Bethel School DistrictOregon State PBIS Conference

March 11, 2008

School Counseling & PBIS

AcknowledgementsBethel School District: Carl Cole, Ginger Kowalko, Tim Keeley

Bethel School Counselors (K-8): Brigid Drobac, Terry Foytek, Sharon Jacobson, Jon Kline, Margaret Lathrop, Sonja Maul, Marilyn Perry, John Pinney, Carrie Tilson, Mark Wolfe

Purpose of Today’s SessionUnderstand how PBIS & Developmental Counseling Programs work together

Present information on the Elementary School Counseling Grant

Provide information on Counseling & PBIS in two Bethel Schools

Share outcomes from the Elementary School Counseling Grant in Bethel

How do PBIS & School Counseling Work Together?

Responsibility of aProfessional School

Counselor

“Implementation of a comprehensive school

counseling program that promotes and enhances student achievement”

American School Counselor Association

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs

School Guidance Curriculum

Responsive ServicesSystem Support

National & State Counseling StandardsStudent Developmental Domains: Learning to Learn, Learning to Work, Learning to Live, Learning to Contribute

Content Framework: Guidance Curriculum, Individual Planning, Responsive Services, System Support & Integration, Student Advocacy

 

Suggested Distribution of Counselor Time (Gysbers)

Elementary Middle High

Guidance Curriculum

35-45% 25-35% 15-25%

Individual Planning

5-10% 15-25% 25-35%

Responsive Services

30-40% 30-40% 25-35%

System Support 10-15% 10-15% 15-20%

School Counselors & PBS

Systems approach for the entire school

Team approach to working with students

Looking at “whole child”Specific plans for school-wide, classroom, non-classroom and individual students

Counseling Programs

1-5% Individual Student

Interventions

5-15% Targeted Group

Interventions

80-85%

School-wide Interventions

Counseling Groups, Check In Check Out, Social Skills, Lunch

Buddies, Recess Club, etc.

School-wide Programs

Classroom Guidance

Individual Counseling, Individual Behavior Plans,

“Wraparound” Services

“Enhancement of Elementary School Counseling in the Context of an

Integrated Academic & Behavioral Services Network”

Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools

Bethel School District2005-2008

Elementary School Counseling Grant

Grant GoalsIncrease the ratio of elementary

counselors to students Decrease discipline referrals school-

wideDecrease discipline referrals in

students receiving counseling servicesIncrease District & State Reading

scoresIncrease the role of the school

counselor in PBS

Counseling Program

Fairfield Elementary School

Fairfield DemographicsGrades K-5350 Students, Staff75% of Students are on Free/Reduced Lunch

Ethnicity: White-62%;Hispanic-29%;Native American-4%; African American-3%;Asian/Pac. Islander-.5%; Decline-1.5%

Green Zone Green Zone InterventionsInterventionsRecess InterventionsBehavior Log to Monitor Patterns-Entered into SWIS and analyzed at IPBS Meetings

Recess Remedy and Classroom Only Recess Card

Classroom Guidance Lessons

Yellow Zone Yellow Zone InterventionsInterventions

Check in Check Out•Point Card System Leading to Fade Out

•HUG (Hello, Update, Goodbye)for Attendance/At-Risk Students

•Earned Friendship Group•Student-Parent Notification of Minor Behavior Incidents

Red Zone InterventionsRed Zone InterventionsSimple Recess Level System with Accountability (Used for Green-Yellow-Red Zone Students

BSP Intervention- The Traveling Thumbs Up Card

Counseling Program

Prairie Mountain School

Prairie Mountain DemographicsGrades K-8797 Students, Staff51% of Students are on Free/Reduced Lunch

Ethnicity: White-71%;Hispanic-18%;Native American-2%; African American-2%;Asian/Pac. Islander-4%; Decline-3%

Peer Mediation.ppt

Counseling Grant Data

Goal 1: Increase Counselor: Student ratio

Prior to the Grant, Bethel had 4.4 Counselor FTE; Grant provided funds to increase the Counselor FTE to 10

Elementary Counselors

School Counselor FTE Prior to Grant

Current Counselor FTE

Clear Lake 1:650 1: 342

Danebo 1:676 1: 352

Irving 1:878 1: 447

Fairfield 1:434 1: 234

Malabon 1:329 1: 219

Meadow View 1:800 1: 350

Prairie Mountain 1:449 (1:797) 1: 398

Goal 2: Decrease Discipline Referrals

Goal 3: Decrease Discipline Referrals in Students Receiving Counseling Services (Counseling Groups, Check In Check Out)

Goal 4: Increase District & State Reading Scores in Students receiving counseling services

Goal 5: Increase the role of the Counselor in PBS

All Counselors are on the School-wide PBS Team

Many Counselors are Team FacilitatorsAll involved in Universal, Targeted and

Individual Student SystemsAverage time involved in PBS has

increased through the time of the grant:2005-06: 25 hrs per month2006-07: 37 hrs per month2007-08: (Preliminary reports: 44 hrs per

month)

Anecdotal DataPrincipals and Staff comments

Parent commentsCounseling Program Future in Bethel

Questions???

Contact Information:Sharon Jacobson, Counselor, Fairfield Elementary

sjacobso@bethel.k12.or.usCarrie Tilson, Counselor, Prairie Mountain School

ctilson@bethel.k12.or.usCeleste Rossetto Dickey, University of Oregon

cdickey@uoregon.edu