Comprehensive Counseling End of Year Report: Data-Driven Interventions & Support Programs

Comprehensive Counseling End of Year Report to Faculty Data Driven Interventions 2018-2019

3 Main Areas of Focus for Comprehensive Counseling Drop out Prevention/Early Graduation/Ed. Enrichment Social/Emotional Supports College & Career Readiness College Application Week Assemblies & Presentations: Amberly Snyder assembly on overcoming obstacles, Kori Vernon-Sadler - survivor success story in the face of bullying, addiction, depression, anxiety, self-abuse, and suicidality Track Senior and early graduates progress toward graduation College tours Fieldtrip to Natural Resource Festival & Career Fair at SNOW in Richfield for Freshman Interventions for failing students Promote tutoring before & after school Utah Higher Ed Day for Juniors Recommend Seniors to the CRC Classroom presentations on Stress Management to every grade FAFSA help night for Seniors On-line credit recovery referral & tracking Parent information workshops Daily stress management tips during morning announcements CCR presentations to every grade SMART Goals/Incentives Intervention meetings: student, parents, teachers, staff, counselor, administrator, etc. Individual PCCR s with Fr & Sr Empower Groups Why Try program CTE Month and CTE Pathways Native American Club high risk population for suicide, addiction & drop out. Native American Club Bulletin Board & Facebook page post college, scholarship, job info and other opportunities Individual check-ups on struggling students BYU Independent study for educational enrichment Local Scholarship coordination and scholarship interviews with Janell (scholarship essay training) Parental involvement & outside agency referrals as warranted. Concurrent Enrollment Program

How comprehensive counseling supports the over-all goals of the school and the efforts of teachers: Drop out Prevention/Early Graduation/Ed. Enrichment Support teachers efforts to meet the needs of every student by facilitating alternative avenues of success for students who are either succeeding or failing. College & Career Readiness Social/Emotional Supports Help students resolve social/emotional issues that are preventing them from being able to focus in school and learn in the classroom. Maslow s Hierarchy of needs: Help students connect what they are learning in school with what they envision for their future. Connect success in school with success in life.

Drop Out Prevention Native American Population Native American Students, a minority population at MHS, are consistently less proficient academically than their white counterparts who are in the majority. This gap is evidenced by SOAR and ACT data. A Native American Group was started this year to address this gap as school involvement has been linked to school achievement. Students shared cultural pride in an assembly during November National Native American Heritage Month Christmas service project to the long-term care residents at the hospital Attended Native American college and career fair Promote college signing day hand out flower leis with candy to students who have signed on to college during the Senior farewell assembly.

Social/Emotional Supports GOAL: To address the problem of student stress as a top issue at MHS (indicated by data from the Systemic Assessment completed by parents, students, and faculty) INTERVENTIONS: Stress Management classroom presentation to all grades Mindfulness moment tip of the day during morning announcements Empower groups Why Try Curriculum Native American club RESULTS: We have seen a decrease in the number and severity of social/emotional at-risk students from last year

Concurrent Enrollment Recruitment for Fall 2019-2020: increasing Total # students (Sr s & Jr s) # # who have taken CE Number recruited # who have not taken CE but are recommended to by teachers 17 Goal for recruitment from list of teacher recommendations qualified for CE 176 100 26 15 8 so far Utah College Application Week Involvement: increasing College and Career Readiness Year Total SRs # SRs who applied % that applied Total apps submitted # Snow College scholarship interviews # # attending CCR presentation # attending CCR presentation in Spanish # attending Regent s Presentation by a rep. Regent s interviews by a rep. 2017- 2018 2018- 2019 75 50 67% 123 35 - - 4 parents - 79 62 78% 149 26 16 7 0 1 parent Regent s Scholarship and StepUp Scholar: increasing Regent s Scholarship Goal 0 4 StepUp Scholar Goal 0 1 Achieved 1 6 Achieved 1 2 2017-2018 2018-2019 CTE Pathway Completion: increasing AG Food & Nat Resources - Hunter Fin- ance- Myers Bus Man & Admin - Myers Health Science - Architecture & Construction - Moat Manu- fact - Moat Last year s FACS - Lawhorn Rate of Path- ways comp- leted per stu Total Path- way Com- pleters # Glick Burraston % Path- ways comp- leted Total SR s Year Com- Pleters Ag Mech Sys Ag Prod Sys Vet & An Sci Acc & Fin Oper Off/Adm Sup & Tech Sup Nurs Serv Ex Sci/ Sports Med C A D Car- pen- try Int Des Adv Manu: Cab/Mi ll Fam & Hum Serv Early Child Ed 2017-18 2018- 19 75 79 25 34 33% 43% 34 58 1.36 1.71 15 8 1 6 9 3 11 6 3 2 6 5 2 2 1 1 1 10

Other Areas of concern addressed based on data from the Systemic Assessment: Faculty Understanding of Comprehensive Counseling Counselor presentations in faculty meeting. Utah Futures Use Access the site and show how to use it during PCCR s with parents and students Cost of College Individual Scholarship meetings with Senior students - Janell Training on writing scholarship essays Janell & Mrs. Fullmer Continue to talk about it during CCR classroom presentations and provided information in CCR info packet Parent CCR workshops in English & Spanish FAFSA information presented during PCCR s, classroom presentations, and a help night

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