Sag brensian Tawi CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profilefor RACHELK .N School Counseling Pro SPRING SEMESTER Practicum site:__ Mueller Charter School Supervisor: __Or. Ryan Santos ‘Activities to Fulfill Assignments in Other, Courses Required Activity Reflection on & Seif-Evaluation ofthis Activity eg, highlight your strengths/weaknesses Date Completed Supersisor initials GP G2B Interventions with Child & Adolescents (3) “This class seemed to have two sections, one where we did counseling roleplays and listened to lecture, and the other where we attended presentations on evidence based interventions. | feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to listen to so many great speakers share their passions about their work, | fel lke we covered a range of interventions, from gangs to human trafficking, A strength of mine in this class was that | provided thorough feedback tothe counseling sessions that I listened to. | tried to think as much as possible about how the person's counseling session used theories, and areas that they could improve. A weakness of mine inthis class was that | did not speak very ‘much, There were points where | could have participated more, but felt that my comments were not worth verbalizing, or that was not knowledgeable enough about the topic to contribute. Tanuary 2014- May 2oue ‘CSP 670 Group Counseling 8) This was a very interactive class, since more than half of Iwas spent acting as a group for counseling ourselves. appreciated the hands on experience of both faclitating and being part ofa group. In fat, | learned a lot about my personally by being part of the group and going through the various lessons and activities. As someone who is generally shy and private, something could have improved would've been being ‘more open with the group. | enjoyed listening to everyone else, but didn’t feel entirely comfortable talking about myself. A strength | had in Tanuary 2014- May 2014 por (S0SU Practicum, 2013-2014)CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profilefor RACHEL KWAN 2 ‘this group was that listened with my ears and heart when others were speaking, and sometimes checked up on classmates later if they disclosed something particularly painful. SFA School Paley, Twas unsure wha to expect from this dass, copecaly since was Tanvary Politics, Law & Ethics (2) unexpectedly longer than we thought. Even though we went through 2014- May {he ethics book at our practicum sites, thisclss wasstitextremely | 2014 useful in teaching us about athe things to watch out for legally as we «do our jobs. Some topics are extremely complex, and having this class to RS discuss them is helpful and reassuring, Just like some of my other classes, I didn’t speak much. However, | don't necessarily consider it a weakness here because | usualy did not have much to say. | was 30 focused on the creative scenarios that my classmates would come up with that couldn't think up any of my own. A weakness would be not speaking up when | had something to say, but in this class! learned alot just by listening tothe discussion, ‘ARP 660 3) This was the first class in the program that had us grouped with another | January _Broup of counselors (aside from school psychologists). think that the | 2014- May ‘major group project was @ good lesson in relearning how to work with | 2014, Bi (s0s"acticum, 2013-2014)Actvitios Required of AllStudents CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profilefor RACHELK cS 740 PracticulneSeHOoIs 3 Required Activity Fefeionon& Sf Evaluation of Avy eg. highiight your strengths/weaknesses Date Completed “Supervisor Initials ‘Observe school governance: meetings (eg., site council, faculty meetings, committee meetings, schoo! board) ‘Observing resilieney monitoring after getting to know Mueller more changed it into a whole different experience. recognized some of the students being discussed, as well as their teachers. 1 understood the role ofeach person at the meeting, and truly ‘appreciated everything that had to contribute. | also think that the practice of doing resiliency monitoring multiple times a year allows to properly track progress of students and ensure that no one falls through the cracks or gets forgotten. itis a great way to create accountability, and | was grateful | could seeit the second time. January 2014-May 2014 Pp Se Carry an inaividual counseling load at least ten students ‘once/week far five weeks) Having a more realistic caseload this semester was extremely stressful in the beghnning. Just navigating the bell schedule and class changes made it an adventure in Itself to find the students ‘was trying to see for counseling. Once | adopted a more flexible style, elt more relaxed. If certain students were testing during cour usual meeting time, | would shutfle my schedule and see them nearer the end of the day. By the end of the semester, l was no Jonger flustered when students forgot about sessions. learned that seeing so many students a week, atleast one is bound to forget to come to counseling Tanvary 2014-May 2018 Boor To-Faciitate [with SC supervision) ‘a topic-focused counseling group {or a minimum of 68 sessions; a ‘group must have at least 5 Students (Consider ASCA Sm Group Action Plan), ‘While individual counseling sessions are more flexible, | Tearned that groups need more planning involved. Creating and adapting. {group curriculum proved to be a challenge in the beginning. Just gathering the students and doing a feelings check in and review from the previous week seemad to take a large amount of our sessions, Alot ofthe time, we would not be abie to finish our planned lessons, A useful sll that! earned by facilitating groups is Tanuary 2014-May 2018 (SDSU Practicum, 2013-2014),CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profile for RACHEL KWAN, hhow to bring focus back to the lesson, while still acknowledging ‘what students have to say. Sometimes cutting off a student when they go on an off topic tangent isnacessary to get through the lesson, and that’s okay. ‘Observe process of how school determines student placement in classes in next grade level for ‘upeoming year "At Mueller, grade level is more fluid with split lasses, The Fuldity ofthe classes reduces the feelings students may have about feeling eft behind. Observing resiliency monitoring macle me realize how much thought and discussion goes into deciding what class a student will be placed in the next year. So many factors go {nto this decision, | haven’t even thought of some of them. For ‘example, in one resiliency monitoring meeting | heard a teacher ‘express concern for holding a student back because of his siz. Since he was already bigger than the students in his current class the teacher didn’t know if an even bigger physical size difference next year would impact his ability to socialize and interact with the other kids, Factor ike this ilustrate how much care and thought {20 into the decision of whether a student advances to the next {grade level or is held back/ut In a class mixed with their current rade. January 2014-May 2018 RSC Develop, implement, and evaluate an intentional guidance activity in one ofthe following areas academic, career, of personal/social development (Consider ASCA Results Report) ‘Our intentional guidance lesson focused on how to Stay organized to succeed in school. We chose this topic after we examined all rade report cards because we found that a common comment made by teachers was that students were losing or forgetting to cdo homework assignments. We did research on effective ways to Improve organization. We also created a pre/post test to measure results that was based on skills, attitudes, and knowledge. | found that giving the presentation was the hardest part. Organizational skill aren't something that many 8” graders are passionate about, so it was hard to keep them focused. Tanuary 2014-May 20a Continue monitoring academic progress of case study student {from 622A) and evalvating T continued weekly individual meetings with my ease study student from last semester | felt like the ist semester consisted of mainly gathering information about him and building rapport. This Tanuary 2014-May 2014 Rie (S08! -acticum, 2013-2018),CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profile for RACHELKwAN 5 ‘fectiveness of interventions Semester we Talked more about his fe and how he feelsin Modify interventions if needed. | Giferent situations. Cone pare Confrence with | Tang to parents Ail makes me nervous but ve been beter at | Januany uth Died of ig suntan om . calming myself down by remembering that both of us are there to | 2014-May Yourcssond to dics uder"'s | tse tudentsuceed. The parents ve talked tohave been | 2014 2 it pasionte about the succes of ther chile, and were very R Febfain proving me with more informatio needed ince parents have been aund tei cen significantly mare than tay other adult talking to them can gve mea ot of insight nto the history of cetein problems and how they have shied or evoied over the yeas (SDSU Practicum, 2013-2014),[Record of Additional Major Practicum Activities CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profile for RACHEL KWAN. 6 Activity ‘Reflection on & Self Evaluation of this Activity Date “Supervisor eg, highlight your strengths/weaknesses Completed | Initials TA College Week Going on college week was one of the most insightful, | Apr 2014 educational, and fun expe ‘Asa group leader, had the opportunity to become relatively close with my sh gis by the end ofthe tp. AS Someone who didnt goto university her, felt ike | was alco learning aot with them. Inialy was stressed out about keeping track of everyone and making sure that pS e ‘here was no trouble, bit by the end ofthe tip had ‘trust in my group, | was honoured that they trusted me bac, especlly when one ofthe girls told me when her fiend hadi been eating Another amazing part about college week was getting to know the teachers more, Usually we don’t have that ‘much time to sit and ta about education in general, but the long bus rides on this trip allowed me to connected to the teachers and hear thelr thoughts about Mueller, education, and common core ‘Overall this was an awesome experience, and fm so grateful to have been able to attend the whole L.A, ices of my time at Mueller. college week, Meeting with the facal director ‘Meeting with the fiscal director gave me a lot oF February information about budgets that | hadn't even thought | 2014 RSG about. | was aware that schools received funding, but | did not know the extent to which there are rules to dictate how much funding can be spend in each area. With this in mind, realize how lucky Mueller has been in (SDs _acticum, 2013-2014)CSP 740 Practicum Experience Profilefor RACHEL... 7 Terms of belng able to hire two counselors and a fll time school psychologist and schoo! nurse, We also talked about how attendance can impact the money a schoo! receives, and why it's Important to increase attendance, Suicide and threat prevention learning lab “Out of all our learning labs, the one about suicide and. ‘March Gaaetirevertionsandsout tome hemos. Fboth | 204 imc tho have ato dea wth an sve hat ; Strous and also regretful that Ihave nt had the RSG ‘experience to practice for when I become a school ‘counselor, inthis learning lab we went through warning signs, myths and facts, assessment, and the asca statement, We also talked about what the district had to say about suicide, and how to prevent it {S0SU Practicum, 2013-2014)