Troy High School

Advisory Council
Spring 2023

School Counseling Team

School Counselors: Sarah Saleen, Jacquie Morck, Lisa Avila, Dionne Evans, Darren Varieur
School Counseling Interns: Kate Phan, Patrick Gillespie, Yu Chu Chang
Agenda Purpose of Advisory Council 01

Role of School Counselor 02

Program Goals and Areas of Improvement 03

Data and Assessments 04

Intern Progress 05

Implications 06

Counselors' Feedback 07
Purpose of WHAT DO THEY DO?

Advisory Provide feedback on program goals

Councils Review program data and outcomes

Make recommendations about the school
counseling program
Troy High School Serve as advocates for the program
Inform future decision-making
ROLE OF
SCHOOL School counselors work to
create a future world

COUNSELOR where all students thrive.

(ASCA)

School counselors design and deliver school counseling programs that improve student outcomes.
They promote the development of the school counseling program based on the following areas of the
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model: define, manage, deliver, and assess.

DEFINE MANAGE DELIVER ASSESS

Student Standards Program Focus Direct Services with Students Program Assessment
Professional Standards Program Planning Indirect Services for Students School Counselor
Assessment and Appraisal
 Troy School
Counseling Area for Improvement #1
Program Track achievement of all sub-groups and establish
support structures in order to narrow the achievement
gap between all sub-groups.

GOALS & Area for Improvement #2

Continued collaboration between teachers, counselors

AREAS OF and administrators toward the identification and

implementation of research-based programs for at-
risk students.

IMPROVEMENT Area for Improvement #3

Increase student social opportunities and strengthen
student support interventions, including
Based on 2020-2026 academic and mental health.
Troy High School WASC Action Plan
 According to the
DATA REVIEW 2022-23 School Profile...

1:523 99% 81.6%

of Troy’s students attend
colleges and universities. of the Class of 2022 met the four-year
School counselors and students ratio college, A-G entrance requirements
Others
1% for the UCs and the CSUs.

76% 94%
2-year College
33%

of the student population is 4-year University

66%
enrolled in one or more of our 81.6
specialized programs (e.g., Troy
Tech , AP, IB, and Cambridge)
DATA REVIEW
2022-2023 Troy High School A-G Readiness (12th Graders)
DATA REVIEW
2022-2023 Troy High School Chronic Absenteeism
 DATA REVIEW
Meeting Format
Virtual

SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2022 42.1%

19
In-person
57.9%

Participants
Future Students and Guardians Freshman Students
13% 13%

Sophomore Students
workshops and presentations 8.7%

have been held by the school

counseling team
Junior Students
13%
Target: Area for Improvement #3
Increase student social opportunities and strengthen student Parents and Guardianss
43.5%
support interventions, including academic and mental health. Senior Students
8.7%
DATA REVIEW Wellness Space
9th Grade
11.9%

12th Grade
30.6%

SINCE NOVEMBER, 2022

10th Grade

144
25.4%

11th Grade
students have utilized the 32.1%

Wellness Space
Target: Area for Improvement #3
Increase student social opportunities and strengthen student
support interventions, including academic and mental health.
 INTERN PROGRESS Student Caseload

SINCE FEBRUARY, 2023 12th Grade

61
9th Grade
39.3%
41%

Grade Levels

11th Grade
at-risk students have had 8.2%
10th Grade
11.5%

individual sessions with the

counseling interns

79%
79% of students
Target: Area for Improvement #2 have met with the
Continued collaboration between teachers, counselors and counseling interns at least
administrators toward the identification and implementation of 2 times this semester
research-based programs for at-risk students.
 A total of
INTERN
325 PROGRESS
students have
attended the Lunchtime Workshops
lunchtime
workshops
Target: Area for Improvement #3
Increase student social opportunities and strengthen student
support interventions, including academic and mental health.

Study Skills/Test How to Calculate How to Ask Navigating Stress and

Taking Strategies UC/CSU GPA & Why Teachers for Help Maintaining Personal
I Need to Know Wellness

Number of Number of Number of Number of

Participants: 182 Participants: 20 Participants: 23 Participants: 100
 Navigating Stress
PRE-/POST-SURVEYS
Pre-/Post-Survey Workshop
Grade Levels Stress Levels Before the Workshop
Total 10th Grade
1%

Participants

100
9th Grade
98%

Main Stressors for Students: Stress Levels After the Workshop

Exams and Tests (92%)
Class Assignments (80%)
College and Career Planning (60%)
Social Life (44%)
Mental Health Condition (40%)
IMPLICATIONS
What we are already doing: What we can improve:
Designing and implementing Identifying the underrepresented
interventions (e.g., individual and group population and their challenges, and
counseling) targeting at-risk students. providing support to close the
Providing Tier 1 classroom achievement gap.
lessons/workshops that cover all 3 Improving program data collection (i.e.,
ASCA domains. establishing a data tracking system,
Extending Wellness Space hours to conducting pre/post surveys for
increase service accessibility. workshops/tier 1 classroom lessons)
Thank You!
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