Words Before Registration

Just to answer some queries:

1. It is alright to do ONSITE Registration. While we prefer Pre-registration as Early Bird or Regular, there are those who may have decided to register onsite. That's alright. We have time and space still available.

2. RGCs pay only P2,500, not P3,000 as mistakenly written. CULPA NOSTRA! Por favor senyores y senyoras hehe.

3. RGCs are IPCAP members. They just have to activate their membership. Membership fee is P500, CPE Certification fee is P200. ID fee of P200 is good for three years. We have already started printing IPCAP ID's of those who have pre-registered. BRING ALONG YOUR most recent ID PICTURE, YOUR PRC LICENSE. We will provide the membership application forms as you register, with an IPCAP ID form as well. 1 picture should be sufficient.

4. This Convention has been approved for the number of CPE units requested, except that there is still a running discussion as to whether non-RGC workshop facilitators' workshops are credited as CPE. I hope the Board will hear our point which was granted last time: even non-RGC's workshops are CPE-credited because the speakers have credentials that show the Guidance Counseling profession can be enriched by them, can be continuing professional education sessions. They may not be RGCs but their contents are more than the entry level as licensed Counselors. Hope this can be given due consideration.

Until the next entry. Got to go. God bless and take care

CHED Memo and DepEd Endorsement for IPCAP-PACC Partnership Convention released

As guaranteed in the letter, the CHED memorandum for the upcoming IPCAP-PACC Partnership Convention has been released last Thursday, Sept. 09. Thanks a lot to the very efficient and reliable personnel at the Commission on Education. Acts such as this makes me realize we are on the "daang matuwid." While we shall make it available onsite for those who may request for it, here it is for everyone to read:




The DepEd Endorsement has likewise been released a day earlier. You may upload it from the DepEd website or simply click on the highlighted DepEd endorsement above. Thanks a lot as well to our very able and efficient, very helpful people at the Department of Education. We shall make it available onsite for those who request it.

Corrections on the upcoming IPCAP-PACC Convention

We would like to apologize for the typographical error in the invitation letter, particularly regarding the fees. For IPCAP and PACC members, fees paid starting Sept. 4 and onwards (Regular and no longer Early Bird) remains at P2,500, while non-members of both organizations shall pay P3,000. Fees may be paid in either accounts of the banks mentioned in the letter. Indeed, members are to have some benefits as we have enshrined in our by-laws. And to think that as non-stock, non-profit organizations, IPCAP and PACC would like to live by what we have been registered in the SEC for.

For IPCAP, membership fees are not included though in the current fees. Annual membership fee remains at P500. ID fee of P200 is good for three years. We charge P200 for the CPE certificate of earned units. Please note though that for IPCAP members who have already updated their membership this year are free from paying their membership dues. We pay membership dues ONLY ONCE A YEAR! Laking tulong na din for members no?

For membership, application forms are provided only to those with the PRC License as Registered Guidance Counselor (RGC). APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE AN IPCAP MEMBER WHO ARE NON-RGC. You may email me (berngu721@yahoo.com) for that form. After completion of the application form, please provide us a copy of your PRC license front and back sides, your recent ID picture 1 copy lang for inclusion in the membership application form.

For the ID, please email me a scanned copy of your picture (in jpg format), and your signature - use black ink on a white bond paper, your license number, and address you want to be used in the ID. Please provide ample space for cropping purposes between your name and your signature. We have an official ID which we can use anywhere for official purposes.

Welcome to the IPCAP-PACC partnership Convention on Empowering Counselors to Reach out to Families on Sept. 16-18, 2010. God bless and take care

2010 Guidance & Counseling Board Exams Results Released

The Board of Guidance and Counseling has released the list of those who passed the 2010 licensure examinations in Guidance and Counseling which were conducted last week, Aug. 26-27, 2010. Here is the news directly carried from the PRC website. Likewise, the Board has released another list of those who applied for licensure under the Grandfather's Clause (Sec. 14 Art III) of RA9258. Thanks to the present Board for all that they're doing. Here is the news:

August 2010 GUIDANCE COUNSELOR LICENSURE EXAMINATION RESULTS RELEASED IN TWO (2) WORKING DAYS
September 01, 2010

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 108 out of 180 passed the Guidance Counselor Licensure Examination given by the Board of Guidance and Counseling in Manila last August 2010 and 13 applicants were approved for registration without examination as Guidance Counselors in accordance with the provisions of R.A. No. 8981, cited as the “PRC Modernization Act of 2004”, Section 14, Article III of Republic Act No. 9258, known as the “Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004”, and Section 14, Rule III of Resolution No. 02, Series of 2007, known as the “Rules and Regulations of the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004”, and per Board Resolution No. 05 dated September 1, 2010, Series of 2010.

The members of the Board of Guidance and Counseling are Dr. Luzviminda S. Guzman, Chairman; Dr. Elena V. Morada and Dr. Carmelita P. Pabiton , Members.

The results were released in two (2) working days from the last day of examination.

Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will start on Monday, September 6, 2010 but not later than September 17, 2010. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 1 piece 1” x 1” picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2010-2013. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.

The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Sunday, October 3, 2010, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Centennial Hall, Manila Hotel, One Rizal Park, Manila.

Registration for membership with the Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (PGCA) will also start on Monday, September 6, 2010.

The performance of schools in the August 2010 Guidance Counselor Licensure Examination in alphabetical order as per R.A. 8981 otherwise known as PRC Modernization Act of 2000 Section 7(m) “To monitor the performance of schools in licensure examinations and publish the results thereof in a newspaper of national circulation” is as follows: (Any discrepancy in the report is not intentional on the part of the Commission, but rather due to miscoding of school codes by the examinees themselves. Concerned schools may write the Commission for correction.) Click here to view.

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

RANK NAME SCHOOL RATING(%)
1 RISALINA VELARDE UBAS DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA 87.05
2 LARAMIE REBULADO TOLENTINO DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA 86.50
3 LIBERTY LEDESMA OCHAVO UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LA SALLE 86.35
4 NIKO MARCO GAMBOA GAGOLINAN DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA 86.25
5 MARILET CASTILLO DELGADO MIRIAM COLLEGE (MARYKNOLL COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC) 86.05
6 ADESTY PAWID DULAWAN CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY-TUGUEGARAO 85.95
7 MARIA ROSANNA MONICA VILLAREAL MARABUT MIRIAM COLLEGE (MARYKNOLL COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC) 85.90
8 TERESITA OCSAN CRUZ HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY 85.70
9 CINDERELLA RAYMUNDO FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LA SALLE 85.60
10 RACHEL JOY CO ONG DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA 85.30
NOTHING FOLLOWS----------------------

The list of successful examinees in the GUIDANCE & COUNSELING LICENSURE EXAMINATION held on AUGUST 26 & 27, 2010. Click here to view.

The list of approved applicants for registration without examination per Board Res. No. 05 dated September 1, 2010, Series of 2010. Click here to view.

CONGRATULATIONS! May the tribe of Registered Guidance Counselors increase. God bless

1st IPCAP-PACC Partnership Convention 2010

The Integrated Professional Counselors Association of the Philippines (IPCAP) will hold a Convention in partnership with the Philippine Association of Christian Counselors (PACC) on Sept. 16-18, 2010 with the theme, “Empowering Counselors to Reach-Out to Families”. We want to strengthen the know-how and skills of counselors as they reach-out and help families thrive with the different challenges they are facing today. We want to further: 1) empower counselors to continue their work with confidence and look out for opportunities to help families struggling with co-dependency & addiction issues, having a child with special needs, or adolescents who are at-risk; 2) help counselors incorporate the 6 Essential Ingredients of Healthy Parenting into their work; 3) provide counselors a framework of the healthy Filipino family, identify dysfunctional family dynamics, and how setting emotional boundaries can help each family member live and function better; 4) help counselors have a better understanding of emotions and family relational patterns and how these work out in everyday situations in the home.

The Convention will be held at the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries 102 Valero St., Salcedo Village, Makati.

There will be 7 workshops, 5 of which each participant is entitled to attend. IPCAP, a CPE Provider (Acc. # 2010-005) has applied with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for 21 credit units for CPE or Continuing Professional Education. Participation in the plenary session and workshops is open to non-RGC’s and others for personal enrichment purposes. CHED, DepEd endorsement letters are available on request.

For more information, please email or text Fr. Bernardo R. Collera, SVD (berngu721@yahoo.com or 0919-6236605/ 0927-3842739/0932-4459810, Cesar Cong (cesarcong @tri-isys.com) or 0917-6076427, or Jane Lee (janelee306@yahoo.com) or 0916-3763604 or call 867-1961. We look forward to seeing you at the Convention. God bless!