Session 3. Transforming School Counseling in the Portland, Oregon Public Schools
Printer-friendly versionThe Education Trust and Portland Public Schools have embarked on a unique five-year project that provides training for each level of school counselors. The training integrates advocacy, leadership, and data skills into the counseling program. A central theme of the work is the importance of school counselors assuming leadership roles in building efforts to raise student achievement and close achievement gaps. An overview of this project will provide session participants the key components of the training and a model for on-going support at the building level. This session will identify specific success stories of school counselors working in this model and some challenges in trying to change the system.
Presenters::
Vicki Brooks-McNamara, Senior Consultant, The Education Trust’s National Center for Transforming School Counseling, Portland, OR;
Lynne George, Consultant, Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR; Dian Poujade, Consultant, The Education Trust, Vancouver, WA;
Suzanne Klassen, Consultant, The Education Trust, Portland, OR
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