Denver Public SchoolsBlueprint for District-Wide School Counseling Support

Ancient History (until 2007)

◦How did DPS get to this point?◦Advisory Committee vs. Leadership

Team Difference in Philosophy Amount of Empowerment

Recent History (2007-2011)How do we define ourselves and

our work?◦Professional School Counselors are…

How do we want to be known as in three years? What is our ideal state? (start of the SCLT)◦How will we get there?◦Three-year Strategic Plan was

developed with yearly milestones

Structures to Support SCLT ImplementationRetreatMonthly Meetings

◦PDU◦Homework

Email AsksOpen TeamTargeted recruitment (ie –

begging) to ensure representation

Current Work (2011- present)• Revisiting Mission, Beliefs and

Philosophy• Developing Vision• Data Elements

• Plan to impact Data Elements through PD

Leadership Development Collaboration

Shared Vision & Mission Team Decision-Making

SCHOOL COUNSELING LEADERSHIP TEAM

Department & Individual Needs

Assessment based on

Performance Standards

PD Planning & Implementation

Department & Individual

Performance

Theoretical Framework

School Counseling Leadership Team

What DATA ELEMENTS do we, as DPS School Counselors, OWN?

School Counseling Data Elements

Q: How do we PRIORITIZE this huge list of elements?

A: HOW WELL do School Counselors currently know or are able to do the priority elements?Department ReviewsIndividual Counselor Surveys

Counseling PD BlueprintUsing data from:

◦ Counseling Department Reviews

◦ Individual Counseling Knowledge and Skills Survey

◦ Other Data Sources (Time Task Analyses)

◦ Anecdotal Data

Results in Universal PD

Results in Targeted PD

Results in REALLY Targeted PD

School Counseling Leadership Team

Department and Counselor PerformanceSharing of Best Practices &

Resources◦Wiki

PD◦Highlighting Best Practices with each

otherNext Survey

◦Looking for improvementNext Department Review

◦Looking for improvement

WikiInclude District Counseling Plan

pageInclude Data Elements power

point pageInclude ASCA Elements page

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