FSCA

Advocacy Session
October 22, 2015
4:00-5:25

Advocacy Agenda

4:00-4:50-Carole Green, Capital

Strategies

4:50-5:25 Break-out by Florida

Region

Day on the Hill

November 18, 2015

Can you come out and support?

Florida Regions
Florida
Regions

Advocacy
Contacts

North West
North East
Central West
Central
Central East

Jeannie Maddox
Charlena
Durrance

South West
South East

Daniel Shapiro
Cheryl Bottini

Break-Out by Region
Suggestions

Florida
Regions

1. Assign 1-2 Head Contacts to be

responsible for
1. Attending Advocacy Committee

meetings (via conference call).

2. Disseminating information to counties
within your region and back to the
FSCA Advocacy Committee.
2. Implement a plan and prepare to share

information at next advocacy meeting

November 8th at 7:00 p.m.
1. Visit/call/email local representatives by

November 6th using the talking points

(roles, services, impact).
3. Fill out contact form with name, school

district, email address, phone number.

4. Consider attending A Day on the Hill
scheduled for November 18th.
1. Report possible attendance at Nov. 8 th

meeting.

Volunteer
Advocacy
Committee
Members

North West
North East
Central
West
Central
Central
East

Jeannie Maddox
Charlena
Durrance

South
West
South East

Daniel Shapiro
Cheryl Bottini

FSCAs Advocacy
Committee
Chair: Summer Kuba
summerkuba@yahoo.com
FSCA President: Stephanie Larson
drcarmenlarson@gmail.com
FSCA Board Member: Rebecca Schumacher
Rebecca.schumacher@unf.edu
FSCA Board Member: Carolyn Berger
cs453@nova.edu
FSCA Board Member: Peg Real
realema@collierschools.com

Legislator Information
Legislator Contact Info
Representative Erik Fresen
(305) 663-2011
Representative Bob Cortes
(407) 659-4818

R-114, Miami

R-30, Maitland

Representative Marlene OToole

(352) 315-4445

R-33, the Villages

Representative Danny Burgess

(813) 780-0667

R-38, Zephyrhills

Senator John Legg

(813) 909-9919
Senator Don Gaetz
(850) 897-5747
Senator Anitere Flores
(305) 270-6550
Senator Nancy Detert
(941) 480-3547

R-17, Lutz

R-1, Destin

R-37, Miami

R-28, Sarasota

Title
Chairman of the House Education Appropriation
Subcommittee and is supportive of this issue.
Sits on the House Choice & Innovation Subcommittee and
is very supportive of the issue.
Chair of the House Education Committee.

He is interested as a possible bill sponsor. He is very

supportive.
Chairman of the Senate Education

Pre-K-12 committee.

Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Subcommittee on

Education.
Senate Fiscal Policy Chair

Senate Bill Sponsor. We need to recognize her and thank

her for the support of School Counselors.

Talking Points for Florida School

Counselors Association Bill
O Requires that school counselors spend a

minimum of 80 percent of their contractual time

to delivery of services to students as outlined by
the American School Counselor Association.
O Delivery of services include direct services

provided to students, parents and school staff.

O Direct Services may include:
O School counseling core curriculum
O Individual student planning
O Responsive services

O Indirect services

Talking Points
O Certified school counselors shall have a

minimum of a Masters Degree in School

Counseling.
O Certified school counselors shall have the
appropriate certification as determined
by the Florida Department of Education.
O 194 schools in Florida have no school
counselors. Encourage support that
school counselors be employed in every
school.

Talking Points
O Certified school counselors shall have 60 clock hours or

a three credit course in College and Career Readiness

(CCR) required for re-certification. This would include
the following areas of study for CCR programs at the
elementary, middle and high school levels:
O developing a college-going culture
O academic advising for rigorous coursework
O financial aid advising
O financial literacy
O college applications and enrollment
O strategies for Senior graduates summer transition
to college matriculation
O strategies for FAFSA completion
O family CCR advising
O postsecondary opportunities
O development of work-ready skills

Talking Points
O Rationale for CCR requirement: State and

national workforce projections predict that over

60 percent of Florida jobs will require some form
of postsecondary education or training by the
year 2020, yet currently, only 38 percent of
working-age Floridians hold an associates
degree or higher.
O A small sampling of current school counselors

from a survey administered in the spring 2015

indicated 67 percent of these school counselors
have been working in the field six or more years.

Talking Points
O Further responses included:
O 63% have one or no career readiness

course; but with six or more years working

in the field and out from graduate work,
course work in this subject area has
expanded and changed significantly.
O 47% have no college readiness course;
and
O 88% would you participate if available, in
a comprehensive CCR training program.