Follow-Up from the FSCA 2012 Convention
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Thank you once again to the over 400 participants, exhibitors, sponsors, and volunteers who attended the 2012 convention. FSCA is already preparing for the 2013 convention which will continue to provide high quality and relevant school counseling professional development, resources, opportunities for networking, and fun. |
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FSCA 2012 Governing Board Elections
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At this time of year, the Florida School Counselor Association
(FSCA) solicits candidates for its Governing Board. Please
help us identify the next generation of Florida’s school counseling
leadership by seeking an elected office or by encouraging those you
believe to be talented leaders in your area to become candidates for
one of the following FSCA offices:
Click here to download a nominations packet. |
Updated Resources and Information
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FSCA
Asks for Your Feedback
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If you have not already, please take a couple of minutes to complete FSCA's bi-annual member survey. Your feedback is important to us and helps to drive decisions in all areas of our mission. Click here now to complete the survey. |
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
FSCA eNews Update - November 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving from FSCA
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Seven Florida Schools Win National Blue Ribbon Awards
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Seven Florida Schools Win National Blue Ribbon Awards
Tallahassee, Fla., November 8, 2012 - The Blue Ribbon Schools program selected seven Florida public schools as 2012 national award winners. Leaders from each school will be presented an award signifying their Blue Ribbon status during the program's conference on Monday, November 12, in Washington, D.C.
To be eligible for the national award, schools must be ranked among the highest in their state or have demonstrated dramatic gains in overall student achievement in both reading and mathematics. This year, only 219 public schools nationwide were selected to be honored during the annual award ceremony.
"Achieving the level of excellence set by the Blue Ribbon Schools Awards is no easy task," said Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart. "These schools are a model for others to follow, creating classrooms designed for student success."
The program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools in one of two performance categories. Schools recognized in the "Exemplary High Performing" category must be among their state's highest performing schools, as measured by state assessments or nationally-normed tests. The second category, "Exemplary Improving," recognizes schools with at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds who demonstrate the most progress in improving student achievement levels.
Congratulations to the following Florida public schools selected in the Exemplary High Performing Schools category.
West Melbourne Elementary School for Science, Brevard County
West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Brevard County
Imagine Charter School at Weston, Broward County
Christina M. Eve Elementary School, Miami-Dade County
Killearn Lakes Elementary School, Leon County
Lincoln Avenue Academy, Polk County
Partin Elementary School, Seminole County
For more information about the BRS program, visit National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
2012 National Survey of School Counselors
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Florida Board of Education Pushes for Elimination of State-Mandated Textbooks
By Leila Meyer10/26/12
School districts in Florida may soon have freedom to choose which textbooks and educational materials to use in their classrooms, including digital materials, such as e-books and Internet resources.
In a letter to members of the Florida Board of Education (BoE), Vice Chairman Roberto Martinez suggested that the BoE should make the elimination of state-mandated textbook adoption a legislative priority for 2013.
Read full story here.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Position Announcement - Project Coordinator
Hiring Salary/Salary Range: $75,000 to Negotiable
Source: http://sss.usf.edu/whatsnew/posting0008470.html
Duties: The Project Coordinator serves as the administrator at our Tallahassee office for the Student Support Services Project (University of South Florida), a discretionary project from the Florida Department of Education. The Project Coordinator is responsible for collaboration and coordination with the Project Director, strategic planning for the Student Support Services Project, supervision and support of the project professional staff (School Psychology, School Counseling, School Social Work, School Nursing, School-based Medicaid) and support staff.
Duties: The Project Coordinator serves as the administrator at our Tallahassee office for the Student Support Services Project (University of South Florida), a discretionary project from the Florida Department of Education. The Project Coordinator is responsible for collaboration and coordination with the Project Director, strategic planning for the Student Support Services Project, supervision and support of the project professional staff (School Psychology, School Counseling, School Social Work, School Nursing, School-based Medicaid) and support staff.
Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience): Masters degree or higher in Education or directly related field. Five years of experience at the state education department and/or district leadership levels.
Preferred Qualifications (Education & Experience): Experience in Student Services, Exceptional Student Education and/or District/School Leadership teams. Preference is given to state and district level leadership experience. Experience with staff supervision and problem-solving. Experience working with inter-agency collaboration. Experience with systems level problem-solving. Experience with the organization of Student Services and Exceptional Student Education within a MTSS model, including allocation, delivery and evaluation of those services. Experience with developing, delivering and evaluating professional development programs and activities. Experience with the use of technology in the delivery of instructional and instructional support services to accelerate student growth and an understanding of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) model.
Special Skills/Licenses/Training/Certifications Necessary: Knowledge and experience with instructional support personnel performance evaluations. Knowledge and experience with Multi-tiered System of Supports/Response to Intervention. Knowledge/experience with the development, implementation and evaluation of federal and/or state statutes/regulations. Understanding the relationship between student services and student academic/behavior outcomes within a return on investment model. Understanding of the Common Core State Standards and the implication of the implementation of those standards for student services and ESE personnel.
To apply for this position, go to: https://employment.usf.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp.
• Click on Administration button.
• Scroll to bottom of screen and search by Posting Number — 0008470. Click Search button.
• Click “View” under “Project Coordinator” for detailed job description and link to online application.
• Scroll to bottom of screen and search by Posting Number — 0008470. Click Search button.
• Click “View” under “Project Coordinator” for detailed job description and link to online application.
2012 National Survey of School Counselors
Counselors and administrators shared their perspectives on the biggest obstacles counselors face in their efforts to adopt the Eight Components as their overall approach to counseling students.
This report, True North: Charting the Course to College and Career Readiness, demonstrates that school counselors and their administrators share a vision for their schools and agree on a path to realize it. In the past, the more than 130,000 school counselors nationally have struggled to define their profession. Now, faced with an incontrovertible need to improve student achievement, school counseling is no longer at a crossroads. The 2012 National Survey of School Counselors, supported by a supplemental survey of school administrators, provided powerful evidence that school counselors and their administrators know true north — and they are poised to chart the course of their students’ college and career success.
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