Praxis 5422 Study Guide
The framework of the ASCA National Model consists of Define
four components Manage
Deliver
Assess
DEFINE Three sets of school counseling standards define the school counseling
profession
These standards help new and experienced school counselors develop,
implement, and assess their school counseling program to improve student
outcomes
Define: Student Standards ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success:
K-12 College and Career Readiness for every student
Define: Professional Standards ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors
ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
MANAGE To be delivered effectively, the school counseling program must be efficiently
and effectively managed
The ASCA National Model provides school counselors with the following
program focus and planning tools to guide the design and implementation of a
school counseling program that gets results
Manage: PROGRAM FOCUS Beliefs
Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Manage: PROGRAM PLANNING - School Data Summary
- Annual Student Outcome Goals
- Action Plans: classroom/group and closing the gap
- Lesson plans
- Annual administrative conference
- Use of time
- Calendars: Annual and Weekly
- Advisory council
DELIVER School counselors deliver developmentally appropriate activities and services
directly to students or indirectly for students as a result of the school
counselor's interaction with others
These activities and services help students develop the ASCA Mindsets and
Behaviors for student success and improve their achievement, attendance, and
discipline
Deliver: DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES Instruction
Appraisal and Advisement
Counseling
, Praxis 5422 Study Guide
Deliver: INDIRECT STUDENT SERVICES Consultation
Collaboration
Referrals
Deliver : Quick Fact A minimum of 80% of a school counselor's time should be spent in direct and
indirect student services
ASSESS To achieve the best results for students, school counselors regularly assess
their program to:
- determine its effectiveness
- inform improvements to their school counseling program design and delivery
- show how students are different as a result of the school counseling program
School counselors also self-assess their own mindsets and behaviors to inform
their professional development and annually participate in a school counselor
performance appraisal with a qualified administrator
The ASCA National Model provides the following tools to guide assessment
and appraisal
Assess: PROGRAM ASSESSMENT School counseling program assessment
Annual results report
Assess: SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSESSMENT & - ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
APPRAISAL Assessment
- School Counselor Performance Appraisal Template
APPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - Advisement and appraisal for academic planning
- Orientation, coordination, and academic advising for new students
- Interpreting cognitive, aptitude and achievement tests
- Providing counseling to students who are tardy or absent
- Providing counseling to students who have disciplinary problems
- Providing short term individual and small group counseling services to
students
- Consulting with teachers to schedule and present school counseling
curriculum lessons based on developmental needs and needs identified
through data
- Interpreting student records
- Analyzing grade point averages in relationship to achievement
- Consulting with teachers about building classroom connections, effective
classroom management, and the role of non cognitive factors in student
success
- Protecting student records and information per state and federal regulations
- Consulting with the school principal to identify and resolve student issues,
needs and problems
- Advocating for students at individual education plan meetings and 504
meetings, student study teams and school attendance review boards, as
necessary
- Analyzing disaggregated school wide and school counseling program data
, Praxis 5422 Study Guide
INAPPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - Building the master schedule
- Coordinating paperwork and data entry of all new students
- Coordinating cognitive, aptitude, and achievement testing programs
- Signing excuses for students who are tardy or absent
- Performing disciplinary actors or assigning discipline consequences
- Providing long term counseling in schools to address psychological disorders
- Covering classes when teachers are absent or to create teacher planning time
- Maintaining student records
- Computing grade point averages
- Supervising classrooms or common areas
- Keeping clerical records
- Assisting with duties in the principals office
- Coordinating school wide individual education plans, student study teams,
response to intervention plans, MTSS and school attendance review boards
- Serving as a data entry clerk
What are the three ASCA domains Academic
Career
Social/Emotional Development
Academic Development (Domain) Standards guiding school counseling programs to implement strategies and
activities to support and maximize each student's ability to learn
Career Development (Domain) Standards guiding school counseling programs to help students:
1. understand the connection between school and the world of work
2. plan for and make a successful transition from school to post-secondary
education and/or the world of work and from job to job across the lifespan
Social/Emotional Development (Domain) Standards guiding school counseling programs to help students manage
emotions and learn and apply interpersonal skills
Implementing the ASCA Student Standards School counselors use the ASCA Student Standards to guide the development,
delivery, and assessment of the three direct student services defined by the
ASCA National Model: instruction
appraisal and advisement
counseling
School counselors deliver the ASCA Student Standards to all pre-K-12 students
in classrooms, groups or individual settings in a manner that is appropriate for
the students development level/age
School Counselors review achievement, attendance and discipline data to
guide the selection of specific minutes and behaviors appropriate for the
individual, group or grade level, as well as the learning objectives to
operationalize the standards
, Praxis 5422 Study Guide
School counselors implement the ASCA Student 1. identify need
Standards through the following steps: 2. collect supplemental data
3. select student standard
4. write learning objectives aligned with the student standard
5. create pre/post assessments
6. select or develop strategies
7. administer pre- test
8. deliver selected or designed strategies
9. administer post-test
10. reflect for improvement practice
School Counselor Qualifications - Masters degree in school counseling
- Meet the state certification/licensure standards
- Fulfill continuing education requirements
- Uphold ASCA Ethical and Professional Standards
What are the major roles of the school counselor School counselors design and deliver school counseling programs that
(according to ASCA) improve student outcomes
They lead, advocate, and collaborate to promote equity and access for all
students by connecting their school counseling program to the school's
academic mission and school improvement plan
They uphold the ethical and professional standards of ASCA and promote the
development of the school counseling program based on the following areas
of the ASCA National Model: define, deliver, manage, and assess
What are some examples of how a school counselor - Taking care of themselves
can stay motivated and avoid professional burnout - Protecting their mental health through meditation and daily mantras
- Listen to music and podcasts
- Encouraging positive self talk
- Creating boundaries
- Get professional counseling for yourself
- Self-care routines
- Reach out for support
- Leave work at work until the next day
- Avoid emails while at home
- Practice physical health
The framework of the ASCA National Model consists of Define
four components Manage
Deliver
Assess
DEFINE Three sets of school counseling standards define the school counseling
profession
These standards help new and experienced school counselors develop,
implement, and assess their school counseling program to improve student
outcomes
Define: Student Standards ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success:
K-12 College and Career Readiness for every student
Define: Professional Standards ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors
ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
MANAGE To be delivered effectively, the school counseling program must be efficiently
and effectively managed
The ASCA National Model provides school counselors with the following
program focus and planning tools to guide the design and implementation of a
school counseling program that gets results
Manage: PROGRAM FOCUS Beliefs
Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Manage: PROGRAM PLANNING - School Data Summary
- Annual Student Outcome Goals
- Action Plans: classroom/group and closing the gap
- Lesson plans
- Annual administrative conference
- Use of time
- Calendars: Annual and Weekly
- Advisory council
DELIVER School counselors deliver developmentally appropriate activities and services
directly to students or indirectly for students as a result of the school
counselor's interaction with others
These activities and services help students develop the ASCA Mindsets and
Behaviors for student success and improve their achievement, attendance, and
discipline
Deliver: DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES Instruction
Appraisal and Advisement
Counseling
, Praxis 5422 Study Guide
Deliver: INDIRECT STUDENT SERVICES Consultation
Collaboration
Referrals
Deliver : Quick Fact A minimum of 80% of a school counselor's time should be spent in direct and
indirect student services
ASSESS To achieve the best results for students, school counselors regularly assess
their program to:
- determine its effectiveness
- inform improvements to their school counseling program design and delivery
- show how students are different as a result of the school counseling program
School counselors also self-assess their own mindsets and behaviors to inform
their professional development and annually participate in a school counselor
performance appraisal with a qualified administrator
The ASCA National Model provides the following tools to guide assessment
and appraisal
Assess: PROGRAM ASSESSMENT School counseling program assessment
Annual results report
Assess: SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSESSMENT & - ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
APPRAISAL Assessment
- School Counselor Performance Appraisal Template
APPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - Advisement and appraisal for academic planning
- Orientation, coordination, and academic advising for new students
- Interpreting cognitive, aptitude and achievement tests
- Providing counseling to students who are tardy or absent
- Providing counseling to students who have disciplinary problems
- Providing short term individual and small group counseling services to
students
- Consulting with teachers to schedule and present school counseling
curriculum lessons based on developmental needs and needs identified
through data
- Interpreting student records
- Analyzing grade point averages in relationship to achievement
- Consulting with teachers about building classroom connections, effective
classroom management, and the role of non cognitive factors in student
success
- Protecting student records and information per state and federal regulations
- Consulting with the school principal to identify and resolve student issues,
needs and problems
- Advocating for students at individual education plan meetings and 504
meetings, student study teams and school attendance review boards, as
necessary
- Analyzing disaggregated school wide and school counseling program data
, Praxis 5422 Study Guide
INAPPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - Building the master schedule
- Coordinating paperwork and data entry of all new students
- Coordinating cognitive, aptitude, and achievement testing programs
- Signing excuses for students who are tardy or absent
- Performing disciplinary actors or assigning discipline consequences
- Providing long term counseling in schools to address psychological disorders
- Covering classes when teachers are absent or to create teacher planning time
- Maintaining student records
- Computing grade point averages
- Supervising classrooms or common areas
- Keeping clerical records
- Assisting with duties in the principals office
- Coordinating school wide individual education plans, student study teams,
response to intervention plans, MTSS and school attendance review boards
- Serving as a data entry clerk
What are the three ASCA domains Academic
Career
Social/Emotional Development
Academic Development (Domain) Standards guiding school counseling programs to implement strategies and
activities to support and maximize each student's ability to learn
Career Development (Domain) Standards guiding school counseling programs to help students:
1. understand the connection between school and the world of work
2. plan for and make a successful transition from school to post-secondary
education and/or the world of work and from job to job across the lifespan
Social/Emotional Development (Domain) Standards guiding school counseling programs to help students manage
emotions and learn and apply interpersonal skills
Implementing the ASCA Student Standards School counselors use the ASCA Student Standards to guide the development,
delivery, and assessment of the three direct student services defined by the
ASCA National Model: instruction
appraisal and advisement
counseling
School counselors deliver the ASCA Student Standards to all pre-K-12 students
in classrooms, groups or individual settings in a manner that is appropriate for
the students development level/age
School Counselors review achievement, attendance and discipline data to
guide the selection of specific minutes and behaviors appropriate for the
individual, group or grade level, as well as the learning objectives to
operationalize the standards
, Praxis 5422 Study Guide
School counselors implement the ASCA Student 1. identify need
Standards through the following steps: 2. collect supplemental data
3. select student standard
4. write learning objectives aligned with the student standard
5. create pre/post assessments
6. select or develop strategies
7. administer pre- test
8. deliver selected or designed strategies
9. administer post-test
10. reflect for improvement practice
School Counselor Qualifications - Masters degree in school counseling
- Meet the state certification/licensure standards
- Fulfill continuing education requirements
- Uphold ASCA Ethical and Professional Standards
What are the major roles of the school counselor School counselors design and deliver school counseling programs that
(according to ASCA) improve student outcomes
They lead, advocate, and collaborate to promote equity and access for all
students by connecting their school counseling program to the school's
academic mission and school improvement plan
They uphold the ethical and professional standards of ASCA and promote the
development of the school counseling program based on the following areas
of the ASCA National Model: define, deliver, manage, and assess
What are some examples of how a school counselor - Taking care of themselves
can stay motivated and avoid professional burnout - Protecting their mental health through meditation and daily mantras
- Listen to music and podcasts
- Encouraging positive self talk
- Creating boundaries
- Get professional counseling for yourself
- Self-care routines
- Reach out for support
- Leave work at work until the next day
- Avoid emails while at home
- Practice physical health
