The Book 1-2
What is CASEL
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
What is SCARS?
The School Counselor Activity Rating Scale is a self-assessment tool that is designed to measure how professional school counselors spend their time in comparison to how they would actually prefer to spend their work-related time
Principles of Test Construction: For a psychological test to be acceptable it must fulfill the following 3 criteria... try to define each criteria
Standardization
Reliability
Validity
What are the revised 4 quadrants of the ASCA model?
Define, manage, deliver, assess
What are some types of informal assessments
Observations, Rating scales, Classification, Records/personal documents, Performance-based, Environmental
what are formal assessments
Formal assessments are validated instruments that are normed to a specific population and designed to provide us with specific information regarding what they were designed to measure. Typically, formal assessments are based on particular subject areas or skills and are related to student performance. ex: statewide achievement tests
____ shape the direction of all school counseling services and provide school counselors with data to enhance their service efficacy and advocacy efforts
assessments
What is a normal curve
Standardized tests establish a normal distribution of scores on a tested population in a bell-shaped pattern called the normal curve
Name at least 1/3 types of data sets highlighted by ASCA
can you define any/all?
participation data, mindsets and behaviors data, and outcome data
Principles of Ethical Decision Making
Beneficence = Do good
Autonomy = Right to self-determination/informed decisions
Non maleficence = Do no harm
what are informal assessments?
Not research based nor validated. They are not always created from data that are collected, but rather are created to help gather additional information to better inform decisions made for individual students, small groups, and selection of classroom curriculum. Informal way of gathering info or assessing a situation. ex: pre or post-test to determine what students learned from their engagement in a classroom lesson unit or during a small group
What are My Class Inventory Measures
instruments that intend to measure school climate, specifically, the classroom climate in upper elementary: 4th-6th grade.
Gathers data about a particular aspect from multiple stakeholders (parents, teachers, student)
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data
Qualitative research
Asks “how” and “why”
Quantitative research
Asks “how many” or “how often” or “to what extent”
what is a SMART goal according to ASCA?
A well-established format used to plan and achieve a goal, which stands for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
The format and structure of SMART goals effectively create and communicate goals
Data-informed vs data responsive
Data-informed:
“What do the data tell us?”
Understand trends, gaps, inequities, needs.
Data-responsive:
“What are we going to DO about it?”
Act on data, implement/adjust interventions.
Steps in data collection for CSCP
Purpose, Interpreting, Decision-making, Applying, Communicating
SAEBRS
K–12 universal screener; social/academic/emotional behavior
What is the STOP method? (hint: related to ethical decision making)
S-Stop what you are doing
T-Take a breath
O-Observe your thoughts, feelings, and emotions
P-Proceed mindfully
What is the percentage breakdown of direct/indirect services according to ASCA
80% direct and 20% indirect
Holland RIASEC model
Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Conventional
What is PBIS?
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
A PBIS framework is a school-wide system for supporting students' behavior. This framework provides a behavioral system for both rewarding desirable behaviors while managing undesirable behaviors thru a whole-school approach
Cognitive Abilities Tests
Often based on what has learned in school. Measure broad range of cognitive ability. Useful in making predictions (e.g., success in school or in college)
what is MTSS (describe the tiers)
increasingly targeted support based on student need/data
Tier 1 — ALL
Universal
Classroom lessons
School-wide interventions
Universal screening
Tier 2 — SOME
Targeted
Small groups
Individual meetings
At-risk students
Tier 3 — FEW
Intensive/individualized
Short-term counseling
Outside/community referrals
Advocacy
Name some uses of data
Identify needs/gaps
Decide where counselor time is needed
Select evidence-based interventions
Monitor progress
Determine whether intervention worked
Advocate for students/systemic change
Define percentile rank
% of norm group scoring at or below student