January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

ESC 11 Secondary Counselor Update

Susan Patterson

ESC 11

817-454-7579http://www.esc11.net/domain/421

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

ESC 11 Counselor Website

http://www.esc11.net/domain/421

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

• PSAT/SAT discussion• College Admissions Panel• APPLYTEXAS::• what is it really??

• Updates• Networking Topics

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

What’s Upwith

the New SAT?!?

•Tanya Walker•Henry Price•Princeton Review

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College Admissions Process

• Dawn Kahlden, Weatherford College

• Noemi Vela, TCC

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

ApplyTexasWhat is it really?

https://admin.applytexas.org/ http://www.esc11.net/domain/421

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Imagine the Possibilities

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

Updates

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

FHSP

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IGC (proposed)

SB 149

• Transfer students• June 1st/August 31st

• PEIMS requirements

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Endorsements (proposed)Ch 74

• The final course in the sequence must be selected [obtained] from [one of the CTE career clusters listed in] Chapter 130, Subchapter O, of this title (relating to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) or Career Preparation I or II and Problems and Solutions in Chapter 127, Subchapter B, of this title if the course addresses a STEM-related field

• Career Preparation I or II and Problems and Solutions in Chapter 127, Subchapter B, of this title if the course addresses a career from a field listed in clauses (i)-(x) of this subparagraph; or

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

Award of Credit

• 19 TAC §74.26

• A school district shall award credit proportionately to a student who is homeless or in substitute care who successfully completes only one semester of a two-semester course.

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SuicidePrevention

• Please click on the link below to read more on proposed suicide prevention training in all districts and the timelines for expected compliance.

• http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Laws_and_Rules/Commissioner_Rules_(TAC)/Proposed/15_12_Proposed_New_19_TAC_%C2%A7153_1013/

• Public comment is open until February 16th.

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Bullying

• In response to national and state concerns about the impact of bullying on students, The 82nd Texas Legislature approved measures that require school districts to develop anti-bullying policies and interventions. It further directed the DSHS, in collaboration with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), to provide an annually updated a list of best practice-based early mental health intervention and suicide prevention programs for implementation in general education settings. The updated list is available at the following link: Mental Health Resources for Educators and Schools

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

ESC 11 Counselor Website

http://www.esc11.net/domain/421

January 2016 Education Service Center Region 11

Thanks!Any questions?

•You can find me at

•spatterson@esc11.net

•817-740-7759