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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.

 

Wisconsin School Counselor Association MISSION
 
To advance the profession of school counseling, preschool through post-secondary education, in order to maximize the academic, career, and personal-social growth of all students.
 
 
 
2008-2009 WSCA Committee/Members

PR/Advocacy: Chair: Kate Rorabeck
Education/Professional Development: Chair: Angela Buchenauer
Evaluation and Accountability: Chair: Post-secondary VP & VP Elect
Legislative: Chair: Emily Weege
Conference: Chairs: John Bowen and Mark Kuranz
Publications: Chair: Tabitha Menning
Membership: Chair: Marilyn Brink
Technology: Chair: Troy Schimek
Scholarship/Recognition: Chair: Allison Ceponis
Grad Student Representative: Chair: Brianne Mehlos
VP/VP Elects: Chair: Michael Morgen


2008-2009 Work Plans

The WSCA Board has identified four areas of focus. Our two year focus should be in the following four areas:

1. “One Vision, One Voice”-connecting school counselors with each other, to strengthen our vision for student learning and growth in Wisconsin.

2. To focus a strong voice in the direction of our state legislators.

3. To ensure key stakeholders not only see and hear our vision and voice for school counseling, but understand the school counseling profession.

4. To capitalize on the use of technology as a tool to communicate our vision to professional school counselors as well as key stakeholders.



2008-2009 Work goals

The WSCA Board has identified four goals to address the areas of focus. The goals are as follows:


I. To promote professional development of school counselors and graduate students in training.

A. How the goal is addressed

Annually completed:
1. Hold the WSCA annual conference. (Conference Committee)
2. Hold WSCA graduate classes at the WSCA annual conference. (Conference Committee)
3. Hold the WSCA LDI. (President)
4. Hold the Summer Leadership Academy. (Education/Professional Development)
5. Maintain website. (Technology Committee)
6. Continue to publish the Counselink on a quarterly schedule. (Publications)
7. Provide first year of membership free to school counseling graduate students. (Membership)
8. Maintain the SPARC-W process for submissions (Education/Professional Development)

6 month:
1. Create and collect resources for practicing school counselors (VP/VP Elects)
2. Dedicated section of website for the VP’s. (Technology and VP/VP Elects)
3. Develop a resource page for WSCA members on the website (PR/Advocacy)
4. Educate non-members about the web site and the wealth of resources available with membership. (PR/Advocacy)

1 year:
1. Promote ASCA conference for WSCA members (Education/Professional Development)
2. Develop training related to the new Wisconsin Model for Comprehensive School Counseling and ASCA National Models (Education/Professional Development)
3. Offer a conference presentation related to how to do and use research (Evaluation & Accountability)

2+ year:

II. To promote partnerships and collaboration with stakeholders and educational professionals to benefit school counselors and students.

A. How the goal is addressed

Annually completed:
1. Send a WSCA representative to WAPSO meetings. (President and Past-President)
2. Maintain a liaison relationship with DPI school counseling consultant. (President)
3. Provide scholarships to high school students for post-secondary education. (Scholarship/Recognition Comm.)

6 month:
1. Friend of Counseling Award (Scholarship & Awards)
2. Lead sectionals at other professional conferences (Board)

1 year:
1. Establish a relationship with teacher unions to educate them about the state of the school counseling profession. (PR/Advocacy)

2+ year:
1. Create and offer web site sections for parents, legislators, administrators, grad student, etc. (PR/Advocacy, Technology, Grad Students)

III. To give direction to issues of concern to school counselors and promote and advocate for the profession of school counseling.

A. How the goal is addressed

Annually completed:
1.Continue to recognize outstanding school counselor service at the WSCA annual conference. (Professional Recognition & Scholarship Committee)
2.Provide the award winning SPARC-W’s to district administrators,state and national legislators (Education/Professional Development & Legislation)
3.Maintain a high-quality web site (Technology)
4.Provide scholarships for graduate students in school counseling programs (Professional Recognition & Scholarship Committee)
5.Lead sectionals at other professional conferences (Board)
6.Action alerts for members via e-mail (Board)

6 month:
1.Develop promotional materials for WSCA members to use (PR/Advocacy)

1 year:
1.Establish forum for reporting committee work on website (PR/Advocacy & Technology)
2.Archive publications on the web site (Publications & Technology)

2+ years:

IV. To promote legislative agendas on a state and federal level that positively impact school counselors in Wisconsin.

A. How the goal is addressed

Annually completed:
1. Attend the ASCA APPI Legislative Workshop in Washington, D.C. (Legislative & Pres. Elect)
2. Provide award winning SPARC-W’s to state and national legislators (Education/Professional Dev. & Legislation)
3. Legislative updates in every publication (Legislation)

6 month:

1. Day on the Hill (Legislation)

1 year:
1. Investigate the use of a lobbyist (Legislation)