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Counseling plan updated to reflect ASCA guidance; board sets CAC goals on engagement and discipline
Summary
Director of student growth management described alignment with the revised ASCA national model, continuing counseling advisory committee goals to increase new‑student engagement and a new goal to reduce discipline referrals and out‑of‑school suspensions through MTSS supports.
Director of student growth management Michael (presenter identified as "Mister Davis") told the board the district’s K‑12 counseling plan is aligned with the ASCA national model and New York State regulations; the district will implement updates from the revised national guidance as appropriate.
Why it matters: The counseling plan and Counseling Advisory Committee goals guide counseling department priorities and influence supports for attendance, discipline, mental‑health and college and career readiness district‑wide.
Davis said the ASCA national model’s fourth edition places greater emphasis on MTSS alignment and clarifies outcome goals counselors should pursue: access, life readiness and academic success. He said the model now explicitly calls for using attendance, discipline and systemic barrier data, and for incorporating student and partner perspectives.
The counseling advisory committee will retain a prior multi‑year goal—welcoming and orienting new students and families to increase engagement—and will adopt a new goal for 2025‑26 to reduce discipline referrals and out‑of‑school suspensions through behavioral, social‑emotional and mental‑health MTSS supports. Davis said last year’s attendance goal produced gains with help from a new attendance teacher.
Board members asked whether the district implements ASCA guidance immediately or waits for state regulation changes; Davis said ASCA is guidance while state regulations are requirements and the district implements practices that meet or exceed state minimums.
Ending: Davis said the counseling plan establishes a counseling advisory committee that will set one or two yearly goals and that this year’s focus will include new‑student engagement and reducing discipline referrals via MTSS.
