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Board reviews updated K-12 comprehensive counseling plan; staff emphasize 80% direct service time for counselors
Summary
District leaders presented the K-12 comprehensive counseling plan required by state regulation, describing a continuum of services from elementary SEL lessons to high school individual progress reviews and tools like Naviance; board members pressed for clearer public reporting on fidelity and disaggregated outcomes.
The Schenectady City School District on Oct. 29 presented its updated K-12 comprehensive counseling plan required under New York State regulation 100.2 and board Policy 8230. Dr. Rebecca DeBries (title stated in the presentation) and other counseling leaders outlined how the plan connects to the district's strategic goals and how counseling services are delivered across elementary, middle and high school levels.
DeBries said the plan is purpose-built to make counseling a continuous, developmentally appropriate system: "That every student in Schenectady has equitable…
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