General Information:
- A total of $20 million in funding is available for school counselor residency implementation grant programs from the California state budget signed by the Governor in July 2022. This funding is available for competitive grants to support a collaborative partnership between an eligible Local Education Agency (LEA) or a consortium of LEAs partnering with a Commission-approved professional preparation offering preparation in school counseling by a regionally accredited institution of higher education (IHE) to create school counselor residency programs. The funding may be used to establish new school counselor residency programs that support local efforts to recruit, develop support systems for, provide outreach and communication strategies to, and retain a diverse school counseling workforce that reflects a local educational agency community’s diversity.
School Counselor Residency Capacity Grant Program:
- The School Counselor Residency Capacity Grant RFA is now available to provide grant awards up to $250,000 per eligible applicant. Please note that there are two application windows for this RFA; and grant applications are due to the Commission by 5:00 pm on October 4, 2024, or March 7, 2025.
- Funding Announcements for the 2022 School Counselor Residency Capacity Grant Program
- Questions and Answers regarding the School Counselor Residency Capacity Grant RFA
School Counselor Residency Implementation Grant Program
- The School Counselor Residency Implementation Grant RFA is now available to provide grant awards up to $40,000 per resident for new or expanding residency programs. Please note that there are two application windows for this RFA; and grant applications are due to the Commission by 5:00 pm on October 11, 2024, or January 31, 2025.
- Funding Announcements for the 2022 School Counselor Residency Implementation Grant Program
- Questions and Answers regarding the School Counselor Residency Implementation Grant RFA
Commission Agenda Items
Update to the Residency Grant Programs
Agenda Item 3E - April 2024
This agenda item presents findings from WestEd on the Teacher Residency program authorized by the 2018 state budget and includes an update for the Commission on the continuance of the Teacher and School Counselor Residency Grant Programs authorized
by 2021 and 2022 funds.
Agenda Item 5D - April 2023
This agenda item presents a follow-up to the February 2023 update on the Teacher Residency Grant Program funded by 2018, 2021, and 2022 legislation and on the Statewide Residency Technical Assistance Center and School
Counselor Residency Programs authorized by 2022 legislation. Commission staff and the project team from WestEd will be present to review key findings and to answer questions about the data presented in the February 2023 agenda item.
Agenda Item 4B - February 2023
This agenda item presents an update on the Teacher Residency Grant Program funded by 2018, 2021, and 2022 legislation, and on the Statewide Residency Technical Assistance Center and School Counselor Residency Programs
authorized by 2022 legislation. WestEd is conducting an evaluation of the Teacher Residency programs authorized by the 2018 state budget and will provide an overview of their findings to date.