I think schools have changed
tremendously over the last 10 years. I
have been teaching in Lancaster County for that time frame and it is really eye
opening at how the pendulum swings back and forth so much. The majority of the schools are forced to jump
on and swing with the changes. Sometimes
I feel as though it might be better to stay in the route you are going and not
make so many drastic changes. I think it
is always key and critical to evaluate the effectiveness of what you are doing
and make changes based on the needs of the current students that you are
working with.
As a teacher I am constantly
reflecting on my teaching practices to make sure that the students are making
growth in reading and writing. I hope
that I am able to keep the practice as prominent in my daily work as a
counselor. It is easy to measure a
teacher’s success with their students by making sure they are making at least a
years’ worth of growth in a current school year. If the growth is not being shown in the words
they read per minute or the amount of math facts they learned there are several
interventions that you can look and move toward. As a counselor I think it will be more
challenging to measure the student’s self-worth, self esteem, self concept, etc.
but I hope that is my main focus to make sure that I am making a strong impact
on student’s lives.
As a counselor I hope that I
will continually keep looking at the student body as a whole but also in
several small subgroups. If I see that
not all subgroups are improving at an appropriate rate I hope that I will make
additional changes for the subgroups that are not making as much progress as
some of the others. It is crucial to publicize the data of how well the group
as a whole is improving and it is imperative that I am very respectful of each
subgroup because some nationalities will take some interventions personally and
think that they are not being treated fairly.
As a counselor I will need to
treat all groups fairly and not show any favoritism towards anyone group of
another. Sometimes as a school employee
it is hard to stay non-biased and treat all students fairly.
I have not seen any of the
data-driven models put to use by any school counselors that I have worked with
in the past. A few of the models look as
though they would be helpful and beneficial to use. The IDEAS model seems very clear and concise
to use and all staff members could see your results easily. Once you evaluate yourself I think it would
be beneficial as a counselor to share that growth at faculty meetings with
other staff members.
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