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Wisconsin School Counselor Association, Inc.

Our Mission:

To advance the profession of school counseling in preschool through post secondary in order to maximize the educational, academic, vocational and personal-social growth of each student.

Annual Conference

School Counselors Moving Forward

WSCA Annual Conference
February 24-26, 2010
Ramada Stevens Point Hotel
Stevens Point, WI

Steve Schneider, WSCA President

“School Counselors Moving Forward”

On behalf of the Wisconsin School Counselor Association Board I want to extend a warm invitation for you to attend this year’s WSCA Conference. For Professional School Counselors in Wisconsin, we are practicing at a time when there is a lot of energy around how to provide a comprehensive program that effectively impacts our students’ achievement. Year after year, the WSCA Conference has provided top-notch professional development opportunities for all of us to take advantage of as we search for new ideas or clearer understanding of the changes in the way we practice.

Last year brought the excitement of our new Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model, which compliments ASCA’s National Model. Now that we’ve all had some time to understand the new Wisconsin model, it’s time for us to “Move Forward” and begin to highlight the student achievement that is occurring in our buildings as a result of our work.

This year’s WSCA Conference promises to bring all of us useful information and renewed energy to press forward with our existing programs, as well as provide us with plenty of new ideas to further improve.

Looking forward to seeing you in Stevens Point!

Steve Schneider, President - 2008 - 2009 Wisconsin School Counselor Association

Wisconsin Education Standards

The WSCA Conference supports the following Wisconsin Pupil Service Professional, Teacher, and Administrator Standards:

  • Pupil Services Professional Standards – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
  • Teacher Standards – 2, 3, and 8
  • Administrator Standards – 1, 3, and 5

NBCC Contact Hours

NBCC Contact hours will be awarded for school and licensed professional counselors.

The Afterglow

The Afterglow will once again hold up its tradition of being enormously funny and entertaining. If you like to laugh out loud and enjoy having a good time, then don’t miss out on the clean comedy at the Afterglow on Thursday evening. Hope to see you there!

American Red Cross”—Disaster Relief Efforts

 

The American Red Cross helps people in need—free of charge—every single day! Your contribution means a great deal to the organization, but even more to the families who rely on the Red Cross to help them through some of the most difficult times of their lives. As you know the Red Cross has been very active in Wisconsin this year with the flooding earlier in the summer as well as very active with the recent spotlight of Hurricane Gustav.

You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year, disasters such as the hurricanes of 2008, by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. This Fund enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling, and other assistance to victims of disasters.

Disaster Mental Health (DMH) volunteers have a significant role within the American Red Cross. DMH is an official activity within the Disaster Division of the Red Cross. School counselors are now eligible for volunteer training in order to provide crisis counseling, psychological first aid, psychological triage and referral, condolence visits, and psycho-education to disaster survivors. Additionally, DHM volunteers proactively offer mental health support to all volunteers on disaster operations. The Red Cross depends on the presence of the DMH teams to provide support to the overall relief operations as well as some specific mental health services to clients and staff.

Recently, the Red Cross has extended an invitation to school counselors and WSCA for Mental Health Crisis training. The charity donations would be a way for WSCA to highlight the new partnership and provide a way for counselors to strengthen the partnership.

With your ongoing support we will keep America strong through these vital programs— Disaster Relief Services, Family Emergency Services, Domestic Preparedness for Bioterrorism, Critical Lifesaving Services, and 24-hour military assistance.

We are asking attendees to make cash donations or checks to the American Red Cross. It is a simple way to help others. Look for the donation boxes at the registration table, the opening ceremony, and Friday’s President’s Brunch. Checks should be made payable to the American Red Cross.