Evaluating Your School Counseling Program: The Risks and the Rewards
Transcript of Evaluating Your School Counseling Program: The Risks and the Rewards
EVALUATING YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM
THE RISKS AND THE REWARDS
Lisa Boarman Coordinator of School Counseling
Kami Wagner Resource Counselor
July , 2015
100
For every 100 9th
graders…
95
graduate from high school
78
enter college
74
return to college for sophomore year
59
graduate from post- secondary institution within 6 years
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT FOR EVERY 100 HCPSS GRADS
74 87
59
85 80
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NON-‐FARMS 2012 2013
FARMS
80 79 80 84
80 80 81
51 50 53 58
65 62 56
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATES BY FARMS STATUS
A FRAMEWORK FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
NOSCA’s Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling
1. College Aspirations
2. Academic Planning
3. Enrichment and
Extracurricular Engagement
4. College and Career
Exploration
5. College and Career
Assessments
6. College Affordability
Planning
7. College and Career
Admissions
8. Transition to College
Enrollment
DATA DISCUSSIONS WITH EACH HIGH SCHOOL
Analyze Survey Results
Review AP Potential
Identify First Generation Students
Identify students who haven’t taken SAT or ACT
110,510
student visits during the
2013- 2014 school year
connects student achievement with post- secondary planning.
sent to colleges
17,451
transcripts requested and
Naviance
--------------------------------------------- · A college and career
readiness platform that
167,767
connects student achievement with post- secondary planning.
sent to colleges
stu ent visits during the
2014- 2015 school year
18,927
transcripts requested and
Naviance
--------------------------------------------- · A college and career
readiness platform that
MY COUNSELOR HELPED ME PREPARED FOR COLLEGE TESTING
26% 30% 29% 42%
56% 58%
2013 2014
Which test is better for me? 2015
Scores needed to get into colleges
AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK
2015 SURVEY Apply to a new insHtuHon
Rethought my major
Applying to at least one insHtuHon
Did not apply to a new insHtuHon
Not applying to any insHtuHon
48% 42% 34%
6% 13%
RELATIONSHIPS ARE CRITICAL
MAKE DEPOSITS INTO THE PIGGY BANK AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE SO YOU DON’T GO BROKE WHEN YOU MAKE A WITHDRAWAL
IN SUMMARY The critical elements of this work that impact school counselors on a day-to-day basis are:
250:1
Student to Counselor Ratio
Regular, Meaningful
Professional Development
Using Naviance as a Tool
Using Data to Improve
Outcomes Accountability