Impact Snapshot
Participants represent multiple buildings through cross-building cohorts.
SKILL
21-81%
Standards-Aligned Assessment Design
Growth in confidence writing pre- and post-assessments directly aligned to student standards.
CLARITY
22-100%
Data Literacy Clarity
Growth in distinguishing participation, standards-based, and outcome data.
TRUST
4.71/5
Coaching Safety and Support
Average rating indicating coaching provides a supportive, non-judgmental space.
Standards Aligned Planning
94% rated high confidence (4–5 on a 5-point scale) in identifying appropriate student standards for achievement gap planning.
Counselors are aligning standards, goals, and assessments so planning is focused, measurable, and aligned with school improvement priorities. This positions the counseling program as a strategic partner in building goals.
Outcome-Focused Impact Thinking
44% → 86% pre to post growth in confidence answering: “How are students different because of the work I do?”
Counselors are moving beyond describing what they do to showing how students are different because of their work. This strengthens stakeholder communication and informs strategy through evidence.
Systems Alignment Through Time and Structure
88% rated high confidence (4–5 on a 5-point scale) for viewing calendars and appointments as system-level tools that protect time for student services and program priorities.
Calendars are being used as leadership tools to protect planned services, increase consistency, and strengthen equitable access. This supports greater reach through Tier 1 and proactive practices.
Boundary Practices That Support Equity
75% rated high confidence (4–5 on a 5-point scale) in practical strategies for maintaining boundaries as a system practice (defining urgency, interrupting interruptions, consistent scripts).
Counselors are using calendars as leadership tools to protect planned services, increase consistency, and strengthen equitable access. This expands reach through Tier 1 and proactive practices.
Credibility & Context
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Professional Contribution
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Selected to present at a national school counseling conference alongside the authors of Making Data Work, contributing to a session focused on using the self-assessment of practices for professional growth.
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Partnering with districts to build standards-aligned systems that improve clarity, consistency, and measurable impact.
District Partnership Highlight
Within a district-supported professional learning cycle (2024-2025), counselor teams showed the strongest year-over-year growth in “Use of Data,” with group proficiency increasing from approximately 55% to nearly 70%.
Results reflect aggregated, district-reported data. Self-assessment tool: Young & Kaffenberger, Making Data Work (5th ed., 2025). Copyrighted.