Choices for Achievement
Linking
School Counseling
to
Student Achievement
Utilizing the RSC Lite Tool
RSC Foundational Belief
Achievement
Student Choices
Guidance
Counseling
Academic
Career
Personal-Social
Personal
Social
When students receive sound guidance and counseling, they make
choices that support learning and as a result achievement increases.
©2008 American Student Achievement Institute
Choices for Achievement
“RSC Lite”
Purpose:
• Connect School Counselors to student outcomes
• Assist School Counselors in developing an annual accountability
report
• Tool to track accountability of annual goals
Benefits:
• Assist school counselors with improvement of student success
• Increase focus on school-wide assessment data to guide services
provided to students
• Foster greater community understanding and support for the role of
school counselors
Choices for Achievement
Shortened version of Gold Star/Redesigning
School Counseling online tool to include:
• Program Goal
• Student Group
• Program Activities
• Analysis
Getting Started
To become an Indiana Choices for Achievement (RSC Lite) School
("RSC Full" is the process to become a Gold Star school):
• Visit www.asainstitute.org
• Click on "Redesigning School Counseling" under the
REGISTRATION heading
• Click on "Choices for Achievement"
Logging In
• Each K-12 lead counselor received a login from
InSAI in the mail in February, 2010.
• If you forgot your password, select “click here
to register”.
• If you still have difficulty accessing your login,
contact [email protected]. If you have
gone through gold star, your login information
will be the same.
• There is only one login per school.
Program Goals
Counselor will be able to add a program goal for the
school.
• Enter a goal(s) from the achievement, student
choice, guidance or counseling area
• Select from the list of suggested goals or create your
own (suggested state goals noted with an asterisk)
• Select your targeted student group
• “Add targets”
• input current year and target data (data shown
in %)
Program Activities
Create at least one activity aligned with your goal.
• Activity Type
– Guidance: Academic, Career, Personal-Social
• If a guidance goal was selected, you will be able to select the
indicator(s) that aligns with your activity.
– Counseling
– Advocacy
– Management
– Non-Program
Activity Type in Guidance Area
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Student Choice Goal Selected
Student Choice Goal selected:
Annual Analysis
Counselor will be able to review the progress of the goal
• During the year, the plan can be updated (goals & activities
can be added or modified, for example).
• Review your Target data and complete the “actual data” or
year-end result
• Evaluate what did/didn’t work
• Print Reports (the Program Goals; Activities; and Annual
Analysis Tabs enable you to print multiple reports):
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Year-end report
Crosswalks
Detailed
Grade Level
Calendar
Program Activities Tab
Questions about Choices for Achievement?
Contact the Statewide Steering Team:
Elementary
• Melissa Flager [email protected]
Middle
• Gina Woodward [email protected]
High
• Martin Kirkwood [email protected]
• Becky Morrow [email protected]
• Sherman Woodard [email protected]
• Beth Schmeltz [email protected]
Indiana Department of Education
• Amanda (Snobarger) Culhan [email protected]