NATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE ASCA

NATIONAL MODEL

American School Counselor Association (2004). ASCA National

Standards for Students. Alexandria, VA: Author

*ASCA Mission*Prepare today’s students to become tomorrow’s adults.

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

Standard A:Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

Standard B:Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.

Standard C:Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.

American School Counselor Association (2004). ASCA National Standards for Students. Alexandria, VA: Author

CAREER DEVELOPMENTStandard A:

Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

Standard B:Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.

Standard C:Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.

American School Counselor Association (2004). ASCA National

Standards for Students. Alexandria, VA: Author

PERSONAL-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A:Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

Standard B:Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

Standard C:Students will understand safety and survival skills.

American School Counselor Association (2004). ASCA National

Standards for Students. Alexandria, VA: Author

Personal-Social DevelopmentStandard B

Students will make decisions, set goals and take appropriate action to achieve goals.

Goal-Setting For High School Students

How can school counselors and teachers work together to prepare our students in:

*establishing appropriate goals?

*achieving set goals?

*making wise decisions?

Research Shows…•Students perform better when taking an increased responsibility for their work

•Students who are skilled at self-regulation set mastery goals over performance goals

Mastery goal: I will use my grandmother’s recipe to make my favoritefettucine alfredoPerformance goal: I will make something delicious

•Attaining these goals becomes motivation for students to continue to challenge themselvesCooper, J.E., Horn, S., Strahan, D.B. (2005) If only they would do their homework: promoting self-regulation in high school english classes” University of North Carolina Press.

SPECIFIC

MEASURABLE

ATTAINABLE

RELEVANT

TIME FRAME

WHAT IS A S.M.A.R.T. GOAL?

SPECIFIC

“I want to get good grades” NOT specific

“I want to increase my cumulative GPA to 92 and graduate with honors”

SPECIFIC!

MEASUREABLE

“I want to do better in math” -NO

“I want to get at least an 85 on all math exams this year” -YES

ATTAINABLE• An goal should be challenging but realistic

“I want to graduate HS on time with honors”

(un)ATTAINABLE

“I want to complete HS in 2 years and receive a full scholarship to the Ivy League university of my choice” Mission: Impossible.

RELEVANT“I want to be in the NFL”

Is this goal consistent with other goals in the student’s short-term and long-term plans?

“I want to make the HS football team”

TIME - FRAME

“I want to buy a car”• Goals should have a time frame that give the student a target

deadline

“I want to save enough money to purchase a car by this time next year”

Who Can Participate In Goal-Setting?

Target Population: All 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade students

Implemented By: Teachers and school counselors can collaborate to implement an annual goal-setting workshop each September

Implementation

• SMART goal workshop presented by teachers in classroom.

• SMART goals worksheets to be distributed and completed in class

• Worksheets will be collected and routed to the school counseling department

• School counselors will meet with each student to review worksheet with him/her

Tracking Goals

• School counselors can meet with students quarterly to review their progress in achieving their goals or to revise goals as needed

• In addition to quarterly meetings, school counselors can meet with students as needed

• Faculty input welcome and encouraged