Instructions
For this assignment:
Explain the need for program evaluation in a CSCP. This will take about one page to write.
Describe how you decided to implement the school counseling evidence-based interventions (i.e., the school counseling core curriculum lesson(s) and one additional evidence-based intervention) that address academic outcomes. For example, for the core curriculum component, was your intervention conducted in a single lesson or across a series of lessons? How many students were involved? For your additional intervention, if you decided to intervene with small group counseling, how often did you meet with the students, for how long, and with what expected outcome? This will take about one page to write. Remember, you are creating some information for this section as if you actually conducted the interventions in a school setting.
Describe the evaluation plan that you will use to show the effectiveness of your program. This section should go beyond a general definition of why program evaluation is important. Instead, it should specifically describe the way in which data will be used to measure effectiveness for the interventions you proposed. You should include definitions and specific examples of process, perception, and outcome data you will incorporate in your program evaluation.
Organize and review your data. Consider trends, increases, decreases, gender disparities, changes in scores, and so forth (see page 91 of your Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling text). For example, you might use an Excel spreadsheet with either real data or data from a source provided in the Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling text. Play around with this part of the assignment, as it will help prepare you for your final assignment in Unit 9. The more you practice working with data now, the better off you will be for Unit 9.
Evaluate the school counseling intervention based on your selected data. For example, how many students were served? What was their perception of change? What was the outcome on their academic goals? Again, you may invent school demographics and population data. This last step will take between one and two pages to write.
Note: Remember to carefully review the scoring guide criteria before you begin the assignment.
Assignment Requirements
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA format: Resources and citations should follow current APA style and formatting.
Length of assignment: 4-6 pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
ISBN: 9781506334493 (This book needs to be used, if not then I need to cancel the order, so please let me know ASAP)
This is also part of it, and will come from the top piece
Pretend this is one of the first meetings of your School Counseling Advisory Council. In a slide or two, identify the purpose of the advisory council, membership of the advisory council, and explain ethical considerations (such as limits to confidentiality) that may impact the type of information reported to the council.
Explain how your academic-based goal was selected based on the schoolwide program plan needs assessment. Use a logic model to open the discussion (see the logic model templates in the resources; and see also Chapter 3 of your Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling text).
Justify the selected evidence-based intervention as a component of a comprehensive school counseling program. In other words, when proposing the intervention, what evidence did you have from the literature that supported its use?
Discuss the results of the intervention, incorporating information from your program evaluation to measure effectiveness.
Propose future actions to sustain the school counseling program that are based on the results of your evaluation. This is your opportunity to advocate for your program and the role of the school counselor, but be sure you are doing so in a way that is both appropriate and accurate.
This is a very important paper, please let me know if there are questions or concerns immediately. Thank you
