Jayne Caflin Fonash

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director of School Counseling, Academy of Science, (AOS), Loudoun County Public Schools, April 2005 – present. • Provides leadership, oversight, and coordination of a counseling program that provides for the academic, social, college and career development of all students at the Academy of Science. • Manage a comprehensive admission process for prospective students. • Coordination of services with 15 middle and high school counseling directors. • Meet regularly with high school assistant principals to coordinate co-enrollment of students • Additional responsibilities in concert with the Academy Director include creating and revising school policies and procedures, coordinating annual goals and action plan for the AOS, providing professional development opportunities for staff, forming partnerships with educators/researchers/ community leaders, supporting and supervising student co-curricular activities, coordinate orientation programs for new students and families, develop the master schedule.

Director of School Counseling, Potomac Falls High School, July 1996 – April 2005. • As a member of the opening administrative team, responsible for the development and administration of a comprehensive high school counseling program that provides for the academic, social and career development of all students at Potomac Falls High School; • Responsible for the direct supervision of eight staff members plus interns and parent liaisons; and for the standardized testing program at PFHS. • As a member of the Administrative Team, participate in developing and implementing plans, policies and procedures that affect the student body at PFHS.

School Counselor, Broad Run High School, August 1995 – June 1997. • Assigned to work with students in grades 10-12 as well as a member of the Team in the Broad Run Annex. • Worked with teachers, counselors and administrators in the team concept that results in significant support for the transition between middle and high school. • Worked with students and parents in the delivery of counseling services to all students. • Also served in the capacity of Activities Coordinator for the Broad Run Annex during the same time period; attended weekly administrative meetings.

Private Practice, Licensed Professional Counselor, 1987 – 1996. • Licensed Professional Counselor, Commonwealth of . Provided individual, marital and family therapy to a diverse population. • Practiced at the Centreville Counseling Center and at Graydon Manor.

Forensic Coordinator and Staff Therapist, Loudoun County Mental Health Center, March 1985 to March 1994. • Coordinated the provision of forensic services to the Loudoun County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Circuit Court and General District Court. • Trained at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy of the in 1986; later invited to provide training at semi-annual programs for Virginia mental health center practitioners. • Member of Loudoun County Interagency Child Sexual Abuse Team. • Established Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team in Loudoun County in conjunction with members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department and Loudoun County Fire and Rescue.

Staff Therapist, Prince William County Mental Health Center April 1979 – March 1985. • Provided outpatient mental health services, including individual, marital, family and group therapy, to a diverse population. Provided student support services to high school students.

Medical Social Worker, Holy Cross Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, November 1977 – February 1979. • Staff social worker in a 400-bed urban hospital. Primary responsibilities in the pediatric and geriatric units and the emergency room.

Child Protective Services Worker, Wayne County Michigan Department of Social Services Detroit, Michigan. November 1976 – November 1977. • Child Protective Services worker in urban setting. Assessed child safety, coordinated provision of family intervention services, and made court appearances as necessary.

LICENSING • Pupil Personnel License as a Counselor, Virginia Department of Education, 1995 to present; • Administrative License K-12, Administration & Supervision, 2012-present

AWARDS: • NACAC Excellence in Government Relations Award, 2013 o Presented annually to a NACAC member who has made outstanding efforts in support of policy initiatives that promote equal access to higher education, encourage student achievement and promote counselor excellence, and further the government relations priorities of NACAC member. • PCACAC Richard L. Apperson Award, 2015 o PCACAC’s highest honor is awarded annually to a member whose career embodies the ideals of the association - providing extraordinary service to students, to PCACAC and to the college counseling profession.

EDUCATION: Doctoral Candidate at the Curry School of the University of Virginia, Ed.D. Administration and Supervision.

M.A. Counseling, Villanova University. In addition to graduate studies, worked as a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Education for two years assisting faculty in educational research. Assistant to the Dean of Women as the Head Residence Hall Counselor for Undergraduate Women’s Housing.

B.A. English, Immaculata College. Editor-in-Chief, Immaculatan, college newspaper; named to “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, and Lambda Iota Tau.

PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS:  National Association of College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) (member 2000-present). o Current serving a three-year term as a Board Member of the NACAC Board of Directors, 2015-2018 o NACAC Assembly Delegate 2005-2008 as affiliate-elected delegate; o NACAC Assembly Delegate 2009-2011 as PCACAC President-Elect, President, and Past President; o Chief Delegate for PCACAC Assembly Delegation 2011. o NACAC Assembly Delegate as Chair of PCACAC GRC, 2012-2013 o Member Affiliate Presidents Council, 2009-2011 o NACAC Government Relations Committee Member, 2012-2015 o Local Counselor Day Co-Chair for NACAC Baltimore 2009 Local Arrangements Committee. o Critical Components Program 2011: Collaborated with NACAC to hold Boot Camp Program local counselors  Potomac and Chesapeake Association of College Admissions Counselors (PCACAC) (member 1999 to present) o President-Elect,2009-2010 o President, 2010-2011 o Past-President, 2011-2012 o Conference Chair for the 2010 conference, “The Hands of the Mentors Who Guide Us.” o Served a three-year term as a PCACAC High School delegate to NCACAC o Member, PCACAC Government Relations Committee and participant to the NACAC Legislative Conference in Washington DC, 2006 –. present o Chair, PCACAC GRC, 2012-2014 o Chair of Ad Hoc Committee to develop PCACAC Leadership Handbook/Operations Manual, 2011-2013 o Chair, PCACAC Nominating Committee, 2011-12 o Conference Planning Committee member, 2011-2015; Project Reach Chair 2012-2015  Member, Common Application Counselor Advisory Board, 2012-2015  Member, University of Alabama Counselor Advisory Board, 2015-16  Member, National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2005 to present.  Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006 to present.  George Mason Community Admissions Advisory Council, 2005 to 2008 PROFESSIONAL

PRESENTATIONS INCLUDING:  Testimony to United States Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Student Loan Debt, June 2014  Faculty member, PCACAC Summer Institute, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.  Presenter PCACAC Spring Conferences, 2011-2015  Faculty member PCACAC Drive-in Workshops 2009-2011  Presenter, district workshops in College Counseling professional development programming for new counselors in Loudoun County Public Schools, 2008-2014  Presenter, March Affiliate Presidents Council Meeting and Leadership Development Institute, 2011  Past presenter at NACAC, College Board, College Board Southern Region, HOBY Leadership Conferences.  The Physical Sciences as a Basis for Integration: The Academy of Science Model. Invited speaker at the 2006 National Summer Conferences Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching at the University of Maine, Orono Maine.

By Sue Rexford, PCACAC Presidents Committee Chair

The Richard L. Apperson Award, named in honor of PCACAC's first President, is the association's highest honor, awarded annually to a member whose career embodies the ideals of the association - providing extraordinary service to students, to PCACAC and to the college counseling profession.

As we celebrate the anniversary of the 50th conference for Potomac and Chesapeake, I can think of no one more deserving to be selected to receive the Richard L. Apperson Award in this monumental year than this year’s recipient. During my many years as a professional, I have seldom seen anyone more dedicated to advocating for those we serve, more committed to ensuring the success and sustainability of our association, and more caring and passionate about the work we do.

Although our recipient did not begin her career with college counseling as a goal, it is the area in which she has excelled and grown as a professional. Perhaps some of this can be attributed to her early work in child protective services, social work and mental health services. It was through these experiences that she refined her already strong sense of advocating for those who could least advocate for themselves.

Our recipient has proven time and again how committed and dedicated she is to all those we serve and it is her work in government relations that has been the vehicle to solidify her commitment and to make certain that the voices of all students and their counselors are heard. Serving first on the PCACAC Government Relations Committee and then later as its chair, our recipient took the work of the committee to new levels of advocacy and inclusion. Working to expand not only the work of the committee but the PCACAC-on-the-Hill Program, our recipient was instrumental in successfully bringing PCACAC-on-theHill to Maryland and Virginia and most recently to Delaware.

It was largely due to the efforts of our recipient in directing the spotlight onto the significance of government relations at the affiliate level that she was tapped to serve on the national NACAC Government Relations Committee, where she has continued to ably represent NACAC since 2012. In turn, NACAC, recognizing her unstinting and unwavering dedication to the power of effective government relations, chose her as the recipient of the 2013 NACAC Government Relations Award, an honor she so deserved.

She remains committed to serving those who are underserved and carried her message and shared her knowledge by testifying in front of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on behalf of NACAC in June 2014. The topic, something near and dear to her as a school counselor, was The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act. She spoke calmly, knowledgeably, and eloquently representing all of NACAC admirably. At the same time she was able to use this opportunity to continue her advocacy for students and their families and their continuing need for information to make sound decisions.

What is so admirable about our recipient is that she is a visionary, but at the same time has the work ethic and drive to implement her visions. During her presidential cycle, she observed, studied, and learned the inner workings of the PCACAC leadership. Seeking to find a way to help the association function more efficiently and effectively, she began working on a schematic for leadership and organization. Before committing to any one plan or process, she researched and studied models before developing an organizational structure that would best serve PCACAC and its individual needs. This process was successful not only because of the time and energy she put into the process, but also because she strove to build consensus and achieve buy-in through educating the leadership using sound, well thought out presentations on the benefits of reorganization. Not one to stop there, she then tackled the next hurdle to build an even stronger leadership model within PCACAC by laying the foundation for a leadership handbook to further align leaders and their roles in the association.

Just as Richard Apperson was committed to providing extraordinary service to students, committed to making PCACAC the best association it could be; and committed to the counseling profession, so is this year’s recipient. She is grounded in her belief that all students deserve to be represented, that all of us should be valued as professionals, and that we each have a role to play in effecting change for the better. No one could better sum up why the PCACAC Executive Committee chose this year’s recipient for the Richard L. Apperson Award than Virginia House of Delegates member Alfonso Lopez when he stated at the recent NACAC Legislative Conference, “If you want to make an impact, be Jayne Fonash.”

I am honored and proud to present the Apperson Award to Jayne Fonash!