NCDPI School Counseling Updates

Div is i on o f K -12

S t andar ds , Curr i cu lum

& Ins t r uc t i on -

K -12 Pr ogr am Ar eas

Inside this issue:

School Counselor

March MTSS Update 2

Survey for Your Feed-

back Coming Monday 2

New Program at

Catawba College 3

FYIs 4

Professional

Development

Opportunities

5

Updated Math

Resource 6

Resources 6

(Note there are also infor-

mation boxes throughout)

March 2017

The NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is excited to be partnering with the NC Department of Health and Human Ser-vices (DHHS) to make the certification training for Youth Mental Health First Aid instructors available to school personnel in order to support having school district personnel, such as school counselors, school psychologists, social workers, etc., trained to be certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructors to increase district capacity to have staff trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid.

Training costs will be covered by NC DHHS and NC DPI (travel expenses will be the responsibility of individuals or their dis-tricts). There will be two instructor train-ings to choose from this coming summer, one July 17—21 and another August 7—11. Participants do have to attend all five days.

This will be an excellent opportunity for school counseling leaders to be trained for leadership, advocacy and collaboration in their districts and regions in support of student needs. Providing Youth Mental Health First Aid training relates to all five NC Professional Standards of the school counselor evaluation.

There is an application process to be ap-proved to be trained to be a Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor. Two informa-tional webinars are being held this month for those who are interested. See the letter that was linked in the same email as this newsletter for more information on both the webinars and the training.

Nor th Caro l i na Dep ar tment o f Publ i c I nst ru c t ion

Contact Information —

Cynthia J.

Floyd,

Consultant

for School

Counseling

NC Department of

Public Instruction

6341 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699

Cynthia.Floyd@dpi.nc.gov

Phone 919-807-3931

Fax 919-807-3823

The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school

globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century.

You Could be a Mental Health First Aid Instructor

If this newsletter was forwarded to you and you would like to receive it directly, just go to the NCDPI School Counseling Wiki at

http://schoolcounseling.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ for instructions on signing up for the listserv

As you probably already well know, men-tal health needs in our schools are often a barrier to student learning and success. Many school personnel do not feel ade-quately prepared to recognize and re-spond to these mental health needs.

Mental Health First Aid an 8-hour course that teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of men-tal illnesses and substance use disorders. School counselors typically receive train-ing on this in their graduate programs, but other school personnel do not. The Men-tal Health First Aid curriculum does not teach individuals to intervene beyond their scope of practice, but much like CPR, it teaches how to recognize, intervene and refer to appropriate professionals.

The Director of Social-Emotional Learning for Battle Ground Public Schools in Wash-ington state recently shared that they credit Mental Health First Aid and other behavioral health initiatives for the mas-sive drop in student suspensions at one of their high schools. The entire Battle Ground High School staff has been trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid and sus-pensions have dropped by more than 50 percent since the 2012-13 school year.

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Survey for Your Feedback Coming Monday!

The NC School Counseling Strategic Leadership Team has been working hard to develop strategies and rec-ommendations to support your work, especially in the areas of K-12 career and college readiness. Many school counselors report that they do not feel adequately prepared to guide elementary students in career and college awareness or advise middle and high school students on how to prepare for career and college be-

yond high school. As we seek to try to address this need, your input is essential.

The survey link will be released to the NCDPI School Counseling listserv Monday, March 6th, and will need to be completed no later than March 16th. This information will guide us in developing appropriate professional development opportunities to assist you in creating school cultures that

support student career and college readiness K-12.

School Counselor March MTSS Update

MTSS is designed to be a team approach to supporting student and school success, shared appropriately across the school staff. The NCDPI Integrated Academic and Behavior System (IABS) Division is supporting school counselors with their understanding of MTSS through monthly updates in the NCDPI School Counseling listserv newsletter. Below is the update for this month.

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With the School Counselor having a focus on leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, it is important that this staff member to have an understand-ing of the MTSS teaming structures. NC DPI is modeling a cascading sys-tem of support for sustainable im-plementation of this school improve-ment framework from the state level to the individual student. This frame-work includes state, district and school teams which use problem

solving throughout implementation.

The school team uses a problem-solving process for continuous school improvement. One of the key re-sponsibilities of this team is examin-ing effectiveness of all tiers of aca-demic and behavioral instruction. The team is also charged with keep-ing track of whether the actions are yielding engagement and results for students (implementation data). When the implementation data re-veal otherwise, this team functions to problem solve and remove barri-ers to ensure continuous school im-provement. The team recommends and plans professional development based on school-wide, grade-level or subject area data. The School Leader-ship Team problem solves school-wide data and supports grade level or departmental level PLCs to exam-

ine their data, problem solve and conduct implementation planning. In summary, this School Leadership Team will plan strategically for MTSS implementation and engage with staff in ongoing professional develop-ment and coaching around MTSS. The counselor has the opportunity to contribute to the strategic, systemic and actionable and implementation plan.

For more detail on the NC DPI MTSS framework, please see the MTSS Live Binder. Additionally, you can visit the NC MTSS wikispace for the most up to date information on District or Charter level support, MTSS Twitter Chats, and archived communication. If you’d like to receive additionally monthly updates, join the MTSS Listserv here.

Looking for Legislative Updates?

The State legislators are back in long-session this year and have been busy with discussing and filing bills. Of course, some of these pertain to education, such as House Bill (HB) 13 Class Size Requirement Changes and HB 6 Education Finance

Reform Task Force. If you would like to stay informed on updates related to education, you can find them on the NC Public Schools Legislative Updates web page. You can also get to the Legislative Updates page by going to the NC Public Schools

main page at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ and selecting Education Legislation at the top right.

For concerns about proposed bills or legislation (such as the literacy requirement), you can find information on who

represents you and how to contact them at http://www.ncleg.net/representation/WhoRepresentsMe.aspx.

Wishing you Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Catawba College launched a new en-trepreneurial program that includes the new Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED) in the Ralph W. Ketner School of Busi-ness.

CEED has many elements. At its foun-dation are its educational components, driven first and foremost by the intro-duction of both a Concentration within the BS Business Administration pro-gram along with a Minor for all stu-dents. Four Core courses and Five Elec-tive courses on Entrepreneurship make up the initial curriculum that began the 2016 – 2017 academic year.

In addition to these exciting degree options, CEED is also holding Entrepre-neurship Workshops open to the entire Catawba community and feature topics from Business Planning to Funding to Making the Pitch.

In addition to the educational aspects, CEED offers both a business incubator (CEED Venture Program) and a busi-ness accelerator (CEED Catapult). Stu-dents who have business ideas are able to apply for acceptance into these pro-grams and get important help in devel-oping and launching them. “You never know where the next great business idea will come from, so why not here?”

says Ketner School of Business Dean Jay Abraham. “Even if we don’t find the next Facebook, the learning experi-ence for our students will be incredible and will help them in their future busi-ness careers regardless of the size of the ultimate organization they join.”

For more information, go to the CEED web site or contact CEED Director Dr. Renee Just at rajust14@catawba.edu or phone 704-637-4291.

New Program at Catawba College

Free High School Courses at NCSSM

NCSSM (NC School of Science and Mathematics) is a statewide leader in interactive video conferencing and offers tuition-free high school courses. NCSSM’s live, two-way videoconferencing sessions allow students from across North Carolina to

engage with NCSSM instructors and other class participants, wherever they are, in real time.

These tuition-free courses can be accessed with minimal equipment including a computer, webcam, and software

that costs the partnering school less than $200.

Courses available through the IVC Program include:

Honors Aerospace Engineering AP Statistics

Honors Genetics and Biotechnology Honors Forensic Science: Anthropology

Click here for a description of the courses offered and additional information regarding NCSSM’s distance education programs.

The Fall and Spring schedules of courses can be found at https://www.ncssm.edu/ivc-courses

For additional information or to register for IVC courses, contact Kendall Hageman, Director of Distance Education and

Extended Programs at kendall.hageman@ncssm.edu or 919-416-2833.

Trainings on College Application Residency Determination Service (RDS)

Trainings are being scheduled around the state for the upcoming Residency Determination Service (RDS) that high school seniors will have to complete with their college applications in order to obtain a Residency Determination Number (RDN) to determine NC residency. As students transition into a college or university, the RDN will be required for in-state tuition

and/or state grant eligibility determination. The following are sessions scheduled thus far:

(click on the dates for more information and to register)

Friday February 24, 2017 – Catawba Valley Community College, Corporate Development Center, Hickory, NC

Friday, March 3, 2017 – GTCC Jamestown, Applied Technology Building, Guilford Technical Community College

Monday, March 6, 2017 – Pitt Community College, Leslie Building, Winterville

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 – Fayetteville Technical Community College, Horticulture Ed. Center, Fayetteville

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 – William Peace University, Hermann Athletic Center, Raleigh

Thursday, March 9, 2017 – UNC Charlotte

Friday March 10, 2017 – Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Mission Health/AB Tech Conference Center

Monday, March 20, 2017 – Cape Fear Community College, McLeod Building, Wilmington

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 – College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Campus

All events are half day, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.

For more information, click on the dates above or contact Marcia Weston at mweston@ncseaa.edu, 919-248-4686.

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Paid Summer Internships for High School Counselors

The North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA) will again sponsor a paid summer internship program for school counselors in college financial aid offices across the state. Internships of four, five or six weeks in length are available

and designed to give counselors a better understanding of the financial aid process in order to promote access to higher education among North Carolina students. One six-week internship is also available at the NC State Education Assistance

Authority. Counselors earn $700 per 30 hour week.

Applications, criteria, details of the program and a list of participating financial aid offices are available on the

2017 Summer Internship web page. The application deadline is Friday, April 7, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

You can also direct questions regarding this program to Marcia Weston, Associate Director for Outreach,

mweston@ncseaa.edu, 919-248-4686.

NC School Counselor Legislative Day March 14th

This is your opportunity to talk to your legislators about the responsibilities and needs of school counseling in supporting students. NCSCA host this annual event at our state capital. The day typically starts with a school counselors meeting with

NCSCA and its lobbyist before school counselors head to the legislator offices to talk with senators and representatives.

Visit NCSCA’s Government Relations web page for more information.

Free Bullying-Prevention Assembly with Lizzie Sider at Your School

This school year, we have been fortunate to learn more about 18-year-old country music artist Lizzie Sider's free Nobody Has the Power to Ruin Your Day bullying prevention curriculum

and initiatives. Information was included in the October and January NCDPI school

counseling newsletters and Lizzie joined North Carolina school counselors for a webinar on bullying prevention in December. Part of her Nobody Has the Power to Ruin Your

Day bullying prevention initiative includes visiting schools to talk with students and engage them in a live anti-bullying music performance, which she has done in over

350 schools nationwide. In her travels up and down the east coast, Lizzie has offered to include some North Carolina schools in her visits in April and May at no

cost to you. If you are interested in having Lizzie visit and perform at your school or district, contact her

at lizzie@nobodyhasthepowertoruinyourday.org.

For more information on Nobody Has the Power to Ruin Your Day or

to order your free curriculum kit, click here.

Webinar: Hear My Voice: Helping Adolescents and Young Adults Navigate Crisis

March 10, 2017 12pm-2pm

with Allison M. Pow, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, Assistant Professor of Counseling, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Hosted by the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at UNC Greensboro

Crises occur when the pain and distress of a situation overwhelm an individual’s ability to cope. For those in their teen and early adult years, crises may reflect a time of normative transition, individuation, and striving for self-identity. Crises

potentiated by past traumas may further complicate these struggles for those living in abusive or neglectful environments or transitioning out of the foster care system. Crisis management skills are essential for any counselor

working with adolescents and young adults in clinical mental health or school settings. Through this webinar, participants will learn approaches and skills to help teens and young adults navigate some of life’s most difficult

transitions. The presenter will explore the roles of attachment and coping in crisis management and resolution and teach evidence-based crisis intervention skills, including grounding techniques, emotion regulation, and crisis

assessment. Elements of Psychological First Aid (PFA) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) will be incorporated to

help counselors intervene in informed and client-centered ways.

2017 NCACTE Guidance and Career Development Division Scholarship

The purpose of the NCACTE Guidance and Career Development Division Scholarship is to assist the recipient during his/her higher education by subsidizing the cost of attending a community college or university. The scholarship is available on a

competitive basis to graduating high school students who have taken Career and Technical Education courses and achieved the

status of a CTE completer. Click here for more information.

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Professional Development Opportunities

Note that most of the professional development activities listed below are not organized by the NCDPI school counseling con-sultant; therefore, questions should be directed to the contacts at the links provided.

2017 North Carolina ACT State Organization Conference: Closing the Skills Gap: K to Career —March 9, 2017, Raleigh Breakout sessions on key education and workforce initiatives to help foster positive change and best practices in prepar-ing all learners for college and career success. Click here for more information.

NCDPI Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement (CCSA) — March 20-22, 2017, Greensboro, NC Speakers and sessions for teachers, student services personnel, school administrators, superintendents, parents, school board members, university and college faculty/staff/administrators, and community and business representatives with an interest in innovative practices to improve educational outcomes for students. Click here for more information.

Leading with Character—April 4-5, 2017, NCDPI, Raleigh, NC Learn how to use the 11 Principles of Effective Character Education as a tool to evaluate your school, district and/or community climate; understand how State and National Schools of Character have implemented effective initiatives and practices; and de-velop a "Plan of Action" for your school/district using the 11 Principles of Character.org. Click here for more information. (free)

Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference — April 27-28, 2017 , Myrtle Beach, SC Speakers and sessions to promote student academic and personal success by reducing barriers to learning and supporting the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of youth and families. Click here for more information.

ASCA School Counselor Conference— July 8-11, 2016, Denver, Colorado National conference specifically for school counseling with keynote sessions, informative breakout sessions, in-depth looks at

hot topics in the school counseling profession and networking opportunities. Click here for more information.

If you have an item that you would like to share, please email the information to cynthia.floyd@dpi.nc.gov. Submissions should include the name and brief description of the opportunity with either a link or contact information for interested parties to obtain additional information. We are unable to include flyers, attachments, or for-profit information The submission should be limited to 100 words or less. Items received after the monthly newsletter has been distributed will not be sent via a

separate email on the listserv. NCDPI reserves the right to not include submissions deemed inappropriate for this newsletter.

Reminder: The “NC School Professional Counselor Standards and Evaluation” module is available in Home Base to assist you in the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program aligned with The ASCA National Model and NC School Counseling Standards and Evaluation. This self-paced module is very extensive, thus should

take approximately 30 hours to complete and will earn 3 CEUs on completion. For a more information, go to the Home Base NC Educator Effectiveness Professional Development suite, http://www.rt3nc.org/, or the

July 2016 School Counseling Updates newsletter.

NCSCA Regional Drive-in Workshops

NCSCA regional workshops are being held across the state March through mid-May. NCSCA regional VPs are planning a variety of topics for the morning sessions. The afternoon session at each location will be “School

Counseling and MTSS: Finding Your Niche,” delivered by staff of NCDPI. The following are dates and locations:

Northeast Region/District 1 - March 13, Winterville/Greenville

Southeast Region/District 2 - April 28, New Bern

North Central Region/District 3 - March 31, Durham

Sandhills Region/District 4 - March 3, Fayetteville

Piedmont-Triad Region/District 5 - May 5, Winston-Salem

Southwest Region/District 6 - March 17, Boiling Springs

Northwest Region/District 7 - March 30, Morganton

Western Region/District 8 - March 24, Asheville

Information, including registration, will be posted on the NCSCA web site professional development pages.

NCSCA Fall Conference Call for Presenters on-line application is now open to receive proposals to present at fall conference which will be held November 8—10, 2017, in Greensboro. If you would

like to present a session at the conference, click here for more information.

Resources

NC State Board of Education http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/

NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) http://www.ncpublicschools.org/

NCDPI School Counseling Web Pages http://www.ncpublicschools.org/studentsupport/counseling/

NCDPI School Counseling Wiki Pages http://schoolcounseling.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

NCDPI School Counseling FaceBook Page https://www.facebook.com/ncdpi.schoolcounseling

NCDPI School Counselor Evaluation Documents http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Support+Staff

NCDPI Guidance Essential Standards http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/guidance/

NCDPI School Counseling PLC Google + Community https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106752114909041161445

NC Graduation Requirements http://www.ncpublicschools.org/gradrequirements/

NC Student Information System (PowerSchool) http://www.nc-sis.org/

NCDPI Online Professional Development https://rt3nc.org/

NC Center for Safer Schools https://www.ncdps.gov/index2.cfm?a=000003,002476,002689

College Foundation of NC http://www.cfnc.org/

NC School Counselor Association http://ncschoolcounselor.org/

American School Counselor Association http://www.schoolcounselor.org/

NC Counseling Association http://nccounselingassociation.org/

Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation http://www.umass.edu/schoolcounseling/

ACT http://www.act.org/

College Board https://www.collegeboard.org/

Donors Chose http://www.donorschoose.org/

Elementary School Counselor http://www.elementaryschoolcounselor.org/

Middle School Counselor http://www.themiddleschoolcounselor.com/

School Counselor.Com http://www.schoolcounselor.com/

Best in School Counseling: Our Favorite Web Sites http://www.ncpublicschools.org/studentsupport/egroup/

The Counseling Geek http://www.thecounselinggeek.com/

National Consortium for School Counseling and Postsecondary Success http://www.ncscps.org/

Aunt Bertha (social services search engine) https://www.auntbertha.com/

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The school counseling consultant at the NC Department of Public Instruction makes every effort to provide relevant, timely information to

stakeholders, collected from numerous state and national sources. The inclusion of items in this update does not imply the endorsement or

verification of accuracy by this agency.

Updated Math Resource Available Online The NC Mathematics Graduation Requirements for Students chart has been updated and can be found on the NCPDI NC-SIS web site. It includes— updated course codes for the math courses affected by the change to NC

Math 1, 2, 3 standards removal of courses no longer valid (e.g. 2407 - Probability and Statistics) listing courses alphabetically and/or numerically by course code

For more information or questions, contact Lisa Ashe at lisa.ashe@dpi.nc.gov or Joseph Reaper at joseph.reaper@dpi.nc.gov