The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has recently introduced “draft guidance” on the new Statewide Multi-Payer Fee Schedule For School Linked Services. This new fee schedule will exist alongside the cumbersome Local Education Agency Medi-Cal Billing Option Program (known as LEA BOP) and streamline the processes while removing the complexities and constraints associated with the LEA BOP. The new fee schedule will benefit schools in many ways, such as increasing student access to behavioral health services, providing a flat fee-for-services method that provides 100% reimbursement, and expanding the program to both Medi-Cal enrolled and commercially insured students. Most importantly, the new fee schedule will provide a permanent funding source to sustain behavioral health services for students.

Last year, the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP) partnered with Hatching Results and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to create a six-part video series specifically designed for school administrators to better assist and support the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program (CSCP). These short videos are set up in a talk-show format, hosted by ASWP Associate Director Kamrica Ary-Turner. Watch and learn useful tips and practical advice to implement as a school administrator, district lead, or school counselor. All six of the videos are available to the public and can be found on the ASWP Learning Lab.

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.

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.

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.