Effective Counseling in the Classroom

Instructional Design and Professional Learning DivisionGuidance and Counseling Department March 1, 2017

Presenters

❖ Kassie Griffith

❖ BillieJo Guthrie

❖ Kaycee Hackbart

❖ Karen Konrad

❖ Tawania Lott

❖ Tara Marquardt

❖ Jodie Matsuura

❖ Judy Pelto

❖ Alison Rava

❖ LeahAnn Siemen

❖ Dawn Wallace

Learning Objectives

❖ Discuss how to plan and organize school counseling curriculum lessons.

❖ Explore various ways to deliver classroom lessons.

❖ Learn how to use data to analyze impact of lesson plans.

What does Gerry Books say?

Planning

Let’s Get Started!

❖ Conversation with administration

❖ Determining the needs of your school

❖ Making data driven decisions

❖ Program goals

Building Relationships

Guiding questions

As a result of my program...

Scheduling & Calendars

Planning for your Classroom Lessons

❖ Materials❖ Frequency❖ Duration❖ Audience - developmentally appropriate❖ Use of Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success

Lesson Plan Template

❖ Utilize the ASCA Lesson Plan format

❖ Understand each of the components

❖ ASCA has replaced the Student Standards with the ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors➢ 1 or 2 max

❖ Learning Objective - should align to the Mindsets & Behaviors

❖ Understand data collection

Framing the Secondary Lesson in theClassroom

Lemov, D. (2010). Teach like a champion. San Francisco, CA: Jossy-Bass.

Framing theLesson

❖ Live in the Now➢ Avoid what can no longer be fixed➢ Talk about what should happen next➢ Focus on how to succeed from this

point forward❖ Assume the Best

➢ Students don’t come to us with the intention of failing

Collaboration Obseravation Grade Level Meetings Availability

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Planning for your small group lessons

❖ Administration/Counselor discussion❖ Referral process❖ Data driven❖ Permission❖ Scheduling

➢ Where, When❖ Selection process❖ Duration/Frequency❖ Communication to parents/students/staff❖ Curriculum lesson/activities

Small GroupAction Plan

❖ Grade Level❖ Group Topic❖ ASCA Mindsets &

Behaviors❖ Curriculum and Materials❖ Projected Start/End ❖ Process Data❖ Perception Data❖ Outcome Data❖ Contact Person

Delivery of the Lesson

Classroom Lessons

❖ What are your strengths?

❖ What are your struggles?

Objectives/Mindsets & Behaviors

❖ Lesson Objective: Students should know and understand what it is they are learning

❖ Counselor should state what the objective of the lesson is and what the students will accomplish

❖ ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors must align with the lesson objective

❖ Envelope activity

Lesson Plan

Components of an Effective Lesson

❖ Materials

❖ Objectives

❖ Activate prior knowledge

❖ Whole group instruction

❖ Small Group/Collaborative Learning

❖ Independent work

❖ Closure

Pacing the Lesson

Engagement Techniques

❖ Partners

❖ Think-Pair-Share

❖ Stand Up, Sit Down/Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

❖ Quick Writes/Quick Draw

❖ One Word Splash

❖ Gallery Walk

❖ 3-2-1

❖ Find your match

❖ Small Groups

❖ Hands On/Manipulatives

❖ Personal Connection/Humor

❖ Role Play/Scenario

Technology & Equipment

❖ Knowing what your classroom has available

❖ Elmo

❖ Audio enhancement/Sound

❖ Laptop

❖ SMART board

❖ Responders

Delivery Methods

❖ Classroom lesson in person❖ Video lesson (if your school has the infrastructure)

➢ Can film with a camera or even an iPhone❖ Screencast-O-Matic

➢ You can film yourself using this with a built in camera➢ Can film the screen to show a prezi or powerpoint or even navigating the

internet and you speak.➢ Time limit is 15 minutes for the free version

Video Lesson using Screencast-o-matic

Lesson Delivery

❖ Edmodo➢ Teachers for the targeted lessons have a group➢ Put all information for them to access

❖ Google Drive➢ Upload lessons for teachers to access➢ Easy to add to website for parents

❖ CDs (This is a bit of a struggle due to player issues on computers)

Table Discussion

Discuss ways that you or your school delivers curriculum lessons that may be different than what has been presented.

Classroom Management

What does Gerry Brooks say?

Before the Lesson

❖ Establish relationships❖ Make it meaningful❖ Consider time frames❖ Plan for differentiation❖ Plan for all learning styles❖ Plan for movement❖ Prepare supplies/materials❖ Ensure technology is working❖ Learn the classroom management system❖ Practice

DOs & DON’Ts During the Lesson

❖ Greeting❖ Expectations❖ Attention getter❖ Reinforcements❖ Time management❖ Transitions

❖ Movement/Proximity❖ Participation❖ Model❖ Directions❖ Disruptive behavior❖ Exit

After the Lesson

❖ What worked well?❖ What didn’t work well?❖ How can the lesson be improved?

Paradigm Shift

Data Collection

Process Data

❖ Numbers impacted❖ Which students❖ How many students❖ Just the facts❖ What, how, and when

Perception Data

● Pre-test● Post-test● Survey● Attitudes “I believe…”● Knowledge “I think I

know…”● Skills “I can…”

Outcome Data

❖ Impact of interventions❖ Extent of impact on knowledge,

attitudes and skills❖ Comes from multiple sources

Let’s Practice

Types of data

65% of 8th graders say they have observed bullying at school.

35 fourth graders participated in six

sessions of classroom lessons.

Discipline referrals decreased by 12%

since last June.

98% of 9th graders completed a career

plan by the end of the school year.

The high school graduation rate has

increased by 2% since 2012.

95% of 5th graders say they can identify a

career goal.

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The purpose of DATA:

Data tools

Plickers Survey

Table Discussion

Discuss one tool that you are interested in learning more about or that you can use in the near future.

Analyzing the Data

❖ School Counseling Curriculum Results Reports❖ Small Group Results Reports❖ Closing the Gap Results Reports❖ School Data Profile

Curriculum Results Report

Perception Data Sixth Grade Core Curriculum Outcome Data

Small Group Results Report Academic Success 8A Small Group2014-2015 Results Data

Closing the Gap Results Report

Goal: By June 2015, first grade students will decrease unexpected behaviors by 20%

What does the data show?

School data profile analysis:

● Reviewed annually● Helps counselors:

○ Monitor student Achievement

○ Identify achievement, opportunity and attainment gaps

○ Recognize need for systemic change

○ Share successes○ Recognize strengths

and weaknesses

Sharing Data with Stakeholders

❖ Administrators❖ Teachers❖ Other Counselors❖ School Board Members❖ Parents❖ Students❖ Advisory Council Members❖ School Improvement Team Members

Ways to Share the Data

❖ School web site❖ Counseling Program website❖ One-page handouts ❖ During a report or presentation to administration❖ During staff meeting❖ During school improvement plan meeting❖ School and/or district brochure❖ School newsletter

Evaluation and Improvement

❖ Self-analysis of school counselor❖ Analysis of the counseling program❖ Evaluation of the school counselor’s performance by an administrator❖ Review of program goals❖ Future planning of program and lessons

Questions

❖ Kassie Griffith

❖ BillieJo Guthrie

❖ Kaycee Hackbart

❖ Karen Konrad

❖ Tawania Lott

❖ Tara Marquardt

❖ Jodie Matsuura

❖ Judy Pelto

❖ Alison Rava

❖ LeahAnn Siemen

❖ Dawn Wallace