Kristina Donovan Patti Lieberman Sonia Reso Slide 2 Slide 3
Research and Purpose Academic Leadership Enrichment College Q &
A Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Mason, Ockerman, and
Chen-Hayes, (2013) explained that the social action school
counselor must ask some poignant questions What change needs to
happen? Do I believe change can happen? Where are my gaps, and what
part does culture / race / socioeconomics play in this? Next is
what is my action plan? The purpose is educational equity! Slide 9
Systemic change is needed to promote true multicultural equity in
access and utilization of school services (Sue & Sue, 2009)
Perhaps redefining your approach and definitions of what central
educational and counseling concepts mean (Mack, 2012; Sue &
Sue, 2009) Slide 10 Start with the basics: Belief systems Belief
that all students can be successful Understand the socio-cultural
oppression and barriers to equity that are present Program beliefs
No honors courses but other ways to take advanced courses No class
rank Targeted at-risk measures Study skills Slide 11 Requirements
for weighted classes are fluid. Meaning, a student that wants to
take an advanced or accelerated course can by earning a certain
grade This removes the issue of tracking, in which students are
either honor tracked or not as soon as they enter Students can move
up or down at any point year over year Slide 12 Students are
encouraged to stretch in classes they are interested in and we
offer the following advanced level classes: All courses taken at
Princeton University AP English III AP Art HistoryAP Biology AP
Calculus AB, BCAP ChemistryAP Computer Science AP English IVAP
Environmental ScienceAP European History AP FrenchAP Government
& PoliticsAP Italian AP JapaneseAP MacroeconomicsAP Mandarin AP
MicroeconomicsAP Music TheoryAP Physics AP SpanishAP StatisticsAP
United States History AP World HistoryAlgebra II (accelerated
)Astronomy (accelerated) Biology I (accelerated)Chemistry I
(accelerated) Geometry (accelerated) Intro to Computer Science
Using Java (accelerated) Multivariant Calculus and Linear Algebra
(accelerated) Obj.ect Oriented Prog. Using Java (accelerated)
Oceanography (accelerated) Physics I (accelerated) Pre-Calculus
(accelerated)Sociology (accelerated) World Languages (all advanced
courses Spanish & French) Slide 13 PPS has all students eat
lunch at the same time To support the academic classes, teachers
are often available every day during break to help students with
material In addition we run a full time tutoring service through
our IDEAS Center Slide 14 Students fill out form and have the
following options Fellow student Princeton University student Adult
tutor (either from community, or teacher on duty) Available during
school, break, and after school Available for all subjects Slide 15
D & F reports are run and students meet with counselor to start
interventions There are weekly supervisor meetings where counselors
bring their at-risk list to brainstorm ideas There are monthly
assistant principal meetings where counselors discuss at- risk
students Slide 16 School Programs Teen Pep, Peer Group, Big
Brother/Big Sister, Community Service Leaders, True Blue, Sources
of Strength, Student Ambassadors Community Programs GAIA, TAG,
Corner House, HiTops Slide 17 Teen Pep Junior students educating
younger students about healthy decision-making Peer Group Senior
students helping freshman students with their transition into high
school Big Brother/Big Sister Senior students are paired with
underclassmen as a support structure Slide 18 Community Service
Leaders upperclassmen help lead a sophomore community service group
True Blue community service-based club where all students (grades
9-12) can participate Sources of Strength Suicide Prevention
Program Student Ambassadors Upper classmen (mostly seniors) who
give tours of our school Slide 19 Corner House organization with a
goal to promote the health and well-being of Princeton residents
through prevention, education and treatment programs. HiTops a
non-profit organization within town whose mission is to promote
risk reduction education, healthcare and communication skills to
our adolescents. Slide 20 GAIA Peer leadership opportunity focused
on multiculturalism. TAG (Teen Advisory Group) Substance abuse
prevention education Slide 21 PUPP Princeton University Preparatory
Program Gen One First generation college students WOWY World of
Work for Youth Slide 22 Testing Groups Individual Conferences
Evening Presentations Day Programs Communications Slide 23 Study
Skills SAT Courses SAT Summer Prep Essay Summer Prep (for college)
Slide 24 SAT/ACT preparation courses offered through Tutoring
Center PSAT in school, no cost to student for all sophomores and
juniors ACT PLAN in school, no cost to student for all freshman
Slide 25 Slide 26 All Sophomores given Naviance career search
Junior Seminars Junior Lunch Groups Senior Seminars Senior Lunch
Group Slide 27 Go in to Sophomore science classes for Naviance
career inventory Junior Seminar: introduction to college
application process Junior lunch groups Senior Seminar: execution
of college application process Senior lunch groups Senior
transition groups: Know Before You Go! Slide 28 Parent / Student
individual conferences available for all student at PHS Seniors
Discuss and refine college list, as well as if you like this
school, maybe you should look at this school Discuss application
process, and review application plan Juniors Quick sheet snapshot
of the students interests Start to explore and develop list of
colleges Slide 29 Slide 30 Teen Topics for 9 th & 10 th grade
parents Sophomore Night: Preparing for Junior Year & Beyond
Evening for the College Athlete College Panel for Junior Students
& Parents College Application Process for Junior Students and
Parents Last Minute Jitters for Seniors and Parents Financial Aid
Evening for Seniors and Parents Transitioning to College for
Seniors and Parents Slide 31 College representative visits Students
can sign up to meet and hear from representatives from various
colleges Good opportunity for students that are not able to travel
to schools College Fair Two day College Fair event where students
can meet with multiple representatives from colleges from all over
the United States Slide 32 Slide 33 Naviance email blasts including
upcoming events, and college reminders Facebook reminders Twitter
messages Website postings Phone / email blasts Morning
announcements Homeroom Slide 34 Financial Aid Night with Spanish
translation Community scholarship committee College multicultural
events Slide 35 Questions?? Slide 36 Break in to small groups (4/5
people) and design a program that will support the students in your
respective schools Each group will choose from Academic,
Leadership, Enrichment, or College. To avoid duplicates, please let
us know your top two choices Slide 37 Share the program developed
in small group Are there any programs your district is using
currently that we have not covered Slide 38 Mack, L. (2012). Does
every student have a voice? Critical action research on equitable
classroom participation practices. Language Teaching Research,
16(3), 417-434. doi:10.1177/1362168812436922 Mason, E. M.,
Ockerman, M. S., & Chen-Hayes, S. F. (2013).
Change-Agent-for-Equity (CAFE) Model: A Framework for School
Counselor Identity. Journal Of School Counseling, 11,1-25. Sue,
D.W., & Sue, D. (2009). Counseling the culturally diverse:
Theory and practice (5 th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
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