School Counselor Summer InstituteJune 23 – 24, 2015

Red Lion HotelOlympia, WA

Updates for School Counselors

Danise Ackelson, OSPI, Supervisor Guidance & Counseling

Kim Reykdal, WSCA Advocacy Co-Chair

Resource Tables• OSPI• WA Student Achievement Council• PNSCAC• Workforce Training and Ed Coordinating Board• SBCTC• College Success Foundation• WCAN• WA State L & I• College Board• ACT• Suicide Training Resources• WA State Labor Council• WSOS Stem Support

Be in the Know!http://www.k12.wa.us/SecondaryEducation/GuidanceCounseling/default.aspx

.OSPI Counselor Listserv and Newsletter

Moving to… In August 2015

National Consortium for School Counseling and Postsecondary Success“Seek to inspire every student in America to take charge of

their future by completing a post high school education training… professional training program, community

college or four-year institution”• To increase fair and accessible pathways to higher education for all

students• Work with states, higher ed, and college access partners• Emerged from First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative• To support and strengthen school counseling, college advising and

collaborative systems that provide college and career information• Activities will rely on current school counselor leadership and strategic

partnerships

College & Career Readiness Survey• SREB College & Career Readiness Initiative for Professional

Development• WCAN/CSF targeting School Counselors, College and Career

Counselors, Career Specialist, GEAR UP Mentors, CSF Advisors, Graduation Coaches, and others who advise students about college

• 4 Training Modules (Will be Customized for WA State)• Building a College Going Culture for All Students• College, Career, and Academic Planning• Financial Aid and College Applications• College and Career Advising in the Middle Grades

• Goals: Increase number of low-income students who apply to and succeed in postsecondary education

• Facilitators needed!

• WCAN Survey before June 30 (win $50 - $500 Amazon gift card!) • For school counselors https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CCRTrainingCounselors

Hot Topics• Counselor Roles• Recent Legislation• Running Start/College in the High School• Graduation Requirements• Statewide Course Equivalencies• High School & Beyond Plan• Assessment• Smarter Balanced• ASCA Standards for Students• Counselor Principal Relationship• Counselor Evaluation• Evidence-based School Counseling• Mental Health/Social Emotional Learning

Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Inclusion

Recent Legislation. • Running Start/College in HS

• Graduation Requirements• HB 6552 (2014) CTE Course

Equivalencies• High School & Beyond Plan SBE

website• Assessment• Smarter Balanced • HB 2214 – Transition Course and

HSBP• Civics Requirement

Computer Science Bill• The computer science bill (HB 1813) has been

signed into law by Gov. Inslee. The law establishes computer science standards, creates a computer science teaching endorsement, and makes grants available to train teachers in the subject.

Running Start Changeshttp://www.k12.wa.us/SecondaryEducation/CareerCollegeReadiness/DualCredit/default.aspx

OSPI Dual Credit Page Under “What’s New”

• E2SHB 1546 – Running Start and College in High School Program changes:• RS not offered on HS campus• New RS Verification Form • College in HS (CHS) expanded to 10th grade• Subsidies to help pay for 11th and 12th graders

• Funding allocated • HS more than 20 miles

Grad Requirements Resources

Video about career-and college ready graduation requirements: http://www.sbe.wa.gov/graduation.php#.VT6hBNF0zeI

High School and Beyond FAQ:http://www.sbe.wa.gov/faq/highschoolbeyondplan.php#.VT6hi9F0zeI

Statewide Course Equivalencies for CTE

• Under E2SSB 6552-Graduation requirements (Class of 2019

• 2015-16 school year, school boards must grant academic course equivalency in math and science• Locally determined courses may be used• Needs to be connected with HSBP• Completion Certificates (must be put in HSBP)• Must use CIP code and course code• Transcript (designation coming in Fall)• AP coding

• Two-for-one (Class of 2016 +)• One credit can satisfy two graduation requirements• Transcript

HSBP SBEhttp://www.sbe.wa.gov/HSBeyondPlan.php

• WAC 1800-51-068 • HB 6552 (2014) Class of 2019 graduation requirements• 24-credit career and college ready diploma• HSBP guides goals and choices• RCW 28A.230.080 HSBP locally determined• RCW 29A.230 CTE Course Equivalencies

• Recorded on transcript using course code and equivalencies• Completion certificates

• Personalized Pathway – 3rd credits of math and science• Parent signature needed

• HB 2214 if passed, will put specific language in HSBP

High Quality HSBP Process• Begin plan by at least 8th grade • Parent engagement tailored to family and community needs (e.g.

language, cultural competency, timing) • Frequent revision, treat the plan as a living document • Connect with student information system • Use customizable tools and resources • Utilize a consistent, frequent delivery model, such as a

mentorship, advisory, or counselor delivery structure • Connect students with resources through partnerships with civic

organizations and community groups (e.g. tutoring, college admission support)

• Assess knowledge (e.g. what know about financial literacy at the beginning and the end of the HSBP process)

• Student presentation of plan to parent or guardian • Coordination and integration with student IEP transition plans

Quality HSBP Components• Identify a career goal

• Determine interests and skills • Interest inventory: who am I? What do I want to be? • Skills assessment: what skills do I have and where do I want/need

to develop?

• Identify educational goals • Research on career goal and what it takes to get there

• Professional/technical program options, 2-year degree options, 4-year degree options, on the job training, apprenticeships, military, other postsecondary education and training

• Research on postsecondary program to achieve career goal • Identify program requirements: courses, exams, extracurriculars • Identify financial aid options

• Determine right fit of postsecondary program to reach career goal • Identify supports and services available in high school and

postsecondary • Identify on the job training options

• Determine four-year plan for coursework • Consider graduation requirements—credit and non-credit • Consider postsecondary program admission requirements • Consider opportunities for dual credit

• Identify list of exams • Exams for high school graduation

(SBAC, HSPE, ELA, EOC) • Exams for postsecondary program

admission (SAT, ACT, etc.) • Exams for postsecondary program

placement (Accuplacer, etc.) • Participate in work-based learning

opportunity (e.g. job shadow, internship) to develop self-advocacy and other employability skills

• Participate in postsecondary program experience (e.g. site visit, virtual tour, meet with representative)

• Complete postsecondary program applications • Program admission applications • Financial aid applications

• Complete career related documents • Resume or activity log • Job application

• Identify personal goals • Participate in volunteer service • Develop practical skills for life after

high school • Create a budget

Meaningful High School & Beyond Plan

Graduation and HSBP• Four-minute You Tube Video from Ready WA: Using

Smarter Balanced Scores to Chart Your Path https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ynZFX0m9o&feature=youtu.be

• Five-minute You Tube Video from WA State Board of Education: Career and College Ready Diploma for Class of 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiMQckltv0U

State Board of Education’s Listserv

To sign up for email update page:

http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001qQmxwxSdYesONEPIdr9gXYzPoBU1Xy6gxBF1sz3IhLOldN69hBQX-ko92-vS1DKCLa2bfwE8L6wjvcK1ZNsp-OLbTl0s_dLTPuaUZykHTuE%3D

Assessment 2016-2019http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/StateTesting/default.aspx

Smarter Balanced AssessmentCareer and college readiness

• Taken in 11th grade for placement in all 6 public back and 34 CTC is effective for Classes of 2016-2018 • Role of transition course TBA

• 9 Independent Universities (Gonzaga, Heritage, PLU, St Martin’s, SPU, SU, UPS, Walla Walla, Whitworth) have similar agreement to the publics

Smarter Balanced College Placement

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Bridge to College Grant

• OSPI is partnering with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, (SBCTC) for the 2015/16 school year. • The Bridge courses are designed for seniors who score

below college-ready on the 11th grade Smarter Balanced assessment but are interested in attending college and would like to enter directly into a credit-bearing coursework without remediation or placement testing when enrolling in college after graduation. • Applications in iGrants #719• Second Round Due date TBA. • OSPI Teaching & Learning

Assessment Resources

• Your Child’s Progress http://www.k12.wa.us/Resources/YourChildsProgress.aspx • Letter to Juniors (April 2015) http://

www.k12.wa.us/Resources/default.aspx#2

HB 2214 in Legislature - ??

• An assessment bill (HB 2214) reintroduced in House during the second special session requires students who fail to meet the 11th grade graduation standard on the Smarter Balanced assessment to, instead, satisfy the graduation requirement by passing a locally determined course in 12th grade in the subject(s) in which they failed.

HB 2214 in Legislature - ??• Connects assessment transition course with HSBP

• Each student must have a plan:• Starts in 8th grade• Career interest inventory• Revisited each year• Review student transcript each year• Involves parents

• Elements• Identify career goals with an interest assessment• Identify education goals • Four-year plan aligns with student’s career and educational goals• Identify assessments needed for HS and postsecondary• Resume/Activity log

Civics Requirementhttp://sbe.wa.gov/GradRequirements/Civics.php

Class of 2016 and Beyond

Legislation from 2009 (RCW 28A.230.093) for Civics• Course can be embedded in another social studies• Tracking on transcript

• Can be a separate course• HSBP in local SIS• Transfers - may need to contact former school

Social Studies Requirement for the Class of 2016 and Beyond (WAC 180-51-067, WAC 180-51-068)

(Local School Districts may have additional requirements.) • 1 credit US History • 1 credit Contemporary World History, Geography and Problems (or an equivalent course) • .5 credit Civics • .5 credit Social Studies Elective • Washington State History and Government

• May be taught in middle school and meet the graduation requirement without credit; or • For high school credit if taught at a high school level

Multi-Tiered System of Support• MTSS for short is a system behind efforts to remove barriers and

support students. These efforts are typically divided into 3 categories that affect "All,” "Some,” and "Few" students based on severity of need.

• Effective tiered supports would focus on both academic and non-academic needs. The success of MTSS depends on continuous monitoring of OSPI's research-based dropout prevention and graduation performance indicators: • Four-year and five-year graduation rates• English language arts, math, and science course failure rates in 9th grade• Suspensions and expulsions• Attendance, especially chronic absenteeism.

Washington’s Healthy Youth Survey

• Washington’s school-based youth health-risk survey: voluntary and anonymous

• Administered every 2 years to students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12

• 2014 fall administration included 223,000 students in 215 districts and 989 schools

• State, ESD, and county results are public on AskHYS.net

HYS Data: School Counselors• Does your school have counselor?

• 8th Grade: 93% said yes• 10th Grade: 95% said yes• 12th Grade: 95% said yes

• Contact with School Counselor• 8th Grade: 58% said no• 10th Grade: 45% said no• 12th Grade: 26% said no

• People in the school to help when I need it:• 8th Grade: 79% said yes• 10th Grade: 77% said yes• 12th Grade: 82% said yes

School Counselor Evaluation

• WSCA Andra Kelley-Batstone, President-Elect• Practitioner overview and review• Cross-walk of teacher and principal criterial to

school counselor state standards• Framework acronym• 2015-16 committee meetings to review docs• Field test• 2016-17 Pilot

WA School Counselor Standards

http://program.pesb.wa.gov/program-review/standards/standard-5/counselor/benchmarks • School Counseling Program• Student Learning and Assessment• Counseling Theories and Techniques• Equity, Advocacy, and Diversity• Professional Identity and Ethical Practice

Suicide Prevention TrainingPESB Approved for School Counselors

http://www.pesb.wa.gov/educators/professional-certificate/education-staff-associate/approved-suicide-prevention-curricula

• Networks for Life: An Educator's Role in Youth Suicide Prevention • Contact: Vicki Wagner, vwagner@yspp.org (206-297-5922 x4)

• Response • Contact: Debrah Tressel, dtressel@columbiacare.org (509-235-8823)

• SafeTALK • Contact: Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, ffront@uw.edu (206-543-1016)

• QPR for School Health Professionals • Contact: Paul Quinnett, pquinnett@mindspring.org (509-235-8823)

• Connect Suicide Prevention/Intervention Training • Contact: Elaine de Mello, LCSW, edemello@naminh.org (603-225-5359)

EXAMPLE - ESD 114 – August 5 https://oesd.gosignmeup.com/public/course/browse?courseid=6614

Kristin Schutte schuttek@oesd.wednet.edu

Upcoming Events•WA Council for HS/College Relations

Fall Counselor Workshops September 14-24

• Counselor Regional Workshops at ESD’s in October and November (More information coming after session – funding)

•WSCA Conference – March 1-4

WSCA Conference

March 1-4, 2016 at Double Tree in SeaTac

“Golden Opportunities”50 years of Leadership, Advocacy, and Partnership

WSCA Professional Development

2015 WSCA LDI• July 27, 2015 at Red Lion in Olympia• Free and free clock hours for WSCA members• Program

• Strength Based Leadership – Cyd Bacon• College and Career Readiness for All – Danise Ackelson• Counselor Evaluation – Andra Batstone-Kelly

• Registration: http://www.wa-schoolcounselor.org/calendar_day.asp?date=7/27/2015&event=50

• Questions? Chris Kelly tckelly2@Comcast.net 253-445-0541

Statewide: What’s Next?1. Graduation Requirements for Class of 2019

• What structures are in place at your school/district?

2. 24-Credit College and Career Ready Diploma• Are students using their High School & Beyond Plan?

3. 8th Graders need transition• Are middle and high school counselors vertical teaming?

4. Assessment – legislation for change in the works • (HB 2214)

5. Dissemination of multi-tiered systems of support for students• Are you using tools in your student information system to identify

students in an RTI model?• Do you have programs in place for all students, some students and a

few students?