Indiana

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Indiana Gold Star Guidance
INDIANA GOLD STAR SCHOOL COUNSELING Helping All
Students Meet the Challenge http//asai.indstate.
edu/goldstar.htm
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
PARTNERSHIP OF Indiana Department of
Education Indiana Commission for Higher
Education Indiana Department of Workforce
Development Indiana School Counselor
Association Indiana Association of School
Principals Indiana Student Achievement Institute
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
DEVELOPED BY Representatives of over 40
state-level agencies, professional associations,
and universities
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
NATIONAL RECOGNITION Recognized by the National
Pathways to College Network as one of 100
programs across the country that reflect
research-based principals and actions to improve
college access and success.
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
BACKGROUND The Current Situation
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SCOPE OF SCHOOL COUNSELING
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DEFINITIONS Direct Services
GUIDANCE The help all students receive from
parents, teachers, counselors, community members
and others to assist with educational, career,
and citizenship development.
COUNSELING The help some students receive from
credentialed professionals to overcome personal
and social problems that interfere with learning.
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DEFINITIONS Indirect Services
ADVOCACY Advocating for systemic change to
develop an environment that supports learning for
ALL students.
MANAGEMENT Behind the scenes tasks necessary
for the school counseling program to run smoothly
and efficiently.
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THE PROBLEM
School Counseling Traditionally Defined as a
POSITION
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THE RESULT
High Ratios Secondary (7-12) 309 1 DOE
Recommends 2101 ASCA Recommends
2501 Elementary (1-6) 837 1 DOE Recommends
3231 ASCA Recommends 2501 Indiana data for
the 01-02 school year

• Non-Program Tasks
• Those tasks which do not
• help students with academic, career, or
  citizenship development
• help students overcome a problem that is
  interfering with learning.
• Indiana 24 of counselor time-use is spent on
  non-program tasks
• www.reynoldsindiana.net/timeuse.htm

Guidance is Spotty Little Consistency from School
to School
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
WHERE WERE HEADED School Counseling as a
Vision-Based and Data-Driven program for ALL
students.
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling STUDENT GUIDANCE
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Guidance Standards and Indicators
Academic Development All 5th graders will
describe their personal learning style. All 8th
graders will develop a 4-yr high school course
plan. All 10th graders will describe
postsecondary education options. Career
Development All 6th graders will describe their
career interest areas. All 8th graders will
describe the career majors offered at the
H.S. All 11th graders will develop a
resume. Citizenship Development All 4th graders
will demonstrate a conflict management model. All
7th graders will demonstrate anger management
techniques. All 9th graders will demonstrate
consensus building skills.
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Lesson Plans
Lesson Title Learning Styles Indicator All
students will describe ways in which they can
adjust their classroom learning strategies to
compliment their learning style. Materials
Learning Style Assessment Learning Style
Activity Sheet Time Required 50
minutes Procedure 1. Introduce the activity by
explain- ing that people learn in different
ways (see facilitator notes). 2.
Distribute copies of the I Like Your
Style learning styles . . .
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Guidance Lesson Facilitators
School Counselors
Teacher Advisors
Classroom Teachers
Community Members
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling COUNSELING
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SOCIAL PERSONAL SITUATIONS THAT INTERFER WITH
LEARING
Relationships Run Away Self Image Stress Suicide T
een Parenting Violence
Abuse ADD / ADHD Adoption Issues Anger Cheating Co
nflicts Cults
Depression Divorce Drugs / Alcohol Eating
Disorders Family Issues Homelessness Hunger
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Student Assistance Team
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Intervention Options
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling ADVOCACY
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Advocacy
System Change
Individual Students
GOAL All students master a challenging
curriculum
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
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Management Tasks
Planning / Preparation Activity
Preparation Newsletters Print Resources Research
/ Development
Prof. Development ISCA Fall Conference IACAC
Congress ICA Conference Local Counselor Mtgs.
Evaluation Program Personnel Student Growth
Networking School Committees Community
Agencies Businesses Service Clubs
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling NON-PROGRAM
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NON-PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

• Those activities which do not
• help students master the guidance standards
• help students overcome personal or social
  problems that interfere with learning

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Common Non-Program Activities
ADMINISTRATION ISTEP State Reports Special
Education Gifted Talented Book
Rental Substitute Teaching Attendance
RECORDS Report Cards Transcripts Grade Point
Averages Class Ranks Honor Rolls
SCHEDULING Master Scheduling Balancing
Class Loads
OTHER Awards Graduation Discipline
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling LOCALLY
APPROPRIATE BALLANCE
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Time Use Goals
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Indiana Counselor Time-Use (2002)
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling ACCOUNTABILITY
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Level 1 ? School Counseling AssessmentMastery of
Guidance Indicators

• Yes
• Dont Know
• No

• I can describe an apprenticeship campus.
• I can state my Holland career interest code.
• 3. I can use the ABC model to resolve conflicts.

• Yes
• Dont Know
• No

• Yes
• Dont Know
• No

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Level 2 ? School Counseling AssessmentTargeted
Student Choices
with no discipline referrals turning in all
homework on time participating in the extra
help program reading a book not as a class
assignment enrolling in Algebra in middle
school enrolling in Core 40 curriculum
enrolling in the Honors Diploma curriculum
enrolling in AP courses in high school applying
for postsecondary education taking the SAT or
ACT
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Level 3 ? School Counseling AssessmentTargeted
Student Achievement
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Early Transition Schools
ELKHART CENTRAL HS
PIKE HS
African Americans Passing Upper Level
English   91-92 94-95   9th Grade 50
84 10th Grade 56 84 11th Grade 56
75 12th Grade 26 69
Freshman Passing Algebra I 1991-92
71 1994-95 85
INDIAN CREEK HS
Passing Algebra I Prior to Graduation 1991-92
55 1994-95 94
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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling
Transforming School Counseling RESOURCES
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• Indiana Universal
• Student Indicators for Guidance
• What do students need to know and be able to do
  in the guidance areas to be
• successful learners,
• responsible citizens, and
• productive members of a global economy?

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Indiana Program Standards for School
Counseling Program Foundations Data-Based
Accountability Student Guidance Student
Counseling Student Advocacy Program
Management Professionalism Resources School
Counseling Implementation Plan
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Gold Star School Counseling Workshop Series
Change Process Resources Timeline Technical
Support
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Steering Team

• Attend four training sessions
• (assignments modeled)
• 2. Conduct six meetings with a local School
  Counseling Advisory Council
• 3. Complete assignments
• 4. Submit school counseling portfolio

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Local Advisory Council

• Attend six meetings
• Provide input on program design
• Provide feedback on implemented activities
• 4. Serve as ambassadors for the school
  counseling program

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Indiana Gold Star School Counseling Award
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Indiana Gold Star Guidance
INDIANA GOLD STAR SCHOOL COUNSELING Helping All
Students Meet the Challenge http//asai.indstate.
edu/goldstar.htm