Gold Star 04-05

1. Review the list of priorities that they developed in the last two meetings for student achievement, student choices, guidance indicators, and counseling needs.

2. Review the resources that are currently held by the school counseling program that can be used to address the defined priorities.

3. Develop a plan of action for gaining additional resources to enable the school counseling program address more of the defined priorities.

MEETING 5 HANDOUTS

1. Handout Cover

2. Agenda

3. Gold Star Process Diagram

4. Resources PP - Presentation Version

Resources PP - Handout Version

5. School Counseling Priority Lists

(from meeting four)

- Student Achievement

- Student choices

- Guidance indicators

- Counseling needs

6. Resources Self Study (with data inserted by Steering Team)

TOOLS FOR MEETING 5

Prep

1. Prep for Meeting 5 - Checklist

2. Agenda with facilitator notes

3. Warm-Up - Famous Pairs

Posters

1. Time-Use Instagraphs

a. Guidance

b. Counseling

c. Advocacy

d. Management

e. Non-Program

2. Resources Instagraph

HOMEWORK

1. Resources Action Plan

2. Additional Portfolio

a. Counseling Services (Tab 6, #27)

b. Consultation Services (Tab 6, #28)

c. Referral Services (Tab 6, #29)

d. Counselor Role in Crisis Response (Tab 6, #30)

e. Counseling Role in Student Assistance Team (Tab 6, #31)

2. Tasks Following Meeting 5

MEETING 6 - SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM GOALS

OBJECTIVES

HANDOUTS

ADDITIONAL TOOLS

PARTICIPANTS WILL . . .

1. Review the list of priorities that they developed in meetings 3 and 4 for student achievement, student choices, guidance indicators, and counseling needs.

2. Review the resources that will be available next year (especially the resources related to time and energy).

3. Narrow down the four lists of priorities which will become their GOALS for next school year.

NOTE: The program goals are the items that will "drive" the rest of our program transformation process and will be the items for which you will hold yourself accountable next year. Avoid the tendency to identify too many goals. Ask yourself, "Given who we are and the resources we have what can we reasonable accomplish next year?"

MEETING 6 HANDOUTS

1. Agenda

2. Gold Star Process Diagram

3. Program Goals PP - Presentation Version

Program Goals PP - Handout Version

4. School Counseling Priorities (from meeting four)

- Student Achievement

- Student choices

- Guidance indicators

- Counseling needs

TOOLS FOR MEETING 6

Prep

1. Prep for Meeting 6 - Checklist

2. Agenda with facilitator notes

Posters

None

HOMEWORK

1. School Counseling Program Goals for (YEAR)

2. Preparation for Meeting 7

a. Guidance Activity Survey (optional)

a. Guidance Activity Chart

b. Counseling Activity Chart

c. Advocacy Activity Chart

d. Management Activity Chart

e. Non-Program Activity Chart

3. Tasks Following Meeting 6

MEETING 7 - ACTIVITIES

OBJECTIVES

HANDOUTS

ADDITIONAL TOOLS

PARTICIPANTS WILL . . .

1. Identify program goals for which there are no or inadequate school counseling activities

2. Identify school counseling activities that do not align with any program goals

3. Add new school counseling activities as needed to address all program goals

4. Omit school counseling activities that do not align with any program goals

SESSION 7 HANDOUTS

1. Agenda

2. Activities PP

3. Program Goals Chart

4. Activity Charts (5)

a. Guidance - Activity Chart

b. Counseling - Activity Chart

c. Advocacy - Activity Chart

d. Management - Activity Chart

e. Non-Program - Activity Chart

5. Shopping for School

Counseling Activities

a. Cover

b. Table of Contents

c. Activities

TOOLS FOR MEETING 7

Prep

1. Prep for Meeting 7 - Checklist

2. Agenda with Facilitator Notes

Posters

1. Guidance Activities Instagraph

2. Counseling Activities Instagraph

3. Advocacy Activities Instagraph

4. Management Activities Instagraph

5. Non-Program Activities Instagraph

HOMEWORK

1. Updated School Counseling Program Goals Chart (see Meeting 6) - with activities column updated

2. Updated Activities Charts (see Meeting 6) - with new activities added and "Action" column completed.

a. Guidance

b. Counseling

c. Advocacy

d. Management

e. Non-program

3. Additional Portfolio - Guidance

a. Universal Guidance Indicators Checklist (Tab 5, #22)

b. Three Academic Guidance Lesson Plans

TEMPLATE (Tab 5, #23)

c. Three Career Guidance Lesson Plans

TEMPLATE (Tab 5, #24)

d. Three Citizenship Guidance Lesson Plans

TEMPLATE (Tab 5, #25)

4. Additional Portfolio - Management

a. Program Brochure (Tab 8, #43)

SAMPLE BROCHURES

b. Public Relations Exhibit (Tab 8, #44)

SAMPLE WEBSITES

5. Additional Portfolio - Implementation

a. Monthly Program Activity Calendar (Tab 10, #50)

b. Weekly School Counselor Calendars (Tab 10, #51)

c. Individual Counselor Management Agreements (Tab 10, #52

d. Annual Budget (or budget proposal (Tab 10, #53)

6. Tasks Following Meeting 7

MEETING 8 - CELEBRATION!

OBJECTIVES

HANDOUTS

ADDITIONAL TOOLS

PARTICIPANTS WILL . . .

1. Celebrate the progress they have made in establishing a vision-based, data-driven, and accountable school counseling program.

2. Set meeting dates for the coming school year

PRODUCTS

1. Meeting Calendar for Coming School Year

OPTIONAL

Your work this year has culminated in two important documents. You may wish to distribute these documents to your Advisory Council at your celebration meeting:

1. School Counseling Program Goals

2. School Counseling Activity Charts

a. Guidance

b. Counseling

c. Advocacy

d. Management

e. Non-Program

As you implement your program next year, you will add your evaluation data to your School Counseling Program Goals document

These two documents answer the following questions:

1. What are the goals of school counseling?

2. What are we going to do to reach those goals?

3. How do we know we're being successful at reaching those goals?

PREPARATION

1. Plan a celebration, perhaps over a pitch-in dinner. Present each of the Advisory Council members with a certificate or token of your appreciation. Feel good about all you've accomplished!

2. Prepare a list of meeting dates for next school year. It is recommended that your Advisory Council meet once a semester to discuss:

a. Activities implemented since you last met.

b. Activities coming up

c. Open discussion