One of your major roles as a counselor is to be an advocate for all students and being proactive in identifying, preventing and intervening to eliminate barriers that impede student development and achievement. Counselors are an integral part of the school team that formulates all kinds of plans for education and safety goals for school settings. In this assignment, you will begin the process for formulating responsive intervention plan based on current trends and events which impact specific student groups, by utilizing the ASCA National Model as a guide for delivery of services. Review the ASCA executive summary and focus on Delivery of services (direct and indirect services).
In the Module 1 assignment, you developed a presentation for an in-service for staff and faculty that focused on supporting educators in promoting diversity and how to best support students from historically underserved populations (e.g. Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Latin@, LGBQ, Transgender, students experiencing homelessness, and/or students experiences poverty, etc.) You will continue for focus on the same group you selected for that assignment for this assignment and your signature assignment in Module 4.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will continue to examine how current trends or events impact historically marginalized groups. You will begin the process for analyzing data to assist with determining methods for the delivery of responsive services for specialized groups.
- Design your goal.
- Ask yourself, "how will I achieve my goal?"
For this task, you will begin the process of analyzing perception data, "data describing individuals’ attitudes, knowledge, and skills" (Young, 2013). You will create an intervention goal, then you will create pre/post surveys and a Needs Assessment.
Additional Resources
The following resources are important for you to begin the process of creating intervention plans for responding to events that impact school communities.
Read the following ASCA position statement, "The School Counselor and the Identification, Prevention, and Intervention of Behaviors That Are Harmful and Place Students At-Risk" for this assignment, think about warning systems for identifying students' responsive intervention services that are culturally sensitive interventions and supports behaviors that promote student resilience and success.
Assignment Template
Use the following assignment template to complete this assignment:Define Clear Objectives
DESIGN: What is your Goal? Explain your objectives and intervention goals.
Example: “My objective would be that by the end of next school year, there will be a 50% increase in overall attendance by Latino and socioeconomically disadvantaged parents at school functions. These include parent-teacher conferences, PTA meetings, School Site Council or Climate Committee meetings, Open House and Back to School Night, driving on field trips, and other school events like Book Fair Family Night or an Ice Cream Social.”
Select Your Audience
ASK: How will you Achieve your goal? Who is the audience for the pre-post surveys and needs assessments?
Data Collection Plan
ASK: How will you Achieve your goal? Explain your plans for the collection of pre-post surveys and needs assets. You will provide your action plan on how you will collect the data.
Sample Selection
ASK: How will you Achieve your goal? Who will you be gathering perception data from? What will be the sample size?
Example Instrument
Attach your sample instruments, pre/post surveys, and needs assessment.
Action Plan
Explain the processes and procedures for identifying an action plan for implementation.
Requirements
Length: This assignment must be 2-4 pages (excluding the title and reference page).References: Include 2 scholarly resources.