REGISTRATION ALERT:
EACH PARTICIPANT MUST REGISTER THEMSELVES BY LOGGING INTO THEIR ACSA MEMBER ACCOUNT OR BY CREATING A NON-MEMBER ACCOUNT. PARTICIPANTS MUST PERSONALLY AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ACADEMY CODE OF CONDUCT.
DO NOT REGISTER ANYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF.
SUMMARY
The Association of California School Administrators provides a full range of academies, in nine leadership specializations, to meet your needs as a school administrator, confidential employee or classified manager. Because ACSA represents all members of the district management team, we can help you build the administrative and leadership skills needed in your current job, while preparing you to take advantage of career advancement opportunities.
ACSA’s job-specific academies provide a solid foundation in the application of leadership and management fundamentals for administrators who are new or aspiring to advanced leadership positions. The academies are seen as the “fast track” into your career as a superintendent, principal, business manager, curriculum and instruction or personnel administrator, special education/pupil services director, confidential employee or classified manager. We invite you to take advantage of these exceptional high quality professional learning opportunities as ACSA continues to innovate to better meet your needs.
The academies attend to the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) and the standards for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing’s (CTC) Professional Clear Administrative Services Credential (CASC) program. The ACSA Clear Administrative Credential Program is CTC-approved (see additional information at www.acsa.org/credentialing).
Pupil Services Academy
Intended Audience
Assistant/Associate Superintendents of Student Services; (general and Special Education) district administrators including coordinators and directors responsible for child welfare and attendance; district and county office pupil services administrators; site administrators; school counselors; school psychologists; those aspiring to pupil services leadership; school board members.
The ACSA Pupil Services Academy covers a variety of topics pupil services administrators must know and understand to be successful at all levels and areas of responsibility. The academy is designed with a consistent focus on equity, leadership, communication, prevention, and intervention. Sessions include best practices and strategies and resources for methods of implementation. Within the context of local control accountability planning and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the academy integrates the principles of:
• organization and cultural environment,
• dynamics of strategic issues and management,
• ethical and reflective leadership,
• analysis and development of public policy, and
• management of information systems and human and fiscal resources.
For CTC-approved Clear Administrative Services Credential programs, and with prior approval of the credentialing program leadership, academy hours may be used toward completing annual required professional development requirements.
Specific themes include:
• Enrollment Processes;
• Special Populations and Pupil Services;
• Equity and Due Process;
• Accountability and Evaluation;
• School Attendance and School Attendance Review Board
(SARB);
• Alternatives to Discipline and Behavior Issues;
• Safe Schools;
• Suspension and Expulsion;
• School Placements, Transfers, and Appeals;
• Student Records, Confidentiality, and Custody Issues;
• Intervention: Pre-Referral through Referral Process;
• Section 504;
• Home and Hospital Instruction; and,
• Advocacy for Students.
The course syllabus and materials provided to participants are excellent resources for ongoing reference and career planning.
2026-27 meeting format
Participants experience 70 hours of professional learning over seven weekends in a Virtual/Online or Hybrid meeting format for 10 hours per Academy weekend.
