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Membership

 

LPPA is unique in that its membership involves 7 similar, but distinctive Specialized Instructional Support Services professions. (Please note: School Counselors are differentiated by the grade levels they serve: Elementary, Middle School and High School). To ensure communication regarding bargaining topics, committee work, activities, as well as consideration of the specific needs of each group, every profession is also an LPPA Subgroup. Representatives from each Subgroup are included in both the Negotiations Team and the Executive Board  

 

For more information about Specialized Instructional Support Service Professionals, please visit

The National Alliance of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (NASISP)

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To familiarize yourself with the training and functions of the Instructional Support Service Professionals of LUSD, please see below. Please note: Educational/Credential Requirements listed are specific to advertised LUSD job descriptions, not necessarily the respective professions at large.

To join LPPA, simply click the button to the right and print the registration form.  Once completed, scan your form and email it to our treasurer JoAnne Blount.

Credentialed School Nurses

Credentialed School Nurses serving LUSD: Approximately 19

Supervisor: Coordinator of Health Services

Education/Credential Requirements: RN License, Bachelor's Degree or higher, School Nurse Services Credential

Professional Organizations: National Association of School Nurses       California School Nurses Organization

 

Instructional Support Services include...

 

  • Promote wellness and positive health choices

  • Oversee immunization programs

  • Assess student health and development

  • Implement student wellness maintenance plans

  • Provide information and referrals to community resources

  • Communicate specific student health concerns and treatments to school staff

  • Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school staff other support service staff to rule out health related roadblocks to student school success

School Psychologists

School Psychologists serving LUSD: Approximately 37

Supervisor: Coordinator of Psychological Services

Education/Credential Requirements: Bachelor's Degree or Higher, including a post-BA program of 60+ semester units, Pupil Personnel Services-School Psychology Credential

Resources: National Association of School Psychologists      California Association of School Psychologists

 

Instructional Support Services include...

 

  • Provide psycho-educational testing, interpretation and explanation

  • Promote educational and personal development of students

  • Assist with appropriate placement recommendations

  • Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school staff and other support service staff to develop, implement and monitor appropriate programs for student school success

Speech-Language Pathologists

SLP serving LUSD: Approximately 40

Supervisor: Coordinator of Health Services

Education/Credential Requirements: Master's Degree or higher in Speech-Language Pathology and Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential

Professional Organizations:  American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

                                        Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensory Board of California

 

Instructional Support Services include...

 

  • Promote prevention, education, and information regarding communicative disorders

  • Assess and diagnose communicative disorders

  • Develop, implement and monitor appropriate treatment plans for qualifying students

  • Communicate treatment plan goals to appropriate school staff

  • Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school staff, and other support service staff regarding student Speech and Language concerns and goals, and how they relate to student school success

Program Specialists

Program Specialists serving LUSD: Approximately 6

Supervisor: Coordinator of Special Education

Education/Credential Requirements: Bachelor's Degree (Master's preferred) and one or more of the following credentials: Special Education Clinical Services, Health Services, or Pupil Personnel Services-School Psychology

Professional Organizations: Varies, depending on services credential

 

Instructional Support Services include...

 

  • Mentor resource specialists, other special education staff, and IEP team members regarding methods, strategies, and interventions for students in both general and special education programs

  • Provide assistance in the development, selection, and securing of appropriate interventions, curriculum and equipment to meet program needs of qualifying students

  • Communicate with school site staff regarding logistics and clarification in their efforts to follow student program needs

  • Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school staff, and other support service staff to ensure appropriate placement, implementation of services, and effectiveness of overall program, in order to expand student school success

School Counselors:
Elementary School, Middle School, High School

PSC serving LUSD: 40 (22 ES/15 MS/26 HS) 

Supervisor: Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education

Education/Credential Requirements: Bachelor's Degree or higher and Pupil Personnel Services-School Counseling (current PSC credentialing programs only offer the PPS-SC as part of a Master's Degree)

Professional Organizations: American School Counselor Association          The California Association of School Counselors

 

Instructional Support Services include...

 

  • Support student needs involving academic, career, and personal/social development across all grade levels, in preparation for progress toward the world of work and adulthood

  • Promote student competence, confidence and positive attitudes related to school

  • Assist in identification and intervention surrounding barriers to success

  • Communicate expectations for student achievement, including diploma options and requirements, and post-secondary opportunities

  • Provide information and referrals to connect with community resources

  • Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school staff, and other support services staff to refine and reinforce effective life skills and strategies to maximize student school success

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