Professional Development

The collective care model is a team approach framework that outlines the roles of PPS staff and encourages a consistent collaboration between school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists and school nurses. Student success takes more than effective teachers and a rigorous curriculum. The collective care team in each school collaborates to ensure that every […]

Leadership starts with self-awareness and expands outward. In this session, you’ll explore how emotional intelligence and proven leadership practices can help you model the way, inspire collaboration, and influence systems. Together, we’ll reflect on strengths, uncover blindspots, and create a personal leadership commitment you can carry into the school year. (this session builds and strengthens […]

Student success requires more than instruction—it demands intentional, data-informed, and developmentally appropriate support that addresses the whole child. This 90-minute interactive workshop equips school counselors with practical strategies to enhance academic and social/emotional development using ASCA’s Mindsets & Behaviors and a multitiered system of supports (MTSS). Counselors will learn to analyze disaggregated data, identify student […]

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This session explores how lived experience in the skilled trades can strengthen school counseling practice by improving how counselors support career exploration, student engagement, and postsecondary decision-making. Using realworld examples, the presentation focuses on transferable counseling skills—such as normalizing exploration, identifying strengths beyond academics, providing realistic guidance, and helping students connect effort to purpose —that […]