Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Duncan Polytechnical High School, Fresno, CA
Systems and Infrastructure Workgroup Meeting
Participants:
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Ginny Burdick
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Cori Winn
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Carol Hansen
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Jorge Aguilar
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Kirk Whitney
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Yolanda Juarez
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Rick Crystal
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Ken Newby
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Carole Goldsmith
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Tracewell Hanrahan
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Matt Ward
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Sally Fowler
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Valerie Vuicich
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Sharon Hart
1. Ken Newby shared information discussed at the January 30th workgroup meeting
2. Yolanda Juarez presented information on current counseling systems in place in FUSD:
Master Scheduling issues
Bell schedules
Student placement
Response to student failure
AB 1802 funding
Career Centers
Hire someone who understands the workforce connections
Career training
Career connections, career training
Guest speakers related to Career Cruising query data
Middle school counseling efforts
High school counseling efforts
Pair counselors by their expertise
Career Cruising
Curriculum by grade level
Academic Career Plan
How to get a good snap shot of each student
Query data
National Counseling Standards
3 Domains of counseling: Social/emotional, academic, career
Data/query data
How to use the data
Formalizing what counselors work will look like holistically
Testing (PSAT)
Challenges
Counselor ratios
Student internships, job shadowing
Presentation was followed by a question and answers discussion
3. Yolanda Juarez introduced Career Cruising to the workgroup followed by a demonstration of the web based product
4. Matrix for future workgroup meetings presented
Next Meeting is scheduled for February 13, 2009 at 3:00 pm at Deloitte, 5250 N. Palm, Suite 300, Fresno, CA