school counselors
• In new situations, students want to progress from
  direction to collaboration to consultation to
  independence with their supervisors
• Students need some direction. They learn from
  observation, experience, and processing time. You
  may have to request this.

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Effective Supervision

• Supervisor Roles
• Teacher-directive, instructs appropriate when
  you begin something new
• Mentor-role model, coach always appropriate
• Consultant-facilitative, mutual problem-solving
  appropriate when you have some experience
• Counselor-helps you discover how your personal
  style impacts your work appropriate as needed
• Evaluator-judges how well your work compares to
  minimum competency in school counselor standards
  and your goals
• Supervisors tend to function in a limited number
  of these roles. You may have to assess when you
  need them to assume another role. You may have
  to request that.

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Effective Supervision

• Focus of Supervision
• Conceptual (how you think about what you do WHY
  you do WHAT you do)
• Skill-based (HOW you go about doing what you do)
• Personalization (how your personal style impacts
  what you are doing)
• Students can benefit from each of these foci, but
  you may have to ask for ones in addition to what
  your supervisor usually uses.

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Effective Supervision

• Ethics, Law, Regulations, Policies, Procedures
• You are responsible for knowing and following the
  ASCA Ethical Guidelines for School Counselors.
• Students should review before/during practicum
  and discuss with supervisors as need arises
• You should be aware that all schools have to
  follow state and federal law and they have their
  own regulations, policies and procedures.
  Critical areas are those of confidentiality,
  reporting, student records, and crisis plans
• Request copies of these even before you begin
  your practicum. Assume they exist and dont
  proceed without checking.

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Effective Supervision

• Diversity
• Supervision should provide you with opportunities
  to increase your awareness/sensitivity, your
  knowledge, and your skills dealing with human
  diversity. Ask about those opportunities.
• Schools should be engaging in self-reform focused
  on the goal of academic success and equal access
  to programs and services for all students,
  especially those historically underserved. Use
  all school personnel to help you grow in your
  ability to do this as a school counselor.

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Effective Supervision

• To sum up
• You need to prepare for supervision.
• To enhance your likelihood of a great practicum
• Prepare specific goals for your practicum
• Collaborate with your supervisor to provide you
  with a varied approach to feedback, with
  opportunity to integrate theory and practice,
  experience with school reform
• Plan to be proactive in getting the most out of
  your practicum.

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