Champ Camp | NYSSCA

NYSSCA is pleased to announce the third in the Champ Camp series, CHAMP Camp =EXPRESS. Critical topics being addressed include team development, goal setting, professional ethics, the role of the principal, and end of the year wrap-up. We are providing this five-part webinar series via Zoom at no charge to assist school counselors with fully implementing regulation requirements. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Those who attend all five sessions will be gifted a copy of the ASCA National Model Implementation Guide: Manage and Assess (second edition), a companion book to the ASCA National Model 4th edition.

Materials from All Sessions Are LINKED HERE

You can also register via the links below:

CONNECT THE DOTS: Your Circle of Support

Monday, October 25, 2021, 4-5 pm

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Counselors cannot do this work alone; we need to effectively collaborate with the whole school community to provide a comprehensive program. What’s your continuum of care? How do you recognize roles and address resistance? How do you introduce program changes and get everyone on board? This program provides examples (elementary, middle and high school) of how to identify and connect the key players in your circle.

READY, SET, GOAL: Developing Tier 1, 2 & 3 responses

Monday, December 6, 2021, 4-5 pm

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A responsive comprehensive program means developing program activities based on your school’s data as it becomes available. Is your district using social/emotional screeners and gathering other important data? What will be your response to that data? What’s the next step? Developing a SMART goal and action plan! This presentation will share examples of responding to student needs with the MTSS model in mind.

YOUR PROGRAM’S BACKBONE: Principal-Counselor Relationship

Monday, February 7, 2022, 4-5 pm

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School counselors need to forge a cooperative and trusting relationship with their principal. How do you approach your principal to initiate regular communication? How do you bring a need to your principal’s attention to problem solve together? We invite you to bring your principal to this program as we share strategies to establish and grow this key relationship.

NAVIGATING ETHICAL STANDARDS in the New Climate

Monday, March 28, 2022, 4-5 pm – With special guest Carolyn Stone, ASCA Ethics Chair

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School counselors must negotiate the competing interests of the overregulated school environment, students’ need for confidentiality and the legal rights of parents to be the guiding voice in their children’s lives. We will discuss updates on these competing interests through court cases and the 2016 ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors highlighting legal rulings and ethical practice.

IT’S A WRAP: End of the Year Considerations

Monday, May 2, 2022, 4-5 pm

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Program outcomes, Board of Education report, annual progress reviews, advisory council report – how do you wrap up the year for your program? What other considerations do you have to wrap up the school year? We will share ideas for pulling together program data for reporting out and supporting your program for the coming year.

CHAMP Camp 2.0

The New York State School Counselor Association provided five 2-hour programs via ZOOM at no cost to attendees due to the generosity of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This series of programs was designed to address critical areas school counselors and administrators found challenging: classroom lessons, program advocacy, advisory council, MTSS and roles, equity and access. These programs provided additional tools to implement the revised regulation program requirements and utilized “Voices from the Field” to provide working examples.

Resources and handouts from this training are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y_eYXB6RejWrrYhIg3wE3X6qdR2EXFMT?usp=sharing

Video recordings of the programs can be found on the NYSSCA YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscIXUO3EBuwCh4lk-omofw/videos

CHAMP Camp 2018:

The New York State School Counselor Association hosted a one-day professional development program at four locations around New York State: Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, Glens Falls High School in Glens Falls, OCM BOCES in Liverpool, and Orchard Park High School in Orchard Park in the summer of 2018. This program provided the tools to implement the recently revised SED Commissioner regulation Part 100.2(j) Comprehensive School Counseling/Guidance Programs. The training covered the four American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model components (Foundation, Delivery, Management, Accountability) as well as details on the requirements as outlined in the SED regulation guidance document.

Resources and handouts from this training are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eK8aYDI6G6XIKzDjaG7Baq75DAya2r4U?usp=sharing.