Florida School Counselors:
If you were a
school counselor in Florida during the 2013-14 school year, you should have
recently received a critically important survey from OPPAGA that was sent via
email.
So you are
all informed, having the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
Accountability (OPPAGA) conduct this survey for school counseling is a first
and important step for our profession in the state. This office only takes projects as directed
by state law, the presiding officers, or the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee
and because of the prestige and credibility this office holds in Tallahassee, the results and a strong response rate
are important. Results will be used for ‘next steps’ to garner support and
potential legislative action (bills) to support school counseling.
Folks… this
is YOUR FUTURE… Although we can’t predict exactly what may result, we do know
from the advocacy work these past few years and the time spent in conversations
with legislators and the governor’s office, that this information will be
extremely helpful in efforts to support and expand school counseling across the
state. The survey you received yesterday is one of a number of steps FSCA is
taking to garner state-wide support for our profession.
We encourage
you to complete the survey. Additionally, because legislators ask how many
school counselors are members of FSCA, having a strong membership base is
important. If you can, please join FSCA. http://www.fla-schoolcounselor.org/
If you
believe should have received a survey and did not, please contact Kim Shafer at
shafer.kim@oppaga.fl.gov or 850-717-0530 so that
she can provide you with a unique link for completing the survey. Keep in mind that survey links are unique and
should not be shared with others.
Thank you for
taking the time to read this letter.
Please feel free to contact any of us with questions.
FSCA Board
Chair
Rebecca A. Schumacher
FSCA, Immediate Past
President
rebecca.schumacher@unf.edu
Peg Reale
FSCA, Asst. Chair & Advocacy Chair
realema@collierschools.com