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The ASCA National Model Guides school counselors in the development of school counseling
programs that: - correct answer - are based on data-informed decision making
- are delivered to all students systematically
- include a developmentally appropriate curriculum focused on the mindsets and behaviors, all
students need for post-secondary readiness and success
- close achievement and opportunity gaps
- result in improved student achievement, attendance, and discipline
Training and credentialing matters - correct answer School counselors are certified/licensed
educators with a minimum of a master's degree in school counseling
This makes them uniquely qualified to address all students academic, career, and
social/emotional development needs through the implementation of a school counseling
program that promotes and enhances student success
Ratios - correct answer 250:1
Research shows that appropriate student-to-school counselor ratios have a significant effect on
student attendance and lead to high test scores
The framework of the ASCA National Model consists of four components - correct answer
Define
Manage
Deliver
Assess
DEFINE - correct answer 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 - correct answer ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success:
K-12 College and Career Readiness for every student
Define: Professional Standards - correct answer ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors
ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
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MANAGE - correct answer 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 - correct answer Beliefs
Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Manage: PROGRAM PLANNING - correct answer - 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer Instruction
Appraisal and Advisement
Counseling
Deliver: INDIRECT STUDENT SERVICES - correct answer Consultation
Collaboration
Referrals
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Deliver : Quick Fact - correct answer A minimum of 80% of a school counselor's time should be
spent in direct and indirect student services
ASSESS - correct answer 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 - correct answer School counseling program assessment
Annual results report
Assess: SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSESSMENT & APPRAISAL - correct answer - ASCA School
Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies Assessment
- School Counselor Performance Appraisal Template
APPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - correct answer - 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
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- 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
INAPPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - correct answer - 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 - correct answer Academic
Career
Social/Emotional Development
Academic Development (Domain) - correct answer Standards guiding school counseling
programs to implement strategies and activities to support and maximize each student's ability
to learn
ALREADY GRADED A+
The ASCA National Model Guides school counselors in the development of school counseling
programs that: - correct answer - are based on data-informed decision making
- are delivered to all students systematically
- include a developmentally appropriate curriculum focused on the mindsets and behaviors, all
students need for post-secondary readiness and success
- close achievement and opportunity gaps
- result in improved student achievement, attendance, and discipline
Training and credentialing matters - correct answer School counselors are certified/licensed
educators with a minimum of a master's degree in school counseling
This makes them uniquely qualified to address all students academic, career, and
social/emotional development needs through the implementation of a school counseling
program that promotes and enhances student success
Ratios - correct answer 250:1
Research shows that appropriate student-to-school counselor ratios have a significant effect on
student attendance and lead to high test scores
The framework of the ASCA National Model consists of four components - correct answer
Define
Manage
Deliver
Assess
DEFINE - correct answer 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 - correct answer ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success:
K-12 College and Career Readiness for every student
Define: Professional Standards - correct answer ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors
ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies
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MANAGE - correct answer 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 - correct answer Beliefs
Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Manage: PROGRAM PLANNING - correct answer - 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer Instruction
Appraisal and Advisement
Counseling
Deliver: INDIRECT STUDENT SERVICES - correct answer Consultation
Collaboration
Referrals
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Deliver : Quick Fact - correct answer A minimum of 80% of a school counselor's time should be
spent in direct and indirect student services
ASSESS - correct answer 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 - correct answer School counseling program assessment
Annual results report
Assess: SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSESSMENT & APPRAISAL - correct answer - ASCA School
Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies Assessment
- School Counselor Performance Appraisal Template
APPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - correct answer - 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
, PRAXIS 5422 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS/ACCURATE SOLUTIONS |GET IT 100% CORRECT!!
ALREADY GRADED A+
- 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
INAPPROPRIATE Activities for School Counselors - correct answer - 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 - correct answer Academic
Career
Social/Emotional Development
Academic Development (Domain) - correct answer Standards guiding school counseling
programs to implement strategies and activities to support and maximize each student's ability
to learn
