Student describes how advocacy and leadership is to be used in this model to promote student learning, social justice, equity, access, attainment, and systemic change, and to empower self-advocacy. Student gives an example of how barriers will be assessed and identifies the advocacy processes and/or changes to educational policy, programs, and practices needed to remove the barrier(s) presented in their example.
System and Academic Focus
1) Student describes their role as systems change agent, how this collaborative model aligns with the academic- and systems-focused paradigm for school counseling, identifying strategies for closing the achievement gap and preventing dropping out of school.
2) Student describes specific strategies, programs, and approaches to engage students with psychoeducation which provides social-emotional, career, and academic support.
3) Student discusses the personal significance of this component to future work as a professional school counselor.