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Coordination, Collaboration, and Management of Resources Coordination means prioritizing, organizing, and delivering the components of the program, such as individual or group counseli

School Counselors as Coordinators, Collaborators, and Managers of Resources

The Transformed School Counselor

Chapter 13

Coordination, Collaboration, and Management of Resources

 Coordination means prioritizing, organizing, and

delivering the components of the program, such as individual or group counseling, classroom guidance, consultation services, career and academic advising, and systemic support.

 Collaboration is a process of partnering and teaming with

other educators, individuals, and groups of the internal and external community to deliver the components of the

school counseling program.

 Managing Resources means extending the school

counselor program by bringing in human resources such as parents, students, teachers, administrators, community

members, business partners, and technology.

Coordination, Collaboration, and Management of Resources

Coordination

 Coordination of services means prioritizing, organizing, and delivering the components of the school counseling program so that you increase the likelihood that the program will successfully affect the personal/social, career, and academic outcomes of every student in the school.

 Reaches each student through direct service

Coordination, Collaboration, and Management of Resources

Coordination, Collaboration, and Management of Resources

Getting Organized

Four phases are suggested in organizing the school counseling program:

1 In the planning phase, set program goals based on the

student needs that were identified when priorities were set.

2 In the designing phase strategies needed to achieve the goals of the school counseling program are identified

3 The counselor focuses on implementing the program.

4 The program is evaluated to see if it is an accountable,

data-driven program Data is collected on the efficacy of program components and analyzed to assess how the

program contributed to desired student outcomes.

Collaboration

Effective collaboration requires counselors to have:

 Facilitative leadership skills

 Good communication skills

 Understanding of the nature and function of schools

so that the program has a better chance of impacting all students.

 A school counselor who can determine the extent and variety of resource brokering can increase the resources of the school.

CASTT a Wider Net

CASTT is an acronym for C ommunity,

A dministrators, S tudents, T eachers, and T echnology echnology

 CASTTing a wider net involves community members, administrators, students, teachers, and technology in the daily work of the school

counseling program

CASTT a Wider Net in the Community

Community resources that can partner with the school counseling program include:

 Parents

 Human services agencies

 Neighborhood associations and groups

 Businesses

 Colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions

 Alumni

CASTT a Wider Net in the Community

CASTT a Wider Net in the Community

Human services agencies

 Bringing agencies into the school facilitates the examination of children’s problems and reduces isolated treatment of the family situation, medical concerns, academic achievement, and emotional health.

 Agencies that can provide counseling services to students will be a boost to the school counseling program.

CASTT a Wider Net in the Community

Neighborhood associations and groups

 Neighborhood associations are interested in education, housing, recreation, and community improvements.

 They have a vested interest in making sure the schools of the neighborhood survive and thrive.

CASTT a Wider Net in the Community

Businesses

 Businesses can help schools with power and financial backing.

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Colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions

 Counselor educators, particularly those who teach the school counseling and career courses, can

provide candidates for brief experiences, practicums, or full-time internships.

 Counselor educators can also deliver professional

CASTT a Wider Net in the Community

Alumni

 Many alumni feel a sentimental attachment

to the school and would like to be asked to contribute to their former institution.

 Alumni will bring many talents, commitment, and a sense of responsibility

to the school counseling program.

CASTT a Wider Net with Administrators

 Collaborating with administrators can strengthen the leadership team of the school.

Some counselor and administrator partnership activities include:

 Supporting the school counseling program in spirit and in funding and personal support

 Keeping each other informed

 Sharing critical data elements needed to develop a driven school counseling program

data-CASTT a Wider Net with Students

 Students can be an extension of the school counseling program.

 They can bring talent and skills to serve as tutors, mentors, mediators, aides, speakers, and

developers of materials.

 Peer helper, peer facilitator, peer mediator, peer tutor, and peer supporter are all terms used to describe students who assist other students with academic and personal issues.

CASTT a Wider Net with Teachers and Staff

 Teaming school counselors with teachers can strengthen classroom management, bring attention to learning styles, promote programs, and deliver school-wide programs.

 Through teachers we get support for classroom guidance lessons, mentoring and tutoring programs, and

interventions for special needs students.

 Other staff members such as social workers, nurses, and school psychologists can provide information in personal

CASTT a Wider Net with Technology

Technology can help school counselors in the following areas:

rapidly growing library of information and knowledge.

people connect, exchange information, and make shared decisions.

counselors to process data and manipulate information.

and deliver counseling services in a virtual environment.

Barriers to Collaboration and Management of Resources

time, space, and personnel.

establishing and maintaining collaborative efforts.

civic organizations can severely limit the work that can be accomplished.

Collegiality: Taking Collaboration

to a Higher Level

working cooperatively with colleagues.

Benefits of collegiality:

 Educators’ professional growth is enhanced intellectually, personally, and in stature and standing

 Faculty have greater job satisfaction

 Able and talented candidates are attracted by affording them work that is stimulating, meaningful, economically

rewarding, and well regarded in the community

 Increases social aspect of schools