MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS from

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MAJORCONSIDERATIONSfrom

• AB 722 STUDY of
• PUPIL PERSONNEL RATIOS, PROGRAMS, and SERVICES
• State SARB Meeting 1/22/04

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• TO PONDER RESEARCH RESULTS
• AND TO SEARCH FOR
• ADDITIONAL MEANINGS IS TO
• HONOR RESEARCH AND TO
• ADVANCE MINDFUL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE.
• 
  O. L. Davis Jr.

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For Legislators

• Additional funding for PPS
• Establish legislation for enhanced accountability
• Mandate use of credentialed PPS specialists
• Mandate accurate reporting of PPS specialists in
  CBEDS data
• Require county office to review and monitor
  service credentials

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For California Department of Education

• Assist PPS in the implementation of NCLB and new
  accountability standards
• Maintain list of funding sources for PPS
• Provide leadership with accountability models
• Define qualified in Ed Code section 33126 (D)
  (7) to require schools to report appropriately
  credentialed PPS on SARC

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For California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

• Send advisory to districts and county offices on
  appropriate and legal use of credentialed and
  noncredentialed PPS
• Inform credential holders to report misassignment
  to County Superintendent of Schools
• Collaborate with universities, colleges, and
  professional orgs. to provide professional
  development to upgrade PPS skills

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For School District Governing Boards

• Develop policies and procedures to PPS to work as
  team to improve attendance, behavior, and
  achievement for all students
• Use 1995 California State Board of Education
  Policy Statement on Guidance and Counseling as
  model for developing PPS district policy
• Establish district policy recommending PPS ratios
  and utilize resources to ensure adequate services
• Consider impact of other factors such as district
  profile data in designing services

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For School District Governing Boards contd.

• Build or strengthen educational collaborations
  with state agencies
• Develop policies to implement individual, school,
  system, community projects that emphasize respect
  and tolerance for diversity
• Direct pupil support services and programs toward
  attaining desired student outcomes

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For School District Superintendents

• Expand PP services and programs
• Establish PPS programs directed toward attaining
  desired student outcomes
• Evaluate effectiveness of PPS using student
  outcomes
• Strengthen efforts to improve overall level of
  well-being, ability to learn, and academic
  achievement in middle grades, and especially high
  school districts

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For School District Superintendents contd.

• Continue efforts to improve school safety,
  attendance, and academic achievement regardless
  of pupil ratios
• Expand program planning, collaboration, and
  implementation across disciplines and agencies
• Make changes in delivery of school counseling and
  school psychological services, to accommodate
  families for access to mental health providers
  during day and evening hours

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Expand school counseling services and programs to

• Promote higher academic achievement and social
  development of all students
• Provide schoolwide prevention and intervention
  strategies and counseling services
• Provide consultation, training, and staff
  development to teachers and parents regarding
  students needs
• Develop, plan, implement, and evaluate a school
  counseling and guidance program that includes
  academic, career, personal, and social development

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Expand school psychology services to

• Conduct psycho-educational assessments for
  purposes of identifying special needs
• Provide services that enhance academic
  performance
• Design strategies and programs to address
  problems of adjustment
• Consult with other educators and parents on
  issues of social development, behavioral, and
  academic difficulties
• Coordinate intervention strategies for management
  of individual and schoolwide crises
• Provide psychological counseling for individuals,
  groups, and families

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Consider establishing or expanding social work
services-

• Consult with teachers, administrators, and other
  school staff regarding social and emotional needs
  of students
• Identify and provide intervention strategies for
  children and their families, including
  counseling, case management, and crisis
  intervention
• Coordinate family, school, and community
  resources on behalf of students
• Assess home, school, personal, and community
  factors that may affect a students learning

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Expand school nursing services to

• Consult with teachers, administrators, and other
  staff regarding health issues and services
• Provide health services and programs for special
  education and fragile students
• Coordinate family, school, and community health
  resources on behalf of students
• Assess home, school, personal, and community
  factors that may affect a students health and
  ability to learn

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Expand child welfare and attendance services to

• Obtain appropriate services from both public and
  private providers, including law enforcement and
  social services
• Implement strategies to improve school attendance
• Promote understanding and appreciation of those
  factors that affect the attendance of
  culturally-diverse student populations

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For Pupil Personnel Services Credential Training
Institutions

• Collaborate with CCTC and professional
  associations to develop continuing professional
  develop programs
• Train PPS in evaluation of program effectiveness
  and use of data to demonstrate accountability in
  measurable student outcomes
• Inform PPS specialists of responsibility to
  report inappropriate use or misassignment of PPS
  to County Superintendent of Schools and CCTC

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For Professional Organizations

• Collaborate with CCTC and credential training
  institutions to develop continuing professional
  development programs to upgrade PPS specialists
  skills
• Provide more extensive professional development
  on program effectiveness and evaluation and use
  of data to demonstrate accountability using
  student outcomes

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• Counseling and Student Support Office Website
  
• www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/ssp/
• For more information, contact
• Dr. Jackie Allen at jallen_at_cde.ca.gov