Demonstrating program effectiveness

Disseminating Results and Sustaining the Program

Introduction

As a school counselor, you will be expected to demonstrate your effectiveness to many different stakeholders. For this assignment, you will have the opportunity to highlight the outcomes on academic gains from your counseling program using the evidence-based intervention you selected and described in the assignments in Unit 3 and Unit 6. You will use PowerPoint or another software to complete this assignment, and you will record it using Kaltura or Adobe Connect. Refer to the Using Kaltura tutorial or Using Adobe Connect tutorial (linked in the resources) for directions on recording and uploading your presentation in the courseroom.

Instructions

For this assignment, imagine you have successfully implemented your evidence-based intervention. It is your job to communicate the outcomes of your program to your stakeholders or advisory council (Dollarhide & Saginak, 2017, p. 196).

You will demonstrate your ability to inform your team via multiple mediums. Imagine that your group meets online and you need to incorporate images, screenshots, videos, Excel spreadsheets, documents, pre- or post-assessments, and so forth to enhance your presentation and clearly illustrate the benefits of your selected intervention. Record your presentation using Kaltura or Adobe Connect. Creativity is encouraged although remember that the content will be evaluated using the scoring rubrics. This assignment is a presentation to your School Counseling Advisory Council, not a traditional paper, so you will want to utilize the skills we have practiced through the course to demonstrate your technological adeptness.

You may also refer to pages 109–120 of your Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling text for a template.

Create a 5–10-minute multimedia presentation that communicates the outcomes of your program to an imaginary group of stakeholders. In your presentation:

1. Pretend this is one of the first meetings of your School Counseling Advisory Council. In a slide or two, identify the purpose of the advisory council, membership of the advisory council, and explain ethical considerations (such as limits to confidentiality) that may impact the type of information reported to the council.
2. Explain how your academic-based goal was selected based on the schoolwide program plan needs assessment. Use a logic model to open the discussion (see the logic model templates in the resources; and see also Chapter 3 of your Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling text).
3. Justify the selected evidence-based intervention as a component of a comprehensive school counseling program. In other words, when proposing the intervention, what evidence did you have from the literature that supported its use?
4. Discuss the results of the intervention, incorporating information from your program evaluation to measure effectiveness.
5. Propose future actions to sustain the school counseling program that are based on the results of your evaluation. This is your opportunity to advocate for your program and the role of the school counselor, but be sure you are doing so in a way that is both appropriate and accurate.

Note: Remember to carefully review the scoring guide criteria before you begin the assignment.

Assignment Requirements

Your assignment should meet the following requirements:

• Written and spoken communication: Written and spoken communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA format: Resources and citations should follow current APA style and formatting.
• Length of presentation: 5–10 minutes.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

Submission Requirements

Submit the following two files for this assignment:

• The PowerPoint deck you used in the presentation. Use the following file naming format: YourName_u09a1_PowerPoint (example: ImaLearner_u09a1_PowerPoint).
• The MP4 or MPEG file of the recording that you created in Kaltura or Adobe Connect. Use the following file naming format: YourName_u09a1_Recording (example: ImaLearner_u09a1_Recording).

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Reference

Dollarhide, C. T., & Saginak, K. A. (2017). Comprehensive school counseling programs: K–12 delivery systems in action (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Resources

• Disseminating Results and Sustaining the Program Scoring Guide.
• APA Style and Format.
• Disability Services.
• Using Adobe Connect.
• Using Kaltura [PDF].
• Alternative Logic Model Template [DOCX].
• Logic Model Template [DOCX].