Program Information Description Updated: 1/29/10
Contact updated: 2016
Program approved for: MSW 1st Year [X] MSW 2nd Year [X] PPSC [X]
Parent Agency Name: Aspire Public Schools
Agency Phone Number: (510) 612-7003
Website: www.aspirepublicschools.org
Program Name: California College Preparatory Academy: Aspire Public Schools - School-Based Mental Health/Social Work
Additional Sites:
The sites that have with on-site SW/PPS field supervisors:a. Monarch Academy (K-5)b. ERES Academy (K-8)c. Richmond Cal Prep (6-12)d. Richmond Technology Academy (K-5)e. Golden State Prep (6-12)f. Lionel Wilson College Prep (6-12)g. East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy (6-12)h. Berkley Maynard Academy (K-8)
Agency/Program Address:
1001 22nd Avenue
Oakland, CA 94606
Program Description: Aspire Public Schools is a not-for-profit organization that builds and operates high quality public charter schools to prepare urban students for college.
Clientele Served: The total enrollment at California College Preparatory Academy (Cal Prep) is 200. We currently serve grades 8-11 and will grow to serve grades 9-12 in the 2010/2011 academic year. Most of our students commute to Cal Prep from where they reside in Oakland and Richmond, primarily. The breakdown of the student population based on ethnicity is as follows: 62% African American, 31% Latino, 4% Asian, and 3% other. This year 55% of the student body is eligible for the free or reduced lunch program.
Issues Program Addresses: The most significant social problem addressed by the counseling team at Cal Prep is the oppression that our students experience in their daily lives. With 100% of the student body being adolescents of color and over 55% of these students eligible for the free or reduced lunch program, the young people at Cal Prep are grappling with issues related to racism, classism, and ageism, to name a few. These issues increase and, to some extent, cause the myriad social/emotional concerns and problems that our students face. These social/emotional concerns and problems then add to the oppression of our students by limiting the access to college we are trying to help them achieve.
Intern Assignments: Because of Cal Prep’s commitment to preparing urban students for college, understanding and addressing the needs of the whole child is a school-wide value and approach. As a result, counseling services are widely utilized by our students who are referred by parents, teachers, or through self-referral. Interns step into a school culture that embraces and appreciates the services they provide to the students and one which supports the intern’s role. The primary role of the student intern is to provide direct mental health services to the student’s at Cal Prep. Interns will be expected to build and maintain a caseload of no less than eight individual clients and are responsible for all corresponding paperwork. Additionally, interns are encouraged and supported in facilitating therapeutic groups on campus and working with families.
Intern Training & Educational Opportunities: Interns are an integral part o the learning culture at Cal Prep and are not only supported in their MSW/PPS learning, but are also welcome to participate in many of the professional development opportunities available through Aspire.
Intern Benefits: (Include stipend, conferences, car, food, etc.) Every intern placed at Cal Prep is eligible for a $1,000 stipend contingent upon completion of the internship. $500 will be granted at the end of the first semester and the remaining $500 will be granted at the end of the second semester.
Other Special Placement Procedures or Requirements (Including Dates of Internship, Special Application Forms and Deadlines): The academic year starts at the beginning of August and ends in mid-June. There may be some flexibility regarding the start date, but interns can expect that their commitment is through the end of the academic year, in mid-June. A T.B. screening, criminal records check/fingerprinting, and child abuse index clearance are all required of incoming interns.
Keywords:
1st-Year MSW, 2nd-Year MSW, PPSC, mental health, school based, adolescents, Stipend
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