Considering How to Fund Professional Development For School Counselors?

Considering How to Fund Professional Development For School Counselors?

Districts across the country are using ESSER II & III and Title I funds for professional development for certificated staff, including school counselors. Our new Nest Egg program can help you simplify how you spend professional development dollars to meet your ESSER III funding deadlines and Title I spending requirements to provide ongoing professional development for long-term improvement of your comprehensive school counseling program.  

Nest Egg’s one-price strategy allows districts to fund multiple years of Hatching Results services and products. With Nest Egg, your investment of one-time funds supports long-term school improvement goals and provides comprehensive professional learning opportunities to meet your current and future school counseling program needs.

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Use of Time Assessment: A Driver for Change

Use of Time Assessment: A Driver for Change

Schools across the state of Washington are improving their comprehensive school counseling programs (CSCP) by using the data collected from school counselor use of time assessment as a driver for change. In a recent webinar conducted with school counselors in Washington, participants stated that tracking their time provided the data to help administrators understand the role of school counselors and to make the changes needed to remove non-counseling activities from their work day.

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Dr. Hatch Speaks in the Republic of Türkiye (Turkey)

Dr. Hatch Speaks in the Republic of Türkiye (Turkey)

Hatching Results was represented at the International Education Congress held on November 17-19 at the AKSA Hotel in Antalya, Turkey. Sponsored by Akdeniz University, Dr. Trish Hatch was the invited keynote speaker at the annual EDU Congress. Speaking to hundreds of university professors and state educators both in-person and online, Dr. Hatch opened the international conference by speaking on her favorite subject - “School Counseling: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going!” The following day, Dr. Hatch provided a 90-minute workshop to a well-attended audience titled, “The Use of Data in School Counseling: Making a Difference with Data Driven Practices.” Accompanying Dr. Hatch on this journey was her brother and longtime consultant with Hatching Results, Paul Meyers, who recently retired as superintendent of Standard School District in Bakersfield.

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Tips for Responding to Social Media Attacks on School Counselors

Tips for Responding to Social Media Attacks on School Counselors

In late July, national attention was drawn to school counseling through social media, as a series of online attacks began to surface.

Stemming from increased political polarization, over the past year there has been an increase in attacks on educators, and specifically school counselors as noted in reporting by Salon and Mother Jones, respectively. The attacks emerged on the national stage from Chaya Raichik (“Libs of Tik Tok”) and later picked up by activist group “Moms4Liberty” and other users. The “calls to action” encouraged parents not to let students meet with counselors without parents being present, as counselors were accused of driving a “transgender cult” and promoting “anti-American” values. Individual counselors were also attacked on social media being called “pedophiles, groomers, and criminals.”

As school counselors, our jobs carry both primary and secondary trauma from our work with students. Supporting students through challenging times is often what draws us to the profession. Personal attacks, even online, against the actual work and values that draw us to school counseling or malalignment of the work can be damaging or even traumatizing to school counselors themselves as well as have a negative impact on students’ access to mental healthcare.

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California A-G Completion Improvement Grant Funding Available!

California A-G Completion Improvement Grant Funding Available!

Did you know the California Legislature recently approved $400 million to increase the number of students who complete the A-G requirements, making them eligible to enroll in the UC and CSU campuses after graduation¹? How will your school district create a plan to best utilize the A-G Completion Improvement Grant resources to benefit students? 

School districts with A-G completion rates above 67% qualify for a success grant, and those under that percentage qualify for an opportunity grant. Find out your district’s A-G completion rate here.

Grant funds are to be used for activities that directly support pupil access to, and successful completion of, the A-G requirements, including:

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Using ESSER Funds For School Counselor Training

Using ESSER Funds For School Counselor Training

Did you know there is $176 billion in federal funding available through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund? These monies are intended to “address the educational inequities that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and address students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs.” (FAQ by Office of Elementary and Secondary Education) Did you also know that well-trained school counselors support improved student outcomes in all these areas?! 

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