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14 | NHS: | Beverly Tedford | 870-845-3261 | beverly.tedford@nashvillesd.com | |
15 | NJHS: | Lakan McAdams | 870-845-3418 | lakan.mcadams@nashvillesd.com | |
16 | NES: | Kelli Webb | 870-845-3262 | kelli.webb@nashvillesd.com | |
17 | NPS: | Christy Young (K/1st) | 870-845-3510 | christy.young@nashvillesd.com | |
18 | Vicki Cook (2nd/3rd) | 870-845-3510 | vicki.cook@nashvillesd.com | ||
19 | Beliefs 1. School counselors must be leaders, advocates, and collaborators who create equal opportunities for all students. 2. School counselors will follow the ASCA Ethical Standards to guide decision making. 3. All students can be successful when appropriate resources are provided. 4. All students will have equitable access to a comprehensive counseling program issued by a licensed school counselor. | Vision Nashville School District Counselors will provide an inviting, proactive, and balanced comprehensive school counseling program. We will enlist the help of teachers, parents, administrators, and the community to ensure all students are successful academically, socially, and emotionally. | |||
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29 | Mission Statement The Nashville School District Counselors will advocate for all students by addressing academic, career, and social emotional needs, which will fulfill the needs of our students. | ||||
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1 | Nashville School District Counseling Program Goal DATA REVIEW 2021-2022 |
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2 | Goal: Our goal was to increase awareness of emotions, especially anxious feelings and to identify triggers of anxiety and develop tools to effectivly manage anxious emotions. |
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4 | After a series of lessons, both whole group and small group, on emotions and coping strategies, NPS saw an increase of positive feelings among students (refer to charts below). Students also reported that they were to utilize coping strategies learned. |
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4 | Rationale: Our concern is that attendance has either remained steady or declined over the last several years. |
5 | Goal for K-12: To work collaboratively with other school personnel to improve the attendance rate for Nashville Primary, Nashville Elementary, Nashville Junior High, and Nashville High School by 1% in the 2022-2023 school year. |
6 | Mindset & Behavior Standards: 1.3 Sense of belonging in the school Environment 1.6 Positive attitude toward work and learning 2.1 Self-Management Skill Demonstrate ability to assume resonsibility 2.2 Self-Managment Skill demonstrate self-discipline and self-control |
7 | Actions in Place (K-12): |
8 | *Guidance Lessons (K-3) |
9 | *Individual/Small Group Counseling (K-12) |
10 | *Principal letter to parents (K-12) *Phone call to parents (K-12) *FINS/DHS reports as neccessary (K-12) *Reward program for good attendance. (K-3) |
11 | Actions to take (K-12): |
12 | *Continued Guidance and small group lessons on the importance of attendance (K-3) |
13 | *Individual counseling lessons with students who miss several days consecutiviely or who have reached 4 absences or more. (K-12) |
14 | *Educating parents/guardians on the importance of attendance and arriving to school on time through newsletters, social media, pamphlets, etc. (K-12) |
15 | *Phone call to guardians after the 4th unexplained absence within a 9 weeks period (K-3) |
16 | *Bi-monthly survey to teachers to help identify chronically absent students (K-3) |
17 | *Counselor and principal collaboration on attendance/tardy issues and solutions (K-12) |
18 | *Consult school based mental health if students in their program are chronically absent. (K-12) |
19 | Data Review |
20 | eSchool records (K-12) |
21 | ESSA Index (K-12) |
22 | Teacher Survey (K-3) |
23 | Share with Stakeholders (K-12) |
24 | We will share our results with stakeholders including, but not limited to: administration, school board members, staff, and parents through Advisory Council meeting, social media, and newsletters. |
1 | Nashville School Counselor Annual Calendar | |||||||
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2 | Please note that monthly topics are delivered to students are subject to change based on students' current needs. K-3 Curriculum Map | Color Code: | ||||||
3 | August | September | District | |||||
4 | *Meet the Teacher | *Citizenship | K-3 | |||||
5 | *Meet the Counselor lessons | *Start with Hello Week | 4-6 | |||||
6 | *Counselor check-ins | *Begin Scrapper of the Month (monthly) | K-6 | |||||
7 | *Orientation for New Students | *Start small groups | 7-9 | |||||
8 | *Bi-monthly survey (attendance) | *Begin social media campaign (attendance) | 10-12 | |||||
9 | *Prepare Schedules and Orient New Students | *Digital Citizenship | 7-12 | |||||
10 | *Individual/Parent/Group Counseling | *ArkAcroa Yearly Meeting | 4-9 | |||||
11 | *Schedule Changes | *Body Safety | Monthly | |||||
12 | *Attendance Matters | *Minute Meetings | *Acadmic Advisement | |||||
13 | *Uniqueness/Diversity | *Scrapper Supermarket/Food Backpack program begins (weekly) | *SEL Lessons using Positive Action Curriculum | |||||
14 | *Transcript Audits (9-12) | *Career Exploration Day | ||||||
15 | *Pride of Primary (Weekly) | *Self care (hygiene) | ||||||
16 | *Shout Outs- Scrapper of the Month | *Growth Mindset | ||||||
17 | *Teacher Counseling/Mentoring (monthly) | *Counselor/Administrative Conference | ||||||
18 | *Early Graduation Meetings | |||||||
19 | *College Admissions (monthly) | |||||||
20 | *Concurrent paperwork-Academic & CTE | |||||||
21 | *Test Score Evaluations and contact calls | |||||||
22 | *Assist in registering for ACT (monthly) | |||||||
23 | *Arrange College Preview Trips (monthly) | |||||||
24 | *General Scholarships Assistance (monthly) | |||||||
25 | *Licensure In-service | |||||||
26 | *Attend Transition Meetings | |||||||
27 | *Help Establish/Modify Career Plans (10-12) | |||||||
28 | *Duties Begin-Daily/ Weekly | |||||||
29 | October | November | ||||||
30 | *Responsibility | *Cooperation | ||||||
31 | *Red Ribbon Week | *Thanksgiving Food Baskets | ||||||
32 | *Bus Safety | *Gratitude | ||||||
33 | *Bullying Prevention | *JA Food Drive | ||||||
34 | *Fire Safety | *FAFSA | ||||||
35 | *Kindness Week | *ACT Prep | ||||||
36 | *Parent/Teacher Conferences | *Local Scholarships | ||||||
37 | *Student academic conferences | *ASVAB Exam | ||||||
38 | *Interest Inventories | *Military Enlistments | ||||||
39 | *Financial Aid Assistance Nights | *ACT Registration | ||||||
40 | *11th Grade College Fair | *Feeling Identification: Anger | ||||||
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42 | December | January | ||||||
43 | *Shop with a Cop (K-9th) | *Compassion | ||||||
44 | *Primary Care Christmas (K-3) | *Survey | ||||||
45 | *Self-Discipline | *Schedule Changes | ||||||
46 | *12th Grade GPA | *Great Kindness Challenge | ||||||
47 | *Resilience | *Registration Meetings | ||||||
48 | *Problem Solving | |||||||
49 | *Goal Setting | |||||||
50 | *Transcript Dibursement | |||||||
51 | February | March | ||||||
52 | *Friendship | *Respect | ||||||
53 | *Feeling Identification: Joy and Sadness | *Testing Pep Rally/ Incentives | ||||||
54 | *Schedule Requests | *Parent/ Teacher Conferences | ||||||
55 | *College Admissions | *Scheduling requests | ||||||
56 | *Assist in registering for ACT | *Body Safety | ||||||
57 | *Arrange College Campus Visits for NHS | *Feeling Identification: Fear and Disgust | ||||||
58 | *Arrange College Preview Trips | |||||||
59 | *Schedule Rehabilitation Services Assistance for 12th Graders | |||||||
60 | *General Scholarship Assistance | |||||||
61 | Cossatot 11th Grade Preview Day (Come Fall in Love) | |||||||
62 | April | May | ||||||
63 | *Perseverance | *Honesty | ||||||
64 | *Prioritizing | *Career Awareness | ||||||
65 | *Habits | *Senior Walk (K-6) | ||||||
66 | *Find Your Voice: Uniqueness | *Graduation | ||||||
67 | *Needs Assement | *Tour of Buildings (Pre-K, 3rd, 6th) | ||||||
68 | *Advisory Council Meeting | Collect and Finalize 12th Grades | ||||||
69 | Calculate 12th GPA | |||||||
70 | Run 12th Grade Report Cards | |||||||
71 | Run 12th Grade Transcripts | |||||||
72 | Attend Transition Meetings | |||||||
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74 | *Post Graduation Follow Up- Survey | |||||||
75 | *Review Comprehensive Counseling Plan | |||||||
76 | *Analyze data from Needs Assesment | |||||||
77 | *Counselor/Administrative Council | |||||||
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2 | Nashville School District Counselors follow a three tier Comprehsnivie Counseling Model. Tier 1: Tier 1 services are provided to all students through guidance lessons, school wide assemblies, and individual student services. These services are designed to be preventative and assist students plan for their future in academics, career, and social/emotional learning. Tier 2: Tier 2 services are provided to a smaller group of students. These services are designed to be both preventative and responsive in nature. These services include small groups, referalls to outside coundeling agencis, consulation with adults who interact with students. Tier 3: Tier 3 services are for students who need a more intensive counseling approach. these services are preventative and responisve. They include individual counseling sessions and referals to outside agencies. | ||||||
3 | Direct Services (90%) | ||||||
4 | Classroom lessons are limited to forty-minute class sessions, three (3) class sessions per day, and not to exceed ten (10) class sessions per week. | ||||||
5 | *Small Group Sessions | ||||||
6 | *Individual Counseling | ||||||
7 | Indirect Services (90%) | ||||||
9 | *Child Maltreatment reporting | ||||||
10 | *School based mental health referrals | ||||||
11 | *Consultation for Special Education, 504, and ESOL | ||||||
12 | *Member of Family and Comunity Engagment Committee | ||||||
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15 | Administrative Activites (10%) | ||||||
16 | *Develop master schedules | ||||||
17 | *eSchool data entry | ||||||
18 | *Surpervise students in hallway, cafeteria, playground, and bus/car lines | ||||||
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2 | K-3 Christy Young Vicki Cook | *Section 504 *Special Education *School Leadership Teams *School Safety | |||
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10 | 7-9 Lakan McAdams | *Section 504 *Special Education *School Leadership Teams *School Safety | |||
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14 | 10-12 Beverly Tedford | *Section 504 *Special Education *School Leadership Teams *School Safety | |||
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2 | The advisory council will meet twice a year to discuss counseling program goals and review program results. The Advisory Council will make recommendations and advocate for the school counseling program. | ||||
3 | K-3 Members | Christy Young, Vicki Cook, Nathan Evans (Principal), Hannah Topor (assistant principal), Amber Perez (parent), Avy Berruquin (president of PTO), AmyWestfall (1st grade teacher), Jennifer Johnson (3rd grade teacher) | |||
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7 | 4-6 Members | Kelli Webb, Rick Rebsamen (Principal), Tyra Hughes (Assistant Principal), Tabitha Jones (Teacher/Parent), Cassie Reeder (President of PTO), Krista Williams (4th Grade Teacher), Hector Cortez (Parent) | |||
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11 | 7-9 Members | Lakan McAdams, Krysta Parker (principal), Michael Coffee (assistant principal), Katie Clifton (parent), April Sartin (teacher/ parent), Araceli Hernandez (teacher), Valerie Erby (parent) | |||
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15 | 10-12 Members | Beverly Tedford; Ashley Riggs, Principal; Adam Matthews, Assistant Principal; Vince Cook, Parent; Clarissa Brizzo, Teacher | |||
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2 | Counselors will meet with their building administration to review program goals and duties | ||||
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1 | Mindset and Behaviors Action Plan | ||||
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5 | The counselors at Nashville School District utilize many methods to help students plan for life after secondary school. Tools used include: | ||
7 | ● The G.U.I.D.E. for Life Essential Skills | ||
8 | ● Xello | ||
9 | ● ACT https://www.act.org | ||
10 | ● College Board | ||
11 | ● Arkansas Career Model · https://dcte.ade.arkansas.gov/docs//Resources/arkansas-career-model-cte.pdf | ||
12 | ● College and Career Exploration | ||
13 | ● Graduation Pathways | ||
14 | ● Graduation Requirements http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/curriculum-support/arkansas-graduation-requirements | ||
15 | ● Alternate Pathway to Graduation- http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/special-education/alternate-pathway-to-graduation | ||
16 | ● Post High School Planning | ||
17 | ● Four-year colleges, tech schools, concurrent credit, articulated credit | ||
20 | ● Advanced coursework (AP, Concurrent Credit) | ||
21 | ● Internships, Apprenticeships | ||
22 | ● Mentorships | ||
23 | ● Industry Certifications | ||
24 | ● Career Readiness Certificates https://www.dws.arkansas.gov/programs/career-readiness-certification/ | ||
25 | ● Discover Arkansas | ||
26 | ● College for YOU-Scholarship Information | ||
27 | ● Local Scholarships | ||
28 | ● Student Success Plans including Resume | ||
29 | ● FAFSA | ||
30 | ● Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
31 | ● Arkansas Job Link | ||
32 | ● Arkansas State Jobs | ||
34 | ● College Application Checklist https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/CollegePlanning/media/pdf/BigFuture-College-Application-Checklist.pdf | ||
35 | ● Academic Goal Setting and Planning for Success | ||
36 | ● Interest and ability inventories | ||
37 | ● Preparation for High School Credits | ||
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4 | *In the event of a student death, all district counselors will be utilized at the student's campus. Counseling services will be available for all students and staff. | ||||||
5 | *Faculty and staff will be given and know protocol for prevention and in the case of a death. | ||||||
7 | K- 9 Classroom guidance lessons on emotions, wellness, self-care, safe ane healthy choices, coping strategies, and resilience building. | ||||||
8 | *Available for consultation for students, parents, and staff. (K-12) | ||||||
9 | *Refer to mental health/mobile assessor (K-12) | ||||||
10 | Bullying Prevention | ||||||
12 | K-12 *Classroom guidance lessons on identifying bullying behaviors in self and others, empathy, resilience, how to deal with a bully, and being an upstander. *Small groups on friendship and conflict resolution | ||||||
13 | *Small group and individual counseling | ||||||
14 | *Great Kindness Challenge | ||||||
15 | *Arkansas Kindness Week | ||||||
16 | *Provide professional development to staff on bullying prevention | ||||||
17 | *Consultations with parents, staff and administrators on behalf of students |
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