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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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A Grant Project to Initiate School Counselors' Development of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports Based on Social-Emotional Data
Harrington, Karen; Griffith, Catherine; Gray, Katharine; Greenspan, Scott
Professional Counselor, v6 n3 p278-294 2016
This article provides an overview of a grant project designed to create a district-wide elementary school counseling program with a strong data-based decision-making process. Project goals included building data literacy skills among school counselors and developing the infrastructure to efficiently collect important social-emotional indicators through a revised system for recording disciplinary infractions and a new research-based behavioral component for the district's standards-based report cards. This enhanced system for accessing and analyzing social-emotional indicators resulted in broad systemic changes in the district, including extending a number of grant initiatives to the middle and high school levels, restructuring data teams to adopt a multi-tiered system of supports, and establishing school counselors as leaders in data-driven discussions about student success.
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Counseling, Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, School Districts, Educational Change, Response to Intervention, Grants, Federal Aid, Counselor Client Ratio, Discipline Problems, Referral, Scoring Rubrics, Capacity Building, Elementary School Students, Social Development, Emotional Development, Models, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Accountability
National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates. 3 Terrace Way, Greensboro, NC 27403. Tel: 336-547-0607; Fax: 336-547-0017; e-mail: TCPjournal@nbcc.org; Web site: http://tpcjournal.nbcc.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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