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Editorials

  • AB 1802 Junior "At risk" Counseling
    A Practitioner's Perception
    by Bill Welcher
    Baldwin Park High School District
    January 19, 2007
    The counselors at my site were pretty stressed out by all of this as we still had many tasks to complete. One of our biggest tasks happens second semester when we have individual conferences with all of our 9th, 10th and 11th grade students to update their 4-year plan. We also are responsible for meeting with all of the incoming 8th grade students to develop their 4-yrear plan. There are 650 or so junior high school students that we will need to meet with individually. More...

  • Thanks to Nancy Schubb, a middle school counselor and CASC Board member, for the short piece that follows. (This goes with the PowerPoint you will find in PowerPoints R Us.) Nancy has been making AB 1802 presentations to middle school students in San Ramon Unified School District. This is another example of the creative responses emerging around the state to the legislation.
    Sharing My Experience
    By Nancy Schubb, Counselor
    Los Cerros Middle School
    San Ramon Valley Unified School District
    CASC Central California Area Representative & Membership Chair
    February 10, 2007
    More...

  • Thank you to Harvey Hoyo of National University and CSCA for this contribution. He discusses some aspects of implementation that are emerging as challenges for practitioners around the state.
    Freeway 5 and the Implementation of AB1802
    By Harvey Hoyo, Ed.D. - President, CSCA
    February 7, 2007
    At a recent meeting of the Orange County Counseling Network Roundtable, I was pleased to see such great enthusiasm for servicing our at-risk students as defined in the AB1802 legislation. While the enthusiasm is universal around California, implementation varies from district to district. Some districts are on hold to see how this wonderful legislation plays out while most have jumped in to some degree or another. Indeed, many district officials express concerns for the lack of qualified professional school counselors. More...
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