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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNSELORS. This Generation of Students Is the Future of Texas!. Overview. Today’s presentation team: Patricia G. (Pat) Bubb, Executive Director, RGV LEAD Martha Gutierrez, P-16 Council Coordinator, RGV LEAD - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FOR COUNSELORS
This Generation of Students Is the Future of Texas!
Today’s presentation team:◦ Patricia G. (Pat) Bubb, Executive Director, RGV LEAD◦ Martha Gutierrez, P-16 Council Coordinator, RGV LEAD◦ Georgeann Calzada, Success by Degrees Advisor / Interim
RGV Mentors Coordinator, RGV LEAD◦ Dora Olivarez, Director of Student Recruitment, TSTC
Harlingen Today’s session:
◦ Provide overview of the Lower Rio Grande P-16 Council◦ Share strategies for providing counselor professional
development for the GenTX marketing campaign◦ Share additional information about the transition-
counseling workshop for which a session has been included in the P-16 Institute on October 2
Overview
1992: Regional nonprofit corporation created 2004-2005: Corporation managed a
predecessor P-16 Council through TBEC 2006-Present: Corporation became manager
of Lower P-16 Council (agreement with TSTC)◦ Named a Recognized Council in 2009◦ TSTC and corporation are working together on
GenTX 2012: Corporation changed its name
P-16 Council History
P-16 Council Structure Private-Sector–Led Board
Academic Leadership
AllianceEducation & Career EXPO RGV Mentors
Rio Grande Valley Counselors’
Network
Career Center Projects with
EDCs
Harlingen
Success by Degrees
Brownsville
Mission
Lower Rio Grande P-16 Council
P-16 Regional Outreach & Counseling
TSTC works with corporation
through contracts
MEMBERSHIP: 32 ISDs, 9 public IHEs, individual employers, chambers of commerce, EDCs, workforce boards, family-serving organizations, and individual members
MISSION: Focus on communication and information-sharing to promote collaboration between/among leaders from school districts, colleges, universities, businesses, government, and community organizations
GOAL: Develop a seamless system of education for the four-county region
P-16 Council Membership/Mission
Corporation’s role in P-16 Council resembles that of “backbone organization” described in Collective Impact article, Stanford Social Innovation Review*:◦ Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector
coordination.◦ Coordination takes time, and none of the participating
organizations has any to spare.◦ Backbone organization staff plan, manage, and support the
initiative through ongoing facilitation … handling the details needed for the initiative to function smoothly. *John Kania & Mark Kramer. Collective Impact, Stanford Social
Innovation Review, 48, Winter 2011 http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact
Council Focuses on Communication, Collaboration, and Support
Co-branding, coordinating, collaborating, communicating across sectors and meeting needs to keep the system moving forward:◦ 2012 Annual Superintendents’ Meeting with GenTX
infused throughout event ◦ 2012-2013 P-16 Council meetings (joint with
Counselors’ Network) with GenTX messaging and materials infused in multiple ways
◦ Education & Career EXPO 2012 (10th annual) with GenTX figuring prominently in event
◦ Blending GenTX into ALA Educator Externships, RGV Mentors, and projects in communities with EDCs and others
GenTX Regional Strategies
Created in 1998 to help address counselors’ needs:
“The effectiveness of the developmental guidance and counseling program is directly related to the counselor-to-student ratio within the program.” (Texas Education Agency, School Guidance and Counseling – Recommended Ratios)
Regional operation (four counties)◦ Current Chairs: Larry Barroso, South Texas College, and
Valerie Paredes, Harlingen CISD◦ Immediate Past Chairs: Norma Salazar, Texas State
Technical College, and Sandra Rodriguez, Harlingen CISD Meets jointly with P-16 Council, with GenTX
blended into agendas
Counselors’ Network
September 19: 77 total participants, including:◦ 32 counselors/counseling administrators from ISDs◦ 2 Advise Texas Advisors from ISDs◦ 17 student services representatives from IHEs
Teamed with Upper Rio Grande P-16 Council to provide special presentation about GenTX Day 2012, GenTX Rock Your Future, GenTX Way to Pay, GenTX Day 2013, and GenTX website
Future meeting dates: ◦ November 14◦ February 13◦ May 8
Counselors’ Network
A•L•A created in 2003 by McAllen Economic Development Corporation, Region One Education Service Center, and Tech Prep of the Rio Grande Valley (now RGV LEAD), to strengthen the employer/ educator connection. ◦ Goal (Educator Perspective): Bring relevance into the classroom, creating
connections that help students prepare successfully for college and career opportunities
◦ Goal (Employer Perspective): Provide more productive and functional employees for businesses
Incorporated GenTX into inservice training for Educator Externs for ALA 2012:◦ Messages from the Learn More Earn More page of the GenTX website (Join
the Movement: http://gentx.org/) Don’t stop with high school. Learning more now equals earning more later. As little as two years of college or career training could be the difference between
earning minimum wage and earning $16, $22, or even $34 per hour. That’s up to $70,000!
A•L•A Educator Externships
RGV Mentors is a network of professionals created to help facilitate success of high school students in the Rio Grande Valley
School-Based Component operates in partnership with school districts, on high school campuses (campus contacts are often counselors)
Community-Based component operates in the community, separately from schools, to maximize success for all participants
Infused GenTX components into RGV Mentors sessions for students in Spring 2012
RGV Mentors: Building a Brighter Future, One Student at a Time
Counselors’ Update sessions, begun in 2008 and continuing annually thereafter
2012 Update at The University Center at TSTC in September 2012 (over 100 Counselors participating)
Sessions include presentations by college leaders from instruction and student services; topics such as Event Planning 101; TSTC Web 101; WebAdvisor training; and other topics of interest to counselors
Related Events at TSTC
Creating the RGV’s RegionalTransition-Counseling Workshop
Need for session identified during P-16 Council discussions 26 ISDs and 5 IHEs spent almost a year working
together in the Lower Rio Grande P-16 Early College High School Planning Consortium
Original plan for a brief presentation on one P-16 Council agenda led to a regional event held at UTPA in April 2012
Planning occurred through P-16 Regional Outreach & Counseling Leadership Team
Several planning meetings in which partners from the P-16 Regional Outreach & Counseling Leadership Team collaborated—plus:◦ Other IHE leaders recruited by P-16 Regional Outreach
partners (UTPA, STC, TSTC, UTB/TSC)◦ Partners from Region One Education Service Center◦ Partners from family-serving organizations◦ Staff from the P-16 Council and the corporation
Planned together in teams that ultimately became presentation teams
Outcome was a successful event at which all participants acquired new information that will help us help our students
Transition-Counseling (cont.)
Of the 184 participants, 105 were counselors
Evaluations were positive: this event met a need for our region
The group is planning now to incorporate transition-counseling strands into regional conference to be held at South Padre Island on December 5-6, 2012
Transition-Counseling (cont.)
Can anyone here say that if we can't do it, someone down the road can do it? And if no one does it, what happens to the country? ... I know it's a tremendous challenge, but ask yourselves: If not us, who? If not now, when?
Ronald Reagan, quoted by RGV LEAD Board Chair, Rene Capistran (President – South Texas Region, SpawGlass Contractors) at Annual Superintendents’ Meeting in September 2012
Questions? Comments? Patricia G. (Pat) Bubb, Executive Director, RGV LEAD
[email protected]; 956.364.4512
In Conclusion