Student Services

CAREER SPECIALIST - Rose Tozzi

Career specialists provide career information and follow-up services related to occupational, technical, career, and educational training and employment. The purpose of the program is to assist students in making the transition from school to work.

The Career Specialist Program has been operating successfully in Hillsborough County Schools since 1972. It serves parents, school personnel, the business community and thousands of students per year in the area of career education. Career Specialists in Hillsborough County have a minimum of five years of full-time work experience outside of teaching and two years of postsecondary education plus experience working with youth successfully.

Our Career Specialist is a member of the student services staff working together for the continued success of students.

• Parents
• Faculty
• Employers
• Administrators
• Advisory Committees
• Public and Private Agencies
• Community Based Organizations
• Public and Private Training Institutions
• Other Departments Within Hillsborough County's School System

CAREER SPECIALIST

• Provide occupational and technical career information.
• Assist students in the development of realistic career goals.
• Recruit students for technical career programs.
• Plan career programs and activities.
• Make career presentations.
• Assess students' interests and aptitudes.
• Provide technical career counseling and referral for potential school leavers.
• Provide job placement assistance.
• Provide employability skills training.
• Help students obtain work credentials.
• Coordinate activities between schools, the business community and military services.
• Involve community-based organizations in the career development of students.
• Consult with parents and school personnel regarding students' career plans.
• Make referrals to appropriate technical career, educational and employment programs.

HUMAN RELATIONS SPECIALIST - Donna James

1. Provide peer mediation, counseling, and follow-up services for students.
2. Organize and implement peer mediation program.
3. Link between school and community Chamber of Commerce P.O.I.N.T. Home visits as requested by Principal/Assistant Principal(s)
4. Manage/Supervise clothes closet. 5. Member of Intervention Team.
5. Maintain ongoing follow-up counseling service for students receiving ISS Ð develop action plan with students.
6. Assist with the free/reduced breakfast /lunch program.
7. Organize and implement PET, SAC and Connect-A-Kid.
8. Small group counseling services for students with classroom disruptions.
9. Back-Up in the AP Office as directed by the Principal.
10. Supervisory duties as assigned by the Principal or designee.

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER (SRO) - Deputy Greaves

1. Coordinate school activities with the school principal and staff members.
2. Research issues related to law, student safety and community social problems, and present them
3. to students, parents, and facility members.
4. Obtain prior approval for classroom presentations from the Crime Prevention Lieutenant and the
5. County School Board or principal of a private school.
6. Inform faculty members of available programs.
7. Coordinate Sheriffs Office off-duty personnel for school activities.
8. Participate in school functions and after school activities, when possible.
9. Investigate, document, and notify Unit Supervisor and school principal of incidents involving
10. gangs, or student conflicts that may lead to the disruption of school functions.
11. Establish a liaison between the school and the surrounding community to give advice or support
12. to residents and businesses regarding law enforcement matters.
13. Conference with students, parents and faculty members regarding problems of a law enforcement
14. or Crime Prevention nature.
15. As time and duty permits, attend student, parent, faculty, and community meetings to solicit
16. support and understanding of the program.