Aligning Student Support with Achievement Goals : The Secondary Principal's Guide

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ISBN: 9781412916608 | 1412916607
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Copyright: 12/8/2005

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The authors offer a practical approach to creating a reorganized, fully-integrated student support community that contributes to increasing academic success.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xii
Before We Begin ...	p. xiii
The Gaping Hole in School Reform	p. 1
The Case for Reform	p. 1
The Focus of Educational Reform Legislation	p. 2
The Secondary School Principal's Job	p. 3
What Do We Know About Increasing Student Achievement?	p. 4
First, Teachers and Curriculum Count Most	p. 4
Second, Teachers Don't Work Alone	p. 4
Student Support Personnel: A 10% Solution?	p. 5
The Principal as Change Master	p. 7
Removing Barriers	p. 8
Preconditions for Change	p. 9
Anticipating and Adjusting: The Performance Dip Phenomenon	p. 10
Enter Distributed Leadership	p. 11
Where Are We Going?	p. 12
Resources	p. 13
A Dozen of Our Favorite Popular Books on Change Management	p. 13
Old Versus New Models of Student Support Programs	p. 16
The Emergence of Student Support Programs in the 20th Century	p. 16
Old Model of Student Support Programs	p. 18
A Day in the Life of an Old-Model Counselor	p. 18
Traditional Student Support Roles	p. 19
Emerging Models of Student Support Programs	p. 21
New-Model School Counseling Is ...	p. 23
Early Initiatives	p. 23
How Do Student Support Professionals Become Leaders in Your School?	p. 26
How Do Student Support Professionals Become Advocates?	p. 27
What Does It Mean for Student Support Professionals to Be Data-Driven?	p. 27
The Role of the Administrator in the ASCA National Model	p. 28
Student Support Functions	p. 29
Forming a Comprehensive Support Program	p. 32
Resource Rich, Organizationally Deficient: An Example	p. 32
Conclusion	p. 34
Resources	p. 34
Crisis Prevention: How to Chart and Assess Your Student Support Staff Functions Beginning With At-Risk Students	p. 35
Assessing Your Current Student Support Resources: What Are Your Student Support Staff Functions Now in Your School?	p. 36
Sample Job Description for School Social Worker	p. 39
Barriers to Creating a Comprehensive Support Program	p. 41
Changing the Role of Student Support Professionals	p. 42
The Problem of Structure	p. 43
The Counselor's Role: One Principal's Perspective	p. 43
The Ambiguity of Student Support Roles	p. 45
School Administrators as Interpreters of the Student Support Role	p. 46
So, What Do Student Support Staff Do-or Not Do?	p. 48
Okay-So, What Needs to Be Done Now?	p. 54
The Problem of Culture	p. 54
Trying Against the Odds ...	p. 54
Teachers' Contributions to Ambiguity	p. 56
Moving Away From Mental Health: Where Does Individual Counseling Fit In?	p. 58
The Problem of Policy	p. 61
Life Happens	p. 61
Tugging at Coattails: Getting Policy Attention	p. 61
Limited Resources? Emphasize Collaboration	p. 64
Valley Magnet School	p. 64
Flatlands Middle School	p. 65
Conclusion	p. 66
New Practices Defined	p. 68
School Reorganization	p. 68
Images of Reorganized Student Support Programs	p. 68
Wellington Middle School: Restructuring Into Student Support Teams	p. 69
Mountainview High School: A New Way of Organizing and Supporting Student Needs	p. 72
What Is Involved in New-Vision Programs?	p. 74
Taking on Leadership for Increased Student Achievement	p. 75
Truman High School	p. 75
Student Support Professionals as Advocates and Data-Based Decision Makers	p. 78
Adelman High School: New Counselors in Action-At-Risk Student Intervention	p. 79
Data-Based Decision Making: Assessing the Needs of Students and Teachers	p. 81
Creating Student Support and Teacher Teams	p. 82
Mental Health, Revisited	p. 83
Mental Health Issues: The Importance of Community Resources	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 84
In the Beginning: What School Leaders Can Do About Student Support	p. 85
Approaches to Change	p. 86
A Unique Challenge	p. 86
Stimulating Commitment	p. 87
The Challenge of Creating Visibility	p. 87
Understanding Barriers	p. 88
What Is Force-Field Analysis?	p. 89
How to Conduct a Force-Field Analysis	p. 91
Alternative Ways to Reveal Barriers	p. 91
Starting With Your Student Support Staff	p. 92
Moving Toward Action	p. 93
The Limits to Force-Field and Other Types of Analyses	p. 93
Understanding What Is Needed: Working on the Preconditions to Create Action	p. 95
Clarity and Relevance	p. 95
Action Images	p. 96
Issues of Will	p. 97
Issues of Skill	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 101
Resources	p. 101
Looking Back on the Future: A Visioning Exercise for Improving Student Support	p. 101
Our Favorite Web Site for Problem-Solving Tools for Nonprofit Organizations	p. 104
A Short Summary of National Standards for School Counseling Programs: A Source of Legitimacy or of Reform?	p. 106
Initiating and Sustaining Change	p. 109
Practical Principles	p. 109
First, Stir the Pot	p. 109
Act-Then Plan	p. 110
Adjust the Decision-Making and Communication Structures	p. 111
Begin Developing Student Support Indicators	p. 111
Find Supporters and Build Commitment Among Teachers	p. 112
Initiate Real Change at the Periphery	p. 112
Focus on Data-Based Decision Making	p. 113
Using a Survey to Assess Student Needs	p. 114
Use Internal Assessment Tools	p. 115
Engage in Visioning With the Student Support Team-Again!	p. 116
Encourage Personal Leadership Through Professional Development Plans	p. 117
Encourage Small-Scale Changes and Action Research	p. 117
Begin Real Change, Refine the Plan, and Engage Others	p. 118
Identify Problems Early	p. 119
Choose a Role and Be Clear About It	p. 120
Formalize Efforts to Create a Leadership Group	p. 120
Guidelines for the Administrative Advocate	p. 121
The Change Master and Distributed Leadership	p. 123
Conclusion	p. 125
Resources	p. 126
Role and Job Description for Student Support Professionals Working in High Schools	p. 126
Reporting Relationships	p. 129
Sample Student Needs Assessment Questionnaire	p. 131
Research Methods	p. 134
Endnotes	p. 136
References	p. 140
Index	p. 144
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Aligning Student Support with Achievement Goals : The Secondary Principal's Guide

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