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By the time you read this, Pam Bachilla, our lobbyist working with School Innovation and Advocacy, and I will have appeared at a hearing (scheduled for Oct. 22) in Sacramento. The hearing is to advocate for the MHSSCP to be included in the state annual auditing reports. Our charge is to see that the MHSSCP is included in the Audit Guide causing districts to then be required to submit evidence annually to auditors. Th is will result in higher accountability for districts to maintain the MHSSCP with ﬁdelity. Th is greater accountability will require districts to maintain appropriate records. It will also insure oversight that the funds are being used, as the statute requires them to be used. Th is is not a magic bullet, but it does give school counselors some degree of leverage at the local level. speaking at several administrator conferences, along with trainings at the county, regional and district levels promoting the standards. The standards are a landmark document that will strengthen the understanding of school counseling practices with administrators and hold us accountable to a common standard of practice. To conclude, a little girl while exiting the family car at a shopping mall asked her father, “Why do we lock the car doors?” The father thoughtfully replied, “It is to keep good people, good.” Well, I ﬁ rmly believe that these eﬀorts—the closer monitoring of the MHSSCP and the inclusions of the CSSCP, as the standard by which school counselors performance is evaluated, are both important to advancing the California school counseling profession and will ultimately be the legacy of this time for our profession. ■ Throughout the long budget negotiation process filled with widespread rumors of catastrophic cuts to education, CASC, all along the way, was reassuring school administrators that the MHSSCP funds appeared relatively stable. Another new measure of accountability, which I have spoken about previously, is the California Standards for the School Counseling Profession (CSSCP). CASC will focus our eﬀorts on the exposure and the promotion of the CSSCP in 2009. In particular, there is a necessity to get the word out as districts around the state begin to adopt the CSSCP to use in their school counselor performance evaluations. In 2009, I will be AD / H D es and liti Disabi AM E R arning e For more than 20 years, Landmark College With L G EAD I N ICA’S L R G E FO COLLE NTS STUDE in Putney, VT has been the leader in the creation of successful learning strategies exclusively for students with learning disabilities and AD/HD. More than eight of every 10 of our graduates go on to pursue bachelor’s degree studies at the college of their choice. Learn More at Our Open Houses Saturdays: Dec. 6, 2008 • Feb. 21, 2009 • Mar. 21, 2009 For information and to register, contact us at PHONE 802-387-6718 E-MAIL admissions@landmark.edu www.landmark.edu 395515_Landmark.indd 1 The California School Counselor | winter8/8/08 10:06:12 AM 2008 9 http://www.landmark.edu

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California School Counselor - Winter 2008 Contents Presidential Perspectives Jackie’s Jottings Executive Director’s Report Creating Possibilities Through Language The Six C’s Orange County Counselors Form Book Review Legislative Update Research CASC’s 2008 Leadership ASCA Announces Hughes Middle School Memory Tips for School, Work and Life California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Releases Statistics on Pupil Personnel Services Credentials Technology Tips Pics, Clicks and Technics Calendar Index to Advertisers

California School Counselor - Winter 2008

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