James_macdonald's Presentation To Kpisca Nov 17

Balancing Priorities The place of counseling in international schools

The Great Balancing Act Managing priorities, perspectives and expectations within a school community

Start with some research on parental priorities...

How I think about these things...

So what does this mean for counselors? Are you Enablers or Deciders in your school? Are you a basic expectation or something more?

Another idea for framing things...

Triple Bottom Line Theory 1.Financial Bottom Line Financial statements 2.Academic Bottom Line Test scores, etc. 3.The Intangible Core Everything else of educational importance

Measuring success? Different groups will look to different bottom lines. The academic bottom line is paramount for many judging educational quality. Quantified data is often given a superior ‘truth claim’ status in our society Boards and business offices often look first to the financial bottom line. Who promotes the intangible core?

How would you increase the priority of counseling within your school using all three bottoms lines a lenses?