Community Counseling

It is my firm belief that education counseling also has a community focus. For me, that has evolved over a period of more than 20 years. I first became an educator on July 1, 1987 working as an ESL/English teacher in Carver Middle School (L.A.U.S.D). It was at Carver where I had extensive dialogues with Mr. Charles Caballero, our principal, about defining problems to educate our students. He gave me a lot of room to find myself as a professional. One day he took me on a tour to visit nonprofit agencies in the community. As we continued to dialogue that day he made it clear that we needed to better coordinate how the various existing community based resources could serve our students. It was at that point I realized the importance of a greater connectedness with community as a means to better educate students.  

All of my career as a public school educator has been about working between the community and the school system to either identify or create programs to enhance the educational experience of students.

Press here The Village Drummer Newsletter to find some articles about an interesting collaboration that has evolved as a result of this education counselor's emphasis on maintaining a community focus.