COSC 661 - School Counseling Program Development and Evaluation

COSC 661 Discussion Board Forums (4)

The student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each forum. Each thread must be 250 words in length and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 150 words in length.

COSC 661 High School Systems Support Program (Parent/Teacher Presentation)

Students will create a PowerPoint with lecture notes that introduces parents, teachers, and administrators to a comprehensive school counseling program based on the ASCA National Model that incorporates an ongoing transition program aimed at promoting a successful transition from middle school to high school and from high school to a post-secondary career path.

COSC 661 Elementary School Individual Counseling Case Conceptualization & Treatment Plan

Individual counseling in the schools is a responsive service that involves one-to-one counseling with a student. A case is presented and students will be asked to conceptualize the case and create a culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate plan for treatment within the scope of school counseling.

COSC 661 K-12 Classroom Guidance Lesson Presentation

The guidance curriculum is generally a preventative method of program delivery that is standards-based and related to student health and well-being. Individually, students select the target school-age population to be served (i.e., elementary, middle, or high school) and create a PowerPoint presentation. Students crosswalk curriculum (core academic standards with the school counseling standards) and creates measurable objectives and pre-post lesson measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the guidance curriculum in meeting stated objectives. Students will present all components of the rubric by uploading a video presentation to blackboard. The presentation will be 15–25 minutes in length.

COSC 661 Comprehensive School Counseling Program (BENCHMARK)

The student will design a comprehensive school counseling program to include a plan for evaluation. Students will NOT submit this assignment to Bb gradebook or via email. This assignment is NOT to be submitted as a file in LiveText. This assignment is completed via the template in LiveText ONLY. Students need to paste or type directly into LiveText template for this assignment. The student must read the assignment instructions sheet and rubric carefully. If any issues arise, the student must contact LiveText (not the professor). LiveText support is available and can walk the student through submission. The student is required to become familiar with LiveText prior to the date of submission.

COSC 661 Reading Quizzes (4)

There are 4 quizzes during this course. After completing the assigned readings the student will complete four 60-minute, multiple choice, timed quizzes that cover content from the Dollarhide text book chapters. These questions are multiple-choice, open-book, and similar to the content found on state licensure examinations. Quizzes can only be accessed one time and taken one time.

Students may use the text book, however, the student has approximately 1 minute per question, which means that the student would need to have read the chapters in order to do well on the assessment. Only material covered in the Dollarhide course text book will be on the quizzes. The student must read and study the textbook material prior to the quizzes. Once the quiz is accessed the timer begins. Students will know their scores immediately and the correct responses will be given to promote student learning. Students should anticipate technological issues and have a back-up plan in place prior to starting each quiz. There are 40 items per quiz (20 items per chapter). Each item is worth 1.25 points for a total of 50 points per quiz. Students who exceed the allotted 60 minutes: 1 point will be deducted for every 5 minutes over the allotted time-frame. Each quiz can only be taken one time.