Summerville High School Counseling Advisory ProgramSpring Meeting2011-2012

Program’s Goals Goal 1: To increase the Graduation rate from 70.8% to

73%-a 2.2% increase.

Goal 2: Conduct Individual Graduation Plan conferences (IGP’s) with 100% of students

Goal 3: To decrease 10th grade student discipline referrals that directly relate to classroom behavior by 2%

Goal 4: To increase the average number of credits earned by targeted at-risk eleventh graders by at least two credits by the end of their junior year.

Goal One Guidance curriculum used extensively A. Open House- 9/8/11B. Classroom Guidance Lesson: Round 1

(graduation reqs) -9/12-15/11C. Monthly classroom guidance with Team 14D. Connecting careers with Spanish classroom

guidance E. Small group counseling for academic assistance F. Senior Information Night/Financial Aid Night G. Letters sent out to failing seniors

Use of technology School counseling website updated with

relevant information for SHS students School counseling twitter account used

and updated to inform students of relevant information

Goal TwoA. Individual Planning used extensively All students that attend SHS, Givhavns,

Dorchester Career School, and Pinelands have been offered the opportunity to have an IGP conference.

At this time 95% of SHS student population have had an IGP conference conducted.

We are 5% away from our targeted 100% goal.

IGP report includes students who are not diploma seeking.

Goal Three Two separate small groups were

conducted to focus on appropriate classroom behavior and communication skills.

Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Holt, and Mrs. Sanders conducted these groups.

Results data

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Pre-Data 11 11 14 18 12 15 12 8 5 5 9

Post-Data 11 4 6 2 8 9 2 0 4 1 3

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Continuation of results data A total of 170 discipline referrals were

attained by participating students Mr. Holt realized a 29% decrease of discipline

referrals after small group was conducted Mrs. Sanders realized that students who had

a 100% participation were more likely to attain less discipline referrals post group. Students who did attend as much were more likely to have no significant impact on the amount of discipline referrals attained.

Overall Information This goal was met. The 2010-2011: 239 2011-2012: 122 result= 11.7% decrease.

Percentage of Discipline referrals

What do we do with the results? Inform the School Counseling department To continue with small groups in future Use small group in RAMP application

Share data with administration Refer students to small group rather than

ISS or OSS Encourage teachers to use solution focused

approaches rather than identifying deficits.

Goal Four (In Progress) Action plan: Queried third year high school students who had < 10

credits. Reviewed 3rd quarter/1st semester report cards Frequent checks of real time grades (Quick look up) Strategies: Students invited to participate in academic assistance

small group (11 students participated) Individual planning with identified group Tutoring schedules given to all students DATA WILL BE REVIEWED AT THE END OF THE 2012 SCHOOL YEAR

DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS

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