Standards Aligned System (SAS)
THE PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM – COMMON CORE STANDARDS
The Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System (SAS) is a researched based web resource available to anyone in Pennsylvania. SAS is full of good practices that identifies six distinct elements that educator s use frequently in their daily lessons. The six elements of student achievement are clear standards, fair assessments, curriculum framework, instruction, materials & resources, and interventions.
In the clear standards tab of SAS school counselor can vertically view the career and work standards to see who and when the standards build on one another. Every standard in Pennsylvania can be found in the clear standards tab of SAS. In the download standards tab school counselor can also download the American School Counselor Standards, Career and Work Standards, Interpersonal Skills Standards, and/or the School Climate Standards.
Also, in the clear standards tab is the new Common Core Standards information. In 2013 Pennsylvania will be fully implementing the new National Common Core Standards in English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies/Science, and Technical Subjects. If you look at this document you will find through all grades levels Pre-K through 12th grade there is one common goal in these standards. The common goal is that students need to be career and work ready. That directly applies to every school counselor. Our ultimate goal is help the students become career and work ready.
School Counselor need to become actively engaged in helping students through the clear standards to become better students. By teaching students the academic standards in through the American School Counseling standards, teaching the students the career and work standards and teaching and helping students develop into well rounded personal and social people. School counselors are assisting students in becoming career and work ready.
School counselors play a critical and vital role in assisting educators, administrators, teachers, parents, and most importantly our students to meet the new common core standards.
