STUDENT SUCCESS PLANS

DR. NICOLE DERONCKSCHOOL COUNSELING COORDINATOR, NEWINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLSCONNECTICUT SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT

Prepared for the Student Success Planning Technical Assistance ForumDecember 9, 2011

Newington Public Schools Before SSPs Had the CT Comprehensive School Counseling Program in place

for many years in grades 5-12

Program was in writing and documented

School Counselors had individual planning in place in grades 9-12

Had Naviance since 2005 but no one knew how to use it to it’s full capacity

Had a college fair, but lost the career fair

Different people in charge of Job Shadow & Internships- limited access for kids

No mini-capstone, capstone, senior project, or portfolios

How does the CT Comprehensive School Counseling Program Relate to SSPs?

Three domains: Academic Personal/Social Career Exploration

Individual Planning Developmental

Guidance Lessons Accountability-

measurable outcomes

Three core components Academic Social, Emotional &

Physical Development Career Development

Interest and ability inventories

Career exploration coursework and activities

Capstone Projects

CT Comprehensive SC Program

SSP Requirements

The Stars Aligned in Newington

District gained an additional counselor in 5th grade

Lost a student assistance counselor but gained an additional counselor at the high school

Lost Job Shadow Coordinator & Career Center New State Guidelines for CT School Counseling

Program came out Staff turnover- counselors hired were more

tech savvy College Career Pathways Initiative began to

make some movement

How NPS Started the Process Partnered with CTE

Department Aligned courses to

Pathways Developed 6 year plans Joint PD around College

Career Pathways Developed

partnerships with CCC & MCC for dual college career credits

Wrote Naviance Summer Institute in to Perkins Grant

Revised the our Comprehensive SC Program in 2008-09 Implemented Individual

Planning in grades 5-8 Assessments Updated our job

descriptions Increased parent

programs Improved

communication with school/home around college & career planning

How NPS Did It….

Step 1: Go on a PR Campaign! Engage school counseling staff and provide PD Engage leadership within district including BOE

Step 2: Assess/Secure Resources Took stock of current services and programs Looked at staffing Looked at scheduling

Step 3: Created Draft Plan Compared the SDE’s SSP sheet to current

services Provide PD for & engage school counseling staff

Naviance as the Platform for SSP Rolled out use of Naviance in grades 5-12

last year Course Planner, Career Key, College Planner Attended summer institute the past 4 years and

used a train the trainer model to roll out Naviance to counselors

Revised SC curriculum & comprehensive program around use of Naviance

Developed point person for each school to set up milestones and surveys

Added teachers this last year for e-docs

How does the CT Comprehensive School Counseling Program Relate to SSPs?

Three domains: Academic Personal/Social Career Exploration

Individual Planning Developmental

Guidance Lessons Accountability-

measurable outcomes

Three core components Academic Social, Emotional &

Physical Development Career Development

Interest and ability inventories

Career exploration coursework and activities

Capstone Projects

CT Comprehensive SC Program

SSP Requirements

Summing Up Our SSP Status School Counselors are beginning to lay the

foundation for an electronic portfolio using Naviance.

School Counselors already provide annual individual planning with students from grades 5-12.

School Counselors are already providing assessments/inventories to students through Comprehensive School Counseling Program.

Career Pathways Plans exist for all 16 pathways from grade 5-beyond HS but need to be revised to reflect changes to program offerings for next year.

Capstone/Mini-Capstones need to be discussed.

Challenges and Next Steps

Access to students Access to technology Adequate staffing has

become a challenge Allocations in budget

for SSP District in flux

Take the show back on the road

Develop mini-capstone & capstone projects

Increase and improve opportunities for real world experiences at both levels

Get all our forms, assessments, etc., into Naviance

Figure out Course Planner Educate entire staff on

SSPs

Challenges Next Steps