INTEGRATING THE ASCA MODEL

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N A V I G A T I O N

• INTEGRATING THE ASCA MODEL
• AND NAVIGATION 101
• Navigation 101 Summer Conference
• June 24 - 25, 2008
• Becky Ballbach, President, Washington School
  Counselor Association
• Mike Hubert Counseling Guidance Coordinator ,
  Navigation 101

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CREATING OUR NEW REALITY

• At the heart of a learning organization is a
  shift of mind from seeing ourselves as separate
  from the world to connected to the world, from
  seeing problems caused by someone or something
  out there to seeing how our own actions create
  the problems we experience. A learning
  organization is a place where people are
  continually discovering how they create their
  reality. And how they can change it.
• - Pete Senge

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What is the Role of the School Counseling
Program in Navigation 101?

• Leadership?
• Direct Services?
• System Support?
• Other?

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Forces at work creating our new reality
Schools Districts Developing Implementing
Navigation 101
21st Century Needs of Kids
RCW 28A.410.043
Navigation A comprehensive framework for
guidance counseling in WA State
Strong WSCA Leadership
The WSCA /OSPI /Navigation 101 White Paper
WSCA Road Map
Professional orgs., legislators, The Ed Trust,
OSPI, and other state agencies
OSPI Navigation 101 Leadership
Schools Districts Developing Implementing
CSCPs
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HB 1670 RCW 28A.410.043

• A school counselor is a professional educator who
  holds a valid school counselor certification as
  defined by the professional educator standards
  board.
• The purpose and role of the school counselor is
  to plan, organize, and deliver a comprehensive
  school guidance and counseling program that
• personalizes education
• supports, promotes, and enhances the academic,
  personal, social, and career development of all
  students
• And is based on the national standards for school
  counseling programs of the American school
  counselor association.

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ASCA NATIONAL MODEL

• ASCA has created a National Model for School
  Counseling Programs
• Connects school counseling with educational
  reform
• Emphasizes student achievement and success

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COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE

• Supports the needs of all students
• Enhances academic success
• Provides for student individual and occupational
  planning
• Promotes a positive and safe learning environment
  
• Provides for program accountability

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THE RESEARCH ON COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE

• Students earn higher grades
• Their education better prepares them for the
  future
• They have positive relationships with teachers
  (Lapan, Gysbers Sun, 1997)
• Their schools have a more positive climate
• They feel safer in school
  (Lapan, Gysbers Petroski, 2001)
• Counselors spend more time with students,
  parents, and teachers (Lapan, Gysbers Blair,
  1999)

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FIVE KEY ELEMENTS
Plus 1 Emerging
1. Personalizing Curriculum-Delivered Advisories
2. Planning Portfolios
5. Evaluating Data
Responsive Services
3. Demonstrating Student-Led Conferences
4. Empowering Student-Driven Scheduling
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BASED ON RESEARCH

• American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
  National Model
• Breaking Ranks II, NASSP
• Developing Managing Your School Guidance and
  Counseling Program
• Gysbers Henderson
• And the foundational work of exemplary school
  counseling programs in Utah, Oregon, Arizona, and
  Missouri

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Theoretical and Philosophical Underpinning
Comprehensive Systemic Orientation
Allows for Navigation
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GUIDANCE CURRICULUM
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• PURPOSE
• Student awareness
• Skill development
• Application of skills needed in everyday life
• ACTIVITIES
• Groups
• Classroom Presentations

Navigation 101 Advisories, Portfolios,
Student-led Conferences
Provides guidance content in a systematic way to
all students K-12
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INDIVIDUAL PLANNING
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• PURPOSE
• Educational and career planning
• Decision making
• Goal setting

Navigation 101 Advisories, Appraisal,
Educational Occupational Planning, Placement,
Portfolios, Student-led Conferences
Assists students in planning, monitoring, and
managing their personal development
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RESPONSIVE SERVICES
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• PURPOSE
• Prevention
• Intervention
• ACTIVITIES
• Individual Counseling
• Small Group Counseling
• Consultation
• Referral
• Core Team Tiered Intervention

Navigation 101 Advisories link to tiered
intervention services
Addresses the immediate needs and concerns of
students
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SYSTEM SUPPORT

• PURPOSE
• Program delivery
• Program support
• ACTIVITIES
• Program Management
• Fair-share Responsibilities
• Professional Development
• Consultation
• Committee Participation

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Navigation 101 Implementation Team,
Student-driven Scheduling, Staff Community
Relations, Research Development
Includes program, staff, and school support
activities and services.
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WAs CSCP Delivery Components(aligning Nav 101
with CSCP)
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Sample Distribution of Total School Counselor Time

• Delivery Elementary
  Middle High
• System School School
  School
• Component of Time
  of Time of Time
• Guidance Curriculum 35-45 25-35
  15-25
• Ind. Student Planning 5-10
  15-25 25-35
• Responsive Services 30-40
  30-40 25-35
• System Support 10-15
  10-15 15-20

Adapted from Gysbers, N.C. Henderson, P. (Eds.)
2000. Developing and managing your school
guidance program, (3rd ed.), Alexandria, VA
American Counseling Association
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COUNSELING INTEGRATION

• Navigation 101 can become a comprehensive
  guidance and counseling program
• Working with WSCA to achieve this

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THE WHITE PAPER

• Primary Goals
• To clearly define the components and framework of
  a comprehensive school counseling program, using
  the ASCA National Model as a base.
• Develop a plan and timeline to expand Navigation
  into a full, comprehensive school counseling
  program.

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THE WHITE PAPER

• Writers/Editors
• Dr. Chris Sink Seattle Pacific University
• Dr. Chris Jensen Seattle University
• Mary Bourguignon Navigation 101
• Reviewers
• WSCA leadership
• OSPI
• Navigation 101 Staff Lighthouses
• WSU SESRC
• Consultant
• Dr. Norm Gysbers

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What is the Role of the School Counseling
Program in Navigation 101?

• Leadership?
• Direct Services?
• System Support?
• Other?

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Nav 101 / ASCA National Model Integration
Indicators

• Foundation
• Beliefs - i.e. We believe that all students
  should have meaningful choices for life after
  high school.
• Philosophy i.e. The school counseling program
  should be based on specific goals and
  developmental student competencies for all
  students.
• Mission Statement i.e. Ed Reform Preamble to
  help students lead productive and satisfying
  lives
• Content Standards All Navigation 101 curriculum
  is cross-walked to the ASCA Standards

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Nav 101 / ASCA National Model Integration
Indicators

• Curriculum Delivered Advisories / School
  Guidance Curriculum
• Classroom Instruction
• Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development
• Group Activities
• Parent Workshops Instruction?
• Planning Portfolios / Individual Student Planning
• Individual or Small-Group Appraisal (i.e.
  academic plans)
• Individual or Small Group Advisement (i.e. career
  decision making)

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Nav 101 / ASCA National Model Integration
Indicators

• Student-led Conferences / Individual Student
  Planning?
• Parent Involvement
• Student Development of Immediate and Long-range
  Plans
• Student-driven Course Scheduling / System
  Support?
• Consultation
• Program Management
• Data Analysis

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Nav 101 / ASCA National Model Integration
Indicators

• Data Collection Analysis / Accountability?
• Monitoring Student Progress
• Program Evaluation
• Responsive Services
• Consultation (Tiered Intervention?)
• Individual Small Group Counseling (Tiered
  Intervention?)
• Crisis Counseling
• Referrals (Tiered Intervention?)
• Peer Facilitation

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Nav 101 / ASCA National Model Integration
Indicators

• Management System
• Advisory Council (Implementation Team)
• Use of Data
• Action Plans
• Use of Time
• Calendars

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CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPING STRONG GUIDANCE
COUNSELING PROGRAMS

• The weight of tradition
• Resistance to change
• Burden of non-school-counseling-related tasks

N. Gysbers, ASCA School Counselor, Nov/Dec 2005
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OVERCOMING TRADITION

• Embed your current approach to program and
  services delivery within the comprehensive
  program

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EMBEDDING NAVIGATION
School Improvement Planning (CSIPs)
School Board Policy
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RECKON WITH CHANGE

• Realize that change is not a one-time event but
  continuous
• Districts and schools must build in sufficient
  time and other resources to support the change

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FOCUS ON TIME-ON-TASK

• Write down the program!
• Calendar planned activities and services covering
  the four components
• Streamline school counselor involvement in
  inappropriate tasks
• Displace inappropriate activities

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OUR FUTURE
N A V I G A T I O N A comprehensive framework for
guidance counseling in WA State
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REMEMBER

• Developing a CSCP program and Navigation 101 is a
  multi-year journey.
• Both programs come from the same source the
  ASCA model.
• You are not alone! Collaborate!

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School Counseling Support
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Navigation 101 Support!
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NAVIGATION LOG

• www.navigation101.blogspot.com

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RESOURCES

• Your WSCA leadership
• Becky Ballbach (rballbach_at_everettsd.org)
• Megyn Shea (megyn.shea_at_vansd.org)
• Mike Hubert (mike.hubert_at_bsd.wednet.edu)
• 360 536-6107
• Dan Barrett (dan_barrett_at_fp.k12.wa.us)
• Washington School Counselor Association
  (http//www.wa-schoolcounselor.org/)
• Navigation 101 (http//www.k12.wa.us/navigation101
  )
• Navigation 101 Blog (http//www.navigation101.blog
  spot.com)
• American School Counselor Association
  (http//www.schoolcounselor.org)

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And the Main Thing.

• The main thing is to keep the main thing the
  main thing.
• -Steven Covey

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