School Counselor Accountability: A MEASURE of Student Success

by Stone, Carolyn B.; Dahir, Carol A.

• ISBN13: 9780132232630
• ISBN10: 0132232634
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

School Counselor Accountability A MEASURE of Student Success Second Edition Carolyn B. Stone and Carol A. Dahir Practical Strategies for Builiding Accountability. This book provides strategies for designing and implementing accountability as a cornerstone of a school counseling program. Based on an action research model, it provides school counselors with methods to connect to the mission of schools and MEASURE the school counselors' contributions to student success. Learn how to lead, advocate, and collaborate with colleagues. Learn strategies for building accountability standards into counseling programs. Learn how to design and implement accountable programs and how to measure and report results. In this edition you will find: A simple step-by-step process for school counselors to connect their work with the expectations of school improvement and accountability Discussion of how to create data-driven school counseling programs and make data-driven decisions A proven method of linking school counseling to the instructional program and student achievement Action research techniques that can be used to measure school counseling effectiveness Fifteen MEASURE action plans submitted by practicing counselors Separate sections on urban and suburban systems "The information is presented in a way that will help the students think differently about accountability... The framework provided by [the] MEASURE [model] serves as a recipe for achieving success." Phyllis Hallberg, Florida International University "This gives life to the accountability concept now required in the school counseling profession... The key strength of this work is the presentation of a concrete model for bringing about systemic change in schools using data." Susan Norris Huss, Bowling Green State University To view the website that accompanies this text, please go to http://www.prenhall.com/stone .

Table of Contents

The Accountability Imperative for School Counselors	1	(6)
Accountability: Every Educator's Challenge	1	(1)
Counting Is No Longer Enough	1	(1)
Results-Based Accountability	2	(1)
Student Outcome Data	2	(1)
Accountability Means	2	(1)
Needs Assessments, Surveys, Pre- and Posttests	3	(1)
Accountability and School Counselors	4	(1)
Beliefs Inform Behaviors	5	(1)
The Achievement Gap	5	(1)
References	6	(1)
Moving Beyond Tradition	7	(10)
Closing the Achievement Gap	7	(1)
School Counselors and No Child Left Behind	8	(2)
Respecting Tradition: A Retrospective	10	(3)
Why Change? It's a Different World	13	(1)
Moving Forward	14	(2)
Counseling	14	(1)
Consultation	15	(1)
Coordination of Services	15	(1)
Leadership	15	(1)
Advocacy	15	(1)
Collaboration and Teaming	15	(1)
Managing Resources	15	(1)
Use of Data	15	(1)
Use of Technology	15	(1)
References	16	(1)
Demystifying Data	17	(6)
Data First	17	(1)
Why Use Data?	17	(1)
Where to Find Data	18	(1)
Disaggregated Data	18	(1)
The Power of Data	18	(1)
Data: Friend or Pho-bia	18	(1)
Making Connections	19	(1)
Keep It Simple	20	(1)
The Next Steps	20	(1)
From Perception to Reality	20	(1)
Challenge or Opportunity	21	(1)
Monitor What Matters	21	(1)
References	22	(1)
Measure: A Different Way of Focusing Our Work	23	(12)
Step One: Mission	23	(1)
What Do I Need to Do?	23	(1)
Step Two: Element	23	(1)
What Do I Need to Do?	23	(1)
Step Three: Analyze	24	(1)
What Do I Need to Do?	24	(1)
What Do the Data Show?	25	(1)
Step Four: Stakeholders-Unite	25	(2)
What Do I Need to Do?	25	(2)
Step Five: Results	27	(1)
What Do I Need to Do?	27	(1)
Step Six: Educate	28	(2)
What Do I Need to Do?	28	(2)
Systemic Change	30	(5)
Practice What You Have Learned	30	(5)
School Counselors Demonstrating Accountability	35	(78)
Measures Contributing to Academic Success	35	(1)
Alimacani Elementary School	36	(5)
Cannella Elementary School	41	(6)
Hall Elementary School	47	(5)
S. A. Hull Elementary School	52	(4)
Memorial Middle School	56	(6)
Tomlin Middle School	62	(5)
Quibbletown Middle School	67	(5)
Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School	72	(5)
Newington High School	77	(5)
Pike High School	82	(7)
South Kingstown High School	89	(5)
Stanton College Preparatory High School	94	(4)
Jefferson County Public Schools	98	(8)
Measure-ing Success in East High School, Rochester, New York	105	(1)
Measure-ing Success in Norfolk, Virginia	106	(1)
Suburban Initiative	106	(6)
Measure-ing Success in Piscataway Township, New Jersey	106	(6)
References	112	(1)
Transforming Our Future: Impacting the System	113	(6)
Systemic Change Agent	113	(2)
Preparing Graduate Students to Become Systemic Change Agents	114	(1)
Looking to the Future	115	(4)
Appendix A Participants in the 2001 Education Trust Accountability Meetings	119	(2)
Appendix B The National Standards for School Counseling Programs: What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do	121	(2)
Appendix C American School Counselor Association National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs	123	(1)
Appendix D Critical Data Examples	124	(1)
Appendix E Sample Measure	125