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CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SUPERVISORS OF CHILD WELFARE AND ATTENDANCE - CASCWA
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Conference Lodging Click the link to book your stay. https://securesvl.com/irmng/#/availability?nck=&resort=01&arrival=2022-05-10&departure=2022-05-13&target=availability&promocode=CASCWA&_ga=2.17795065.1768130070.1638976036-271341001.1638976036
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2022 CASCWA STATE CONFERENCE IN PERSON EVENT REGISTISTRATION IS SOLD OUT The Virtual One Day Registration is OPEN! The CASCWA Delta Sierra Section is excited to release the details for the 85th annual CASCWA State Conference. Hosted at the Palisades Tahoe (formerly known as the Village at Squaw Valley), Delta Sierra could not have picked a more picturesque and peaceful location nestled in the heart of the Olympic Valley. Held May 11-13, 2022, the state conference theme speaks to CASCWA’s goal and commitment to its members of “Education, Equity, & Empowerment”. Registration for the one day virtual event on May 12 is now OPEN! those unable to attend in-person, a one day, streaming event will be broadcast live on May 12 from the venue.
Conference Program Programs will be in all in person attendee bags but you can preview the conference program here. CASCWA State Conference 2022 Booklet.pdf Already a sponsor and need to submit payment? CLICK HERE TO PAY FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP https://cascwa.wildapricot.org/event-4570981 TO TO TO |
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2022 CASCWA Scholarship Information - Click below! |
April's Legislative Update is now on the "CASCWA Website Legislative Page!" Will you be in compliance? |
BAY SECTION VIRTUAL WORKSHOP - ENGAGING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES This was a "Free Virtual Event" via ZOOM held on March 11, 2022
There has never been a time in our society when our school systems have been so important to our communities. Whether we want it or not, all the issues in society eventually find away into our schools. Our CASCWA’s Bay Section delivered a truly enlightening workshop on March 11th that provided specific factual information on homelessness and immigrant families. The more we know, the better we can do our jobs! “Thank you” to Evelyn Ocasio and all the members of our Bay Section Executive Board for making this workshop a reality. Click below to go to the Bay Section's Home Page where you will find the flyer for the workshop with the names of the presenters and a description of their presentations. You will also find the three power point presentations. The Bay Section is currently working on placing a video of the workshop on our website. If we can do so, we will send out an update when done! |
CASCWA TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN THE HISTORY REFLECTED IN THEIR INTERCOM NEWSLETTERS In this April 2022 edition, you will find: Information on our 2022 CASCWA State Conference at Palisades, Tahoe; Registration link to the “Virtual” One Day State Conference; California declining enrollment information; CASCWA State & Section President’s Messages; 2022 CDE State Model SARB award recipients; April Legislative Update; Information from School Innovation and Achievement; Interview with CASCWA’s Kevin Torosian; S4 2022 California Laws Relating to Minors; and two pages of Jeni Mendel’s Website Pages! We will be sending outs several updates over summer and will target September for our next edition of the Intercom! CASCWA April 2022 Intercom Edition 2.pdf |
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CASCWA Southern Section's Phil Kauble Virtual Topical Forum Workshop held on February 4, 2022 REsupporting Student Behavior CLICK HERE FOR THE WORKSHOP'S POWER POINT CLICK BELOW TO ACCESS THE WORKSHOP'S ZOOM RECORDING:   Southern Section held their fall workshop entitled, “Maximizing Learning Opportunities Through a Focus on Social Emotional Learning!” on November 5th. It was a highly successful workshop and we created a follow-up by adding several pages to the workshop's power point. Please click below to access! |
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The 2021 CASCWA State Conference was "Awesome!"
Congratulations to the entire "Southern Section Executive Board" for a job well done! This year's state conference faced challenges that no previous conference had ever faced. Rick Riegle and his entire team took on the challenges and exceeded expectations. Rick had a vision of using "Zoom" and "Sched" and combining with excellent, relevant presentations into a winning combination.
We are currently in the process of adding conference information onto our website. This will take some time over the next several weeks. Once completed there will specific information on our "State Conference Page", "Attendance Model SARB Page" and our Sponsor Page.
Details are in the process of being finalized for the 2022 CASCWA State Conference" Incoming State President, Melissa Parrett, and the entire Delta Sierra Executive Board are already busy at work. They are targeting the event to be early in May of 2022 and will soon be putting out a "Save the Date" with the specific information. Please click here to go to our conference page: https://cascwa.wildapricot.org/Conference
CASCWA'S PAST "INTERCOMS" CASCWA is proud of the history of our organization that is preserved in the past editions of the Intercom!
Click here to access past editions of the Intercom! |
CASCWA wishes to thank our 2021 CASCWA Conference Sponsors! Please take the time to review all of our sponsors offerings! Please go to our conference page for more information. |
Student Scholarships 2022! Each of our CASCWA sections are in the process of preparing their scholarship information and "Nomination Forms." More information will be posted when available! |
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2021 CASCWA STATE & SECTION AWARD RECIPIENTS |
LEE LUNDBERG STATE CASCWA AWARD  Each year there are five awards presented by CASCWA. The "Lee Lundberg" award is presented by the state executive board to the one person who is recognized by their peers as having contributed greatly to CASCWA and has truly made a difference. Each Section also selects one individual for their contributions! Each recipient receives a framed print of Norman Rockwell's "Golden Rule." This year's recipient is Michelle Walsh! |
| Michelle Walsh is the Vista Unified School District’s Coordinator of Student Support Services. She directly supports youth who are homeless, teen parents, LGBTQIA+, in foster care, incarcerated, expelled, or in military families. Michelle's current focus is human trafficking prevention. She speaks around the state about the risks of human trafficking for all our youth. She serves on the Education CSEC Subcommittee for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the North County Human Trafficking Prevention Collaborative and manages the Project SaFE subgrant. She is also the Attendance Supervisor and coordinates attendance letters, data and incentives, the Student Attendance Review Board, and a new intermediate attendance and engagement intervention DART (District Attendance Review Team), which is "Keeping kids on target". Michelle coordinates mental health services for the district. She is responsible for EPSDT, the elementary counselors, suicide prevention education, early intervention and prevention grants, the school social workers, all behavioral health subcontractors, and the District Crisis Response Team. Michelle guides school sites through the annual update of the Comprehensive School Safety Plans, is the district's active shooter trainer, serves on the City of Vista Community Safety Commission, and is the liaison between the district attorney's office, law enforcement and the district. Michelle both lives and works in Vista. She is the mother of three school-aged children Reagan, Nico,and Rock and enjoys being an active member of the Amigos de Vista Lions Club, whose focus is on youth sports and eyeglasses for children in need. Michele has served CASCWA as the State Secretary and we are honored that she will be continuing in this position for 2021-22! |
Bay Section
Award Recipient DiShawn Givens | Delta Sierra Section
Award Recipient Melissa Parrett | San Joaquin Section 
Award Recipient Maisie Young | Southern Section
Award Recipient Jennifer Kottke |
Southern Section Fall Workshop October 28, 2020 "Issues in Student Services"
Southern Section hosted a "Virtual Zoom Fall Workshop on October 28th. Eight hundred and forty registrations! The presentations were excellent. We have put together a pdf file on the workshop that reflects these important presentations. We thank all who attended! Click below for pdf file: Southern Section Issues in Student Services October 28 2000 for Web.pdf | San Joaquin Section's Attendance Certificate and Roundtable Workshop Friday, 11/6/2020 The first presentation was by Kristi Jackson, Fresno USD, 2020 Model SARB Attendance & SARB Coordinator. The topic was “Developing a Model SARB Program during COVID 19.” The second presenter was Manuel Escandon, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools. His Topics included: Chronic Absences verses Truancy, Attendance Mandates/Policies, Data Analysis/Sub Groups, Dashboard Indicators: Chronic Absenteeism and Engaging Parents & Collaboration. Click Below San Joaquin November 6th Workshop Follow Up.pdf | CASCWA San Joaquin Section Second Virtual Roundtable "Supporting Students Returning to School After COVID-19" Friday December 4, 2020 Presenter: Jenny Betz - WestEd Click below to see the follow-up write up from the presentation! San Joaquin December 4th Workshop Follow Up.pdf | CASCWA's Bay Section WINTER ZOOM WORKSHOP 2021 February 25, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM THIS WORKSHOP WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! THANKS TO ALL WHO JOINED Topic: How to build and maintain culture during the pandemic and times of crisis! |
2022 Model SARBs
The CDE Model SARB Recognition Program identifies outstanding results-based school attendance improvement programs that provide comprehensive services to high-risk youth with school attendance or school behavior problems.
CASCWA is proud of our relationship with the California State School Attendance Review Board and honored to host the annual recognition program at our state conference. David Kopperud and the entire State SARB are making a true positive difference throughout the state. Jennifer Gomez Trejo and Jason Farrell will soon be adding information and videos to our model SARB webpage!
Compliance The topic of district compliance on several mandates was discussed at an earlier board meeting. The board members stated that we need to communicate several mandates to make certain that our members and friends are aware of the specifics of several main compliance mandates.
The following sign and postings per ed code are required (Click on the bill below):
AB 34- James Ramos- Bullying reporting policies and procedures must be posted on the front page of the local school district website. AB 9- Seth's Law- Bullying policies reporting and procedures must be posted in all school offices, faculty lounges, and ASB rooms. Homeless- Poster- Must be posted at the office- Mckinney Vento Law Dan Martin of the Los Banos USD provided the following examples of notifications to share with our members and friends: Homeless Flier Sp Los Banos USD.pdf; Homeless Flier Sp Los Banos USD.pdf; LBUSD Community Resources.pdf; LBUSD Community Resources - Spanish.docx; Legal Notice for Pupils and Parent- Bullying.pdf; Legal Notice for Pupils and Parent- Bullying Sp.pdf; Sexual harassment example poster for 9-12.pdf; 48240. (a) The governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools shall appoint a supervisor of attendance and any assistant supervisors of attendance as may be necessary to supervise the attendance of pupils in the school district or county. The truancy mandates are EC Sections 48260.5 (First Notification Mandate) and 48262 (Habitual Truant Mandate). Both mandates are found on the CDE Truancy web page at: tps://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ai/tr/ |
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CASCWA'S "INTERCOMS" CASCWA is proud of the history of our organization that is preserved in the past editions of the Intercom! Click here to access past editions of the Intercom! | BRIAN CHANDLER HONORED
Brian Chandler will go down in “CASCWA History” as one of “CASCWA Greatest State Presidents!” He will also be remembered as the 2020 CASCWA Lee Lundberg Award Recipient. The most prestigious CASCWA award! Brian was in charge of Ceres USD Campus Police Program. He became a member of the San Joaquin Section. He became our webmaster. Eventually, he worked his way through the levels and became their section president and then on to the 2018-19 CASCWA State Presidency where he was awesome! Brian’s love has always been in law enforcement. In the spring of 2020, he left Ceres USD and became a member of the police department in the City of Ceres. Brian will continue to be part of CASCWA. We wish him well in his new career. Thank you Brian for all that you have done for CASCWA! |
