The Final Report - Malcolm Shabazz City High School, Madison WI

Decision Item #13: INCLUDE MINORITY SERVICE COORDINATORS IN GUIDANCEALLOCATION (cont.)Effectiveness: (cont.) As currently allocated these positions are expected to service aconsiderable number of students. In addition, the efforts of such positionsare not coordinated with similar efforts within the guidance area. Theefforts of these positions also are mainly focused on the African Americanpopulation, while the District has approximately 1,400 students of otherethnicity.Redundancies orAvailability of theService Elsewhere:Service Delivery:The positions serve a different role than guidance counselors however,some of the activities performed by both of these positions for the samestudent are duplicative. (e.g. career counseling, achievement tracking).The District would capitalize on the knowledge and experience of thesepositions by integrating the responsibilities into the guidance programwhich would allow professional development on these issues for allguidance counselors which would translate into better assimilationapproaches to minority specific issues.Virchow, Krause & Co. LLP Page 87March 11, 2002