EEDA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WWW.CAROLINACAREERS.ORG/EEDA

1. EEDA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS • WWW.CAROLINACAREERS.ORG/EEDA

2. 2006 REGIONAL GUIDANCE WORKSHOPS • WEEK ONE • Tuesday, September 5, Midlands Technical College, Columbia, • Wednesday, September 6, Aiken Technical College, Aiken, • WEEK TWO • Wednesday, September 13, York Technical College, Rock Hill, • Thursday, September 14, Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence

3. 2006 REGIONAL GUIDANCE WORKSHOPS • WEEK THREE • Thursday, September 21, Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, •  Friday, September 22, Trident Technical College, Charleston, • WEEK FOUR • Wednesday, September 27, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, • Thursday, September 28, Spartanburg Technical College, Spartanburg,

4. Making the EEDA Work for You! • Workshops for Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Directors, and Coordinators of District Guidance and Counseling Programs • August 28-31, 2006

5. SCHOOL COUNSELING UPDATES 2006-2007 • On SCETV • Dr. Ron Miles and Ann White • developing guidance program partnerships • 2) identifying available and appropriate resources • 3) increasing parental and guardian involvement in • school initiatives • 4) working with diverse student populations • September 20, 2006 • October 18, 2006 • January 24, 2007 • February 21, 2007

6. The EEDA Law and the Middle School Career Specialist • Section 59-59-20 (b) • Section 59-59-90 • Section 59-59-100

7. Section 59-59-20 (B) •  School districts must lay the foundation for the clusters of study system in elementary school by providing career awareness activities. In the middle grades programs must allow students to identify career interests and abilities and align them with clusters of study for the development of individual graduation plans. Finally, high school students must be provided guidance and curricula that will enable them to complete successfully their individual graduation plans, preparing them for a seamless transition to relevant employment, further training, or postsecondary study.

8. Section 59-59-90 •  Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, counseling and career awareness programs on clusters of study must be provided to students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, and they must receive career interest inventoriesand information to assist them in the career decision-making process. Before the end of the second semester of the eighth grade, eighth grade students in consultation with their parents, guardians, or individuals appointed by the parents or guardians to serve astheir designee shall select a preferred cluster of study and develop an individual graduation plan, as provided for in

9. Section 59-59-100 (A)  •  By the 2006-07 school year, middle schools and by 2007-08 high schools shall provide students with the services of a career specialist who has obtained a bachelor's degree and who has successfully completed the national Career Development Facilitator (CDF) certification training or certified guidance counselor having completed the Career Development Facilitator certification training. This career specialist shall work under the supervision of a certified guidance counselor. By the 2007-08 school year, each middle and high school shall have a student-to-guidance personnel ratio of three hundred to one. Guidance personnel include certified schoolguidance counselors and career specialists.

10. 06-07 Accountability for • Middle School Career Specialists • Employment Verification Form • Supervising School Counselor/Principal Signature • GCDF Certification Number • Funding and audit guidelines • The Career Specialist Report Form • November 15, March 15, and June 15 • Funding is for individual assuming the position • Funding cannot be spent on supplies, resources, and materials

11. Next Month’s Carolina Careers: • September 12, Tuesday, 10AM • EEDA Career Guidance Topic: “Integrating Career Activities in K-5: The Critical Need for an Early Start“ (Dr. Mary Thomas and Nancy Allen)