The CD That Accompanies This Text Contains the Long-Awaited Comprehensive Electronic School

Hello! I am a professional school counselor for Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia and adjunct professor at Regent University and Old Dominion University. I wanted you to know about my “labor of love”—created by a school counselor for school counselors! I will be presenting at the 2009 ASCA Conference in Dallas Texas. I hope to see you there!

The electronic School Counseling Data Reporting System is here!

SCOPE School Counseling Operational Plan for Effectiveness & SCORE School Counseling Operational Report of Effectiveness

ISBN: 1578868343 Format: Paper, 147pp w/CD-ROM Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Author: Rita Schellenberg, PhD, NCC, NCSC, ACS Pub. Date: October 2008 Price: $34.95 Click on the title below for ordering information

Title: The New School Counselor: Strategies for Universal Academic Achievement

The CD-ROM containing SCOPE and SCORE is nestled in this timely text that provides a unified understanding of the new roles and functions of the school counselor. Dr. Schellenberg introduces standards blending, a systems-focused, integrated, and student- centered approach that directly and overtly aligns school counseling programs with academic achievement missions and provides a strategy for closing the achievement gap. Each chapter includes relevant research, literature, key players, real world applications, and major developments and trends shaping contemporary school counseling in a school reform environment.

SCOPE and SCORE, Microsoft Office applications, systematically walk users through accountable programming from conception to evaluation using check boxes, text boxes, and drop down menus. Embedded links allow users to access data sources, core academic standards, and ASCA Standards without leaving the system. Pre-formulated worksheets are embedded to provide instant pre-post program data analysis. Reporting features and options are remarkable. SCOPE and SCORE include essential data reporting components recommended by the ASCA, CACREP, and school accountability initiatives.

Table of Contents

No School Counselor Left Behind Meeting Stakeholder Needs Fabric of Reform: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing School Counselor Roles Predecessor of Accountability: Improving Practices and Demonstrating Effectiveness with Program Evaluation Reporting Accountable Practices Implications for School Counselor Preparation and Practice Appendices (National Mathematics, Language Arts, and ASCA Standards) References Index Endorsements

"Dr. Schellenberg's perspective on standards blending programming for school counselors comes at a most opportune time for school leaders as they pursue collaborative initiatives for improved student achievement. School counselors have always performed a crucial, often unheralded leadership role, in supporting learning outcomes for all students, not just those experiencing personal, social or emotional problems. It is refreshing to envision the integration of academic standards, beyond the core, into the school counseling curriculum. The outcome would be specific skills and strategies focused on "more powerful and precise techniques for closing achievement gaps." Standards blending ought to be considered not only by school leaders but all educators who seek unprecedented alternatives and options to long standing beliefs, values and practices."—Dr. Glenn Koonce, , Professor & Director, Educational Leadership Program, Regent University, and Former Principal & Assistant School Superintendent for Instructional Services

"Dr. Schellenberg's approach to accountability, practical application of technology, and standards blending is useful, timely, and in line with the new vision pedagogy and CACREP standards for school counselor education and training. An excellent text for education and practice!"—Dr. Agatha Parks-Savage, Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, The College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University