Indiana School Counselor Regional Workshops Fall 2006

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Indianas Fall School Counselor Regional
Workshops
Welcome!
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Indianas Fall School Counselor Regional
Workshops
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School Counseling Perspectives
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School Counseling Perspectives
Whats coming your wayWhat to be prepared for
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School Counseling Perspectives
What Indiana school counselors are doingHow
were helping students succeed
Whats coming your wayWhat to be prepared for
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National Overview
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National Overview
www.johnmccain.comClick Issues then Education
www.barackobama.com/issues/education/
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National Overview

• House 3439
• Put School Counselors Where Theyre Needed Act
• A demonstration project
• Grants to 10 secondary schools with poor high
  school graduation rates (60 or lower)
• Grants pay for school counselors to maintain 250
  to 1 ratio
• 6 million a year for four years

www.opencongress.orgType 3439 in search box
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National Overview

• Senate 3364/House 6654
• Increased Student Achievement Through Increased
  Student Support Act
• Increases the recruitment and retention of
  school counselors, school social workers, and
  school psychologists in low- income schools
• Helps cover counselor salaries for up to 3 years
  after graduation
• Provides tuition credits and loan forgiveness
  for 5 years for new graduates

www.opencongress.orgType 3364 or 6654 in search
box
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National Overview

• House 4137 - Higher Education Opportunity Act
• Provides student loan forgiveness for school
  counselors working full-time in low-income
  schools
• Up to 10,000 in federal loan forgiveness for
  school counselors
• Signed by President but awaiting funding

www.counseling.org/PublicPolicy/Click on
Legislative Update
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National Overview

• Elementary and Secondary School Counseling
  Program
• Provides annual funding to schools to hire
  elementary and secondary school counselors
• 48.6 million granted to school corporations
  last year
• Typical grant - 300,000 to 400,000
• Legislation stalled may not be decided until
  after January 1
• If approved usually short timeline for schools
  to apply

www.opencongress.orgType 3364 or 6654 in search
box
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State Overview
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State Overview
Indiana Governors Race
www.hoosiersforjill.com/page/s/educationplan
www.mymanmitch.com/agenda/index.html
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State Overview
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
richardwood.org
www.drtonybennett.com
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Indiana State Board of Education
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Indiana State Board of Education

• New Statewide Assessment
• Grades 3-8 - two ISTEP tests this spring
• Current 10-12 graders required to pass GQE
• Current 9th graders (Class of 2012) and
  subsequent classes must
• - pass Algebra I Graduation ECA
• - pass English 10 Graduation ECA
• - take Biology I ECA
• Waivers remain for now

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Indiana State Board of Education
New Statewide Assessment
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Indiana State Board of Education

• Article 7 Special Education
• Approved August 13th, 2008
• Substantially changes Special Education in
  Indiana
• Requires comprehensive and coordinated early
  intervening services
• Creates a system of tiered interventions for
  students commonly called Response to
  Intervention (RtI)
• Deletes the requirement for a GEI

http//www.doe.in.gov/exceptional/speced/pdf/2008-
08-Art7Pres.pdf
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Indiana State Board of Education
Other Initiatives

• Wants to give schools more flexibility/fewer
  rules
• Remove recommended time allocations for
  elementary, middle and high schools
• Allow more 17 year olds to take GED
• PE credit for basketball and other sports?

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Indiana General Assembly
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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1001
• Abolished property tax levies for schools
• State assumes responsibility for the school
  general fund
• Many schools fearing funding shortages
• Not replacing those who leave
• Impacts TRANSFER TUITION

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1162
• Created a student advisory group to advise
  the General Assembly on
• - Education
• - Safe Environments for Youth
• - Substance Abuse
• - And other issues
• Reports to the General Assembly annually
• Group has already met one time

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1165
• Requires transportation of foster-care students
  to the school district of their origin if it
  is an adjoining school corporation

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1246
• Establishes an Indiana Concurrent Enrollment
  Partnership to look at Dual Credits
• Requires a plan for FREE or REDUCED PRICE
  dual credits
• Examines high school teacher credentialing
• Includes a school counselor representative

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1246
• Changes the Career Plan to a Graduation
  Plan
• Initial Graduation Plan now begins at 6th
  grade and includes
• A statement of intent to graduate from high
  school, and
• Acknowledgment of the importance
  of            (A) good citizenship            
  (B) school attendance and            (C)
  diligent study habits.
• Must be kept in permanent record

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1246
• HS Graduation Plan must include list of
  assessments (other than ISTEP and GQE) that the
  student plans to take voluntarily (such as SAT,
  ACT, AP, or other college or career readiness
  assessments)

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1246
• Adds an additional requirement to the list of
  what must be on the official High School
  transcript
• Attendance records
• Students latest ISTEP test results
• Any Certificates of Achievement
• Immunization information
• Any dual credit courses taken that are included
  in the Core Transfer Library

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Indiana General Assembly

• House Bill 1246
• Establishes a study committee to explore
• Availability of virtual learning for K-12
  students (any online/distance education)
• Funding for students in virtual learning
  programs

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Indiana General Assembly

• Senate Bill 258
• Requires a school corporation to include a
  mandatory instructional unit on Internet Safety
  for grades 3 and above
• Requires State Board of Education to adopt rules
  regarding instruction on
• - Cyber-bullying
• - Safe online communication

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Indiana General Assembly

• Senate Bill 262
• Allows a student who had lived in one school
  corp for 2 years plus then moved to an
  adjacent school corporation to attend
  school at the first school corporation (even
  if parents dont live in the school corp)
• Parents must provide transportation
• School corp where student attends gets ADM

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School Counseling Perspectives
What Indiana school counselors are doingHow
were helping students succeed
Whats coming your wayWhat to be prepared for
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Counseling Guidance Advocacy
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Counseling Guidance Advocacy
Responsive Services Classroom Guidance
Lessons Individual Planning Advocacy
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Indiana School Counseling Model
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Indiana School Counseling Model
Indiana School Counselor Standards
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Indiana School Counseling Model
Indiana Student Standards for Guidance
Indiana School Counselor Standards
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Indiana School Counseling Model
Indiana School Counseling Program Standards
Indiana Student Standards for Guidance
Indiana School Counselor Standards
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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

• Teaching
• Classroom guidance lessons
• Academic, career, citizenship
• Guiding
• Helping students make good choices and to
  succeed
• Planning/Preparing
• Next level
• College, career, life

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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Crisis counseling
• Core or Student Assistance Teams

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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

• Student advocacy
• System-wide change
• Counseling program advocacy

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Indiana School Counseling Program Standards

• Program Foundations
• Data-Based Accountability
• Student Guidance
• Student Counseling
• Student Advocacy
• Program Management
• Professionalism
• Resources
• Annual School Counseling Improvement Plan

Student Success
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Whats Being Done to Help Indiana School
Counselors?

• Proactive Leadership
• ISCA, ICA, IACAC SC Leadership Grp
• Indiana Counselor Educators Group
• Statewide Steering Team for School Counseling
• Indiana School Counseling Strategic Plan

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Whats Being Done to Help Indiana School
Counselors?

• More Counselors/More Time
• Advocacy for more PSCs by ISCA/IACAC
• Collecting Data
• IU/Purdue research
• Fall Survey
• Gold Star
• SPARC

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Whats Being Done to Help Indiana School
Counselors?

• National Center for Education Statistics
• 2007-08
• IN Average 5741 (8th highest in the nation)
• US Average 4761

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Whats Being Done to Help Indiana School
Counselors?

• More Resources
• Professional Development
• Annual conferences ISCA, IACAC, ICA, Elementary
  SC Retreat
• Workshops Meetings ACT, College Board, SSACI
• Online PD Series
• Evidence-Based Interventions pilots

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What Can You Do?

• Continue providing excellent Counseling,
  Guidance and Advocacy to students
• Be active in your state counseling
  association or organization
• Communicate and organize locally K-12

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What Can You Do?

• Advocate for more time with students
• Consider Gold Star
• Consider adopting elements of IN SC Program
  Standards (e.g. Advisory Council, time logs)
• Participate in SPARC School counseling
  Program Annual Report Card

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SPARC
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Thank you!
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• Increase number and percent of Black and
  Hispanic students earning Core 40 and
  Honors diplomas
• Increase percentage of eligible students
  enrolling in 21st Century Scholars Program
• Increase student attendance
• Decrease behavior referrals (suspensions/expulsio
  ns)
• Increase student academic achievement
• Increase graduation rate
• Increase of students completing a Graduation
  Plan

School counseling Program Annual Report Card
SPARC
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• Increase number and percent of Black and
  Hispanic students earning Core 40 and Honors
  diplomas

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• Increase number and percent of Black and
  Hispanic students earning Core 40 and Honors
  diplomas

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• Increase percentage of eligible students
  enrolling in 21st Century Scholars Program

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• Increase student attendance

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Indiana Department of Education
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• Increase student academic achievement

Indiana Department of Education
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Indiana Department of Education
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Indiana Department of Education
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Indiana Department of Education
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• Increase number and percent of Black and
  Hispanic students earning Core 40 and
  Honors diplomas
• Increase percentage of eligible students
  enrolling in 21st Century Scholars Program
• Increase student attendance
• Decrease behavior referrals (suspensions/expulsio
  ns)
• Increase student academic achievement
• Increase graduation rate
• Increase of students completing a Graduation
  Plan

School counseling Program Annual Report Card
SPARC
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Thank you!
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