Massachusetts and Connecticut Guidance Leaders

Download PowerPoint Presentations:
School Counselors Using Data

Developing Surveys
School Counselors Doing Action Research
Conducting Action Research in Partnership

Download Data Templates:
Elementary
Middle School
High School

Generic Version

Download Surveys for School Counseling Program Evaluation/Review

In addition, the Center provides evaluation, organizational consultation, and professional development education services to School Counseling Programs in Massachusetts districts to enable them to:

        • Evaluate program effectiveness, provide models for research-based program components, and assist districts in the process of adopting best practices
        • Implement standards-based management systems
        • Develop guidance curricula that (a) are based on the ASCA National Standards and local needs, (b) coordinate with state curriculum frameworks, and (c) lead to the measurement of student outcomes
        • Develop program accountability measures and systems
        • Develop School Counselors’ capacity to use data to plan, implement and evaluate systemic interventions and to advocate effectively for students
        • Enhance the capacity of school counseling programs to serve all students well through data-based programs that lead to measurable benefits in students’ achievement, career/vocational planning, personal growth, and prosocial skills
        • Focus school couseling program attention and resources on the elimination of the achievement gap between privileged students and those students who have fewer resources due to poverty or discrimination.
        • Provide information about working with families and communities to best support the career and academic development of all students in the school district.

Download a PowerPoint Presentation of a Guidance Leaders Meeting

Download a Map of the Articulation of the ASCA National Standards and the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks

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