Elementary Counselor Roundtable
2022-01-12 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Meeting will be on Zoom. Link sent after registration.
Register HERE

Maintaining Our Mental Health in the New Year
2022-01-26 12:00 - 13:00
Maintaining Our Mental Health in the New Year: Enhancing Resiliency and Beating Burnout in the Age of COVID
January 26, 2022
12noon – 1pm
Flyer and Registration info.
Samaritans free January 26, 12-1 pm Zoom workshop “Maintaining Our Mental Health in the New Year, enhancing Resiliency and Beating Burnout in the Age of COVID” (link to flyer and registration here.)

National School Counseling Week
2022-02-07, 2022-02-08, 2022-02-09, 2022-02-10, 2022-02-11
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Information & Materials Available from ASCA HERE

CHAMP Camp Express-YOUR PROGRAM’S BACKBONE: Principal Counselor Relationship
2022-02-07 16:00 - 17:00
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.
Flyer Linked HERE.

Psychological Effects of Covid-19/Trauma on Children
2022-02-08 17:00 - 18:00
Flyer Linked HERE

Elementary Counselor Roundtable-Give Away Celebration
2022-02-10 18:00 - 19:00
This is a free webinar supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Registration is required !! Zoom link sent after registration.

Meeting Flyer Linked HERE

NYSSCA Presents College Application Training
2022-02-28 15:15 - 16:15

How to Incorporate Social Media & CASEL Competencies into the Classroom
2022-03-10 16:00 - 17:00
“How to Incorporate Social Media & CASEL Competencies into the Classroom” for 3/10/22 at 4 pm ET
Webinar Description: We all know of CASEL, but how does social media fit into SEL? In this webinar, The Social Institute will explore the connection between social media and CASEL competencies, while also providing practical ways for counselors & educators to integrate CASEL competencies in the classroom.
Join us to learn:

Where social media and SEL intersect
How CASEL competencies can address students’ online experiences
How to incorporate CASEL competencies into the classroom

Presenter Bio: Josh Luktus
Presenter Title: Senior Partner Success Manager at The Social Institute
Presenter Bio: As Senior Partner Success Manager at The Social Institute, Josh works closely with our partner schools to develop, guide, and successfully implement the #WinAtSocial Program with their students, parents, and educators. He shares best practices and coordinates strategies to ensure each partner receives the most effective and engaging social media education customized to their needs.
Prior to The Social Institute, Josh spent his career helping schools design, successfully launch, and nurture programs that support the needs and values of their students. After starting his career in Charlotte with Gaston Day School then Charlotte Prep School, Josh returned to his alma mater Gaston Day as Dean of Students where he wore many hats – from planning events and booking speakers to managing social media issues and DJ’ing the school dance. At Gaston Day, Josh was an all-around player, collaborating directly with the executive leadership team, faculty, parents, and students.
This is a free webinar, but Registration is Required HERE.

Elementary School Counselors-Fun at Five
2022-03-16 17:00
Register Here.

Two Guys Walk into a School, One Black, One White. Field Notes from the Front Lines of Antiracist School Counseling and Education-Part 2, Strategies & Initiatives
2022-03-24 16:00 - 17:00
To register: click on this link
Presentation Summary:
The unlikely meeting between two educators, one Black, one White, led to a discussion on institutional racism within education. Within their capacities as a math teacher and a school counselor, a commonality was found through their efforts to mitigate and combat the negative impacts of racism in education. Their experiences on the frontlines of antiracist education will be shared in a dynamic format that includes the presentation of facts and dual interviews where they exchange ideas and strategies for antiracism efforts for all educators in the k-12 environment.
Current trends in diversity, equity, and anti-racism training must focus on all educators from all backgrounds in leading such efforts. As such, part two of this workshop will focus on the integration of anti-racism strategies and initiatives in education from the experiences and perspectives of the presenters. Their unique backgrounds and unlikely pairing will be put forward as a model for antiracism collaboration. Finally, factors that inhibit anti-racism efforts in education and solutions for bringing about systemic change through the integration of anti-racism efforts will be presented.
Presenters:
Tylon Crook, Liberty University
Dr. Crook, a national board-certified counselor, began his career as a school counselor working with high school students. He is a licensed school counselor in OH, MS, and GA. His experiences include working at the elementary, middle, and high school levels within traditional public and magnet schools. As a mental health counseling practitioner, Dr. Crook primarily works with children, adolescents, and their families in agency and private counseling settings. He specializes in crisis and trauma, youth mental health, career development, and social justice advocacy in counseling and education. Dr. Crook’s research agenda is primarily focused in the areas as well. Specific topics of focus include implicit bias reduction training, the school to prison pipeline, culturally competent school counselors, and mental health within the African American community and church.Jay Wamsted, Cobb County School District
Jay Wamsted has taught math at Benjamin E. Mays High School in southwest Atlanta for fourteen years. His writing has been featured in various journals and magazines, including “Harvard Educational Review,” “Mathematics Teacher” and “Sojourners.” He can be found online at “The Southeast Review,” “Under the Sun” and the “TEDx” YouTube channel, where you can watch his 2017 talk “Eating the Elephant: Ending Racism & the Magic of Trust.”

CHAMP Camp Express-NAVIGATING ETHICAL STANDARDS in the New Climate
2022-03-28 16:00 - 17:00
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.
Flyer Linked HERE

Principals & School Counselors Series-SCHOOL COUNSELING REGULATIONS 101
2022-04-27 09:30 - 10:15
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – 9:30am –10:15am
Building principals and their school counselors will unpack each of the basic components on the NYSED amended school counseling regulations (2017) and explore the opportunities and challenges to implement with fidelity. The session will review building your comprehensive school counseling program, reviewing your school counseling mission and vision statements, utilizing the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) Student Standards: Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success, and how to utilize program mapping to organize activities and outcomes.
Register HERE
Flyer Linked HERE

CHAMP Camp Express-IT’S A WRAP: End of the Year Considerations
2022-05-02 16:00 - 17:00
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.
Flyer Linked HERE

Principals & School Counselors Series- MANDATES MATTER: HOW The REGULATIONS IMPACT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
2022-05-04 09:30 - 10:15
Wednesday May 4, 2022 – 9:30am – 10:15am
With implementation of the amended regulations in place since 2019/2020, how are the changes in the school counseling program impacting your school building and school community? From the Individual Progress Review (IPR) to the school counseling curriculum, are the students, families, and the teachers and staff in the school building aware of the program expectations and outcomes for students? This session will focus on principals and school counselors exploring the Tier 1 needs of all students, school improvement goals, and soliciting input from the Advisory Council to update your comprehensive school counseling plan each year.
Register HERE
Flyer Linked HERE

Principals & School Counselors Series-THE ABC’s of COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING OUTCOMES
2022-05-11 09:30 - 10:15
Wednesday May 11, 2022 – 9:30am – 10:15am
The American School Counselor Association suggests that school counselors align their comprehensive school counseling programs with the A B C’s: Attendance, Behavior, and Coursework achievement. This session will explore how together, building principals and school counselors collaborate to use important school data to connect school counseling activities and lessons to the goals of school improvement.
Register HERE
Flyer Linked HERE

Dating Abuse & Teen Violence Webinar
2022-05-12 16:00 - 17:30
This webinar is free and open to all, but Registration is Required.
Register using this link to receive your Zoom link.
Domestic Violence (a.k.a. Intimate Partner Violence – IPV) is a pattern of coercive and assaultive behaviors that adults or adolescents use to control an intimate partner. This pattern is especially pervasive and troubling among young adults and teens:

Nearly 20.9% of female high school students and 4% of male high school students report being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
Nearly 1.5 million high school students in the United States are physically abused by dating partners every year.
A recent study of 10th graders found that 35% had been either physically or verbally abused; 31% were perpetrators of physical or verbal
10% of teenage students in dating relationships were coerced into sexual intercourse in the previous
26% of teens in relationships were victims of cyber-dating Females were twice as likely to be victims as males.
57% of teens know someone who has been physically, sexually, or verbally abusive in a dating
Only 33% of teenage dating abuse victims ever told anyone about it.

This follow-up presentation to last year’s “Intimate Partner Violence: Helping Victims and Families” program is designed to help participants recognize the dynamics of intimate partner violence, particularly among teens, with the goal to enhance victim safety and offender accountability. Specifically, participants will learn how to:

Identify the dynamics of teen dating violence.
Identify power and control tactics focused on teens.
Examine the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships among teens.
Examine the key elements of teen equality in relationships.
Identify ways to handle relationship “red flags” and end a relationship safely.
Provide support to someone if they realize that they are already in an abusive relationship.
Learn how to develop and implement a personal safety plan and help someone who may be in crisis.

Learn what you can do to help young people break the cycle of intimate partner violence!

Principals & School Counselors Series-TAKING OWNERSHIP: REFLECT, REFINE, REVISE YOUR ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN
2022-05-18 09:30 - 10:15
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 – 9:30am – 10:15am
NYSED requires that each school building develop a comprehensive program, update it annually, and post it on the school’s website. Building principals and school counselors together can review the components of the comprehensive program and gather input from students, the school community, and the Advisory Council for gap analysis to guide the annual update and revision.
Register HERE
Flyer Linked HERE

Careers in Carpentry
2022-05-19 16:00 - 17:00
Free to all on Zoom. Registration Required HERE

Flyer LINKED HERE.

NYSSCA Region 10 End of Year Event
2022-06-20 13:00 - 15:00
NYSSCA Region 10
End of the Year Event
June 20, 2022
Brunch–1:00-3:00 PM
Katch Astoria
Astoria, Queens
31-19 Newtown Ave
Astoria, NY — 11102
Preregistration required

East End Counselors' Association Welcome Back Meeting
2022-09-15 04:00 - 19:00
EECA
Welcome Back Meeting
Date: September 15, 2022
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Where: Riverhead Cider House
271 Sound Avenue
Calverton, NY

Nassau Counselors' Association 2022 Fall College Expo
2022-10-06 17:00 - 20:00
Nassau Counselors’ Association (NCA)
NCA 2022 Fall College Expo
Date: October 6, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Adelphi University
Center for Recreation & Sports Gymnasium
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY

Western Suffolk Counselors' Association Welcome Back Meeting
2022-10-11 16:30 - 19:00
Western Suffolk Counselors’ Association (WSCA)
WSCA Welcome Back Meeting
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Time: 4:30 – 7 pm ET
Where: The Mansion in West Sayville
200 Main Street
West Sayville, NY

Understanding & Supporting Teen Emotional, Mental & Sexual Health-MHANYS Webinar
2022-10-18 19:00 - 20:00
Teens face unique and complex challenges everyday. At times, as families, caregivers and educators we may feel uncertain of how to best support them or we may feel disconnected from the specific challenges they are navigating.
During our conversation we will share ways families and caregivers can help support the emotional, mental and sexual health of the teens in their care. Panelists will share tips on how to connect with school and community resources, as well as approach sensitive topics with their teens.
The evenings panelists will include:
Mark Mason – Past NYSSCA President & High School Counselor in Syracuse
Brooke Strauss, LCSW – Manager of Behavioral Health & Program Coordinator – Specialized Care Center for Adolescents & Young Adults
Register HERE

Western Suffolk Counselors' Association Fall College Fair
2022-10-27 18:00 - 20:30
Western Suffolk Counselors’ Association (WSCA)
College Fair
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm ET
Where: Radisson Hotel Hauppauge
110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY

Long Island-NYC-School Safety Conference
2022-11-02 08:00 - 15:30
The 2022 Long Island-New York City School Safety Conference is being held November 2 at the Huntington Hilton located at 598 Route 110 Melville NY, 11747. The event is free to attend and breakfast & lunch will be available. Please RSVP by emailing DSottile@bufsd.org

NYSSCA Annual Conference
2022-11-17 - 2022-11-19
Visit our Conference Website for Registration, Hotel & Program Information LINKED HERE
