November 8-10, 2023
Embassy Suites Resort & Convention Center
5400 John Q. Hammons Dr. NW Concord, NC 28027
November 8-10, 2023
Embassy Suites Resort & Convention Center
5400 John Q. Hammons Dr. NW Concord, NC 28027
November 8-10, 2023 | Embassy Suites Resort & Convention Center
5400 John Q. Hammons Dr. NW | Concord, NC 28027
We look forward to having you join us at the North Carolina School Counselor Association Conference!
We hope to see you next year!
15 Strategies for Breaking the Stress Cycle
Lead Presenter: Melisa Marsh
Do you feel like your students and staff are stressed more than ever? Are you constantly worried about their coping skills and mental health? Participants will learn a variety of stress reducing techniques that can be implemented with students and staff. The program can be suited to elementary, middle, or high school counselors (or a combination of all) and participants will not only learn the strategies but will be doing them alongside Melisa as she teaches how to implement them. Get ready for this hands-on, experiential program that will help your staff and students have a toolbox of stress reducing techniques at their fingertips.
Community Cultural Wealth: A Strengths-Based Approach to Working with Latinx High School Students
Lead Presenter: Justin Pini
According to LatinxEd, Latinx students make up almost 100 percent of public school enrollment growth since 2000. While this population continues to grow, they still face a number of barriers and opportunity gaps. Utilizing Yosso’s theory of Community Cultural Wealth provides school counselors with a potential framework to work with Latinx students to identify and cultivate strengths that can help them navigate the educational system and develop critical consciousness.
Cultivating Community and Leadership on the Middle School Level
Lead Presenter: Christie Smith
Today’s adolescents need authentic connection, emotional support, and social skill building now more than ever. This session will explore the positive behavior support system of a coastal middle school, and how it has fostered community, positive school climate, and leadership opportunities for all students and staff. Participants will explore strategies for mobilizing stakeholders to engage with community values as well as positive and productive choices in their daily lives.
Easing the Burden: A Strategy for Helping School Counselors Advocate for Self-Wellness
Lead Presenter: Dejanell Mittman
School counselors face numerous barriers to effectively perform their role leading many to feelings of burnout, job dissatisfaction, and a desire to leave the profession. There have been few considerations for wellness as a way in which school counselors can advocate for themselves. This presentation will give an overview of challenges within school counseling and share a strategy for helping school counselors advocate for self-wellness.
Enhancing Your DatAbility
Lead Presenter: Russ Sabella
Dr. Sabella’s workshop is designed to advance your understanding of how to use high-tech tools in a useful and practical manner, especially in the area of accountability and advocacy. Particular attention is given to using Microsoft Excel™ to make data an important part of your comprehensive school counseling program. From data-driven decision making, to monitoring progress, to reporting the positive impact you’re having on kids – this workshop will de-mystify how it’s done. Also, participants will learn how to create a “narrated, multi-media, self-advancing results report” – a digital story that inspires others about how you add value to the overall educational mission.
Got a Minute? Starting Individual Student and School Counselor Minute Meetings
Lead Presenter: Andrea Burston
Learn how to effectively plan and implement individual minute meetings with your students. Minute meetings provide each student one-on-one time with their school counselor while allowing you to collect useful data for your school counseling program. Examples will be shared to reach students on various grade levels.
Is a College Degree the ONLY Ticket to Success?
Lead Presenter: Steve Coyle
For years we have been telling students to go to college to get a great career. In fact, we are pushing students into
college at a 70% clip. However, almost 70% of careers available today do not require a college degree. Skilled trades are in high demand and can provide students with a great career and great pay! Come join Dr. Coyle to learn what those careers are and how you can reach more of your students. You will also learn how to get industry involved in your schools and how to get more buy-in with parents. See what UTI is doing to get girls involved in STEM careers. Finally, learn how students can make school more affordable to avoid debt after graduation.
Just Level the Playing Field and Watch What I Do! Confronting Classroom Inequity Towards Students of Color and Under-Served Students
Lead Presenter: Baruti Kafele
One of the current hot topics in education is district level,
school level and classroom level inequity toward students
of color and under-served students. This highly-engaging,
interactive, self-reflective workshop focuses on inequity at
the classroom level. It challenges classroom teachers to
look within themselves relative to how they see, treat and
relate with students of color and under-served students. It
challenges classroom teachers to confront whatever biases they may bring to this population of students that may be either.
Mental Health in High Achieving Students
Lead Presenter: Erica Wilson
High-achieving students suffer from anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and delinquent behavior at a rate that is at least two to three times higher than the national average. High achievers can also suffer from maladaptive perfectionism such as being overly critical of their performance and seeking to attain perfection.
Title: Mental Health in Schools and Ways to Support Students Through Crisis
Lead Presenter: Jessalyn Pedone
Description: This presentation will discuss the current mental health concerns present at schools across the nation and various evidence-based modalities and interventions that can be implemented with students based on this need, ways to support students who are suicidal and/or engaging in self-harm, ways to train teachers in supporting student’s mental health needs, and steps to becoming a trauma-informed school.
counselors advocate for self-wellness.
More Than a Number: Cohort Graduation Rate Matters for the Individual
Lead Presenter: Carmen Ramos
Counselors play a huge part in helping keep students engaged in school and graduating with a diploma. In this presentation, we will review dropout prevention strategies from the perspective of a large comprehensive and small magnet high school. Participants will hear about best practices for Cohort Graduation Rate, support for failing seniors, and early interventions for students who are off cohort. School community buy-in, real life strategies and data collection, supports you can start now!
New School Counselor Tools
Lead Presenter: LaWanda Felder
This session will guide, prepare, and energize new and veteran school counselors. There is so much more to school counseling than coursework. Every school building is different, yet similar. The “To-do” list seems to grow, with seemingly not enough time. Want to get it done efficiently? This session will give counselors a foundation to build their program and make good use of the time on tasks.
Supporting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Students and Adults
Lead Presenter: Houston Kraft
With seemingly endless obstacles over the past 3 months,
those in the field of education face increased stress and
pressure. Our students are navigating increased mental
health challenges. Conference keynote speaker Houston Kraft will share simple, but impactful ways to provide
meaningful supports for student AND adult well-being to
decrease anxiety and increase hope.
Supporting Undocumented Students in Rural Areas
Lead Presenter: Maylee Vazquez
Undocumented students face a unique set of stressors that can be complicated by educational systems in the United States. Schools in rural areas often lack the necessary resources to support these students. In this presentation, presenters will discuss the unique barriers faced by undocumented students and their families in rural school settings, while providing information on best practices, and implications for addressing their unique needs.
The new FAFSA is coming: Are you ready?
Lead Presenter: Jenni Johnson
FAFSA Simplification was years in the making. Now it is finally here and there are lots of changes to prepare for.
We’ll discuss the latest on FSA ID’s for mixed status house-holds, how SAI differs from EFC, which parent to include in a student’s FAFSA and more. In addition, NCSEAA will share the learnings from research on speaking with parents about FAFSA and how to overcome some of their resistance.
Using Calm Down Corners as a Tier 1 Intervention
Lead Presenter: Lisa Guyette
Since COVID-19, school counselors have had an increasing need to implement school-wide SEL. Building calm down corners and training classroom teachers and students in their implementation not only allows for social-emotional learning at the Tier 1 level, but also helps to build a community and climate of caring and resilience. This training will help you understand how to establish calm down corners, provide PD for teachers, reinforce student use, and manage data about use of the area.
Is a College Degree the ONLY Ticket to Success?
Lead Presenter: ACT Presenter
Description: Information coming.
15 Strategies for Breaking the Stress Cycle
Lead Presenter: Melisa Marsh
Do you feel like your students and staff are stressed more than ever? Are you constantly worried about their coping skills and mental health? Participants will learn a variety of stress reducing techniques that can be implemented with students and staff. The program can be suited to elementary, middle, or high school counselors (or a combination of all) and participants will not only learn the strategies but will be doing them alongside Melisa as she teaches how to implement them. Get ready for this hands-on, experiential program that will help your staff and students have a toolbox of stress reducing techniques at their fingertips.
A Little SPOT of Feelings and Emotions SEL
Lead Presenter: Anna Whitley
During this session you will learn how to use the two book
series “Little Spot of Emotion” and “Little Spot of Feeling”
to develop an eight-week SEL lesson. This lesson will allow your students to learn new techniques that you can incorporate into your schools.
A Pathway to On-Time Graduation for Every Student at Cumberland School District
Lead Presenter: Kristy Newitt
Like many districts, the journey to graduation at Cumberland School District encompasses ten or more years of data tracking and planning for each student, and even with the best and most consistent data practices, there is still room for error. To avoid schedule and transcript errors, Cumberland relies on Mesa Cloud to efficiently track students’ progress against graduation requirements, while flagging any students who may be off-track.
Enhancing Your DatAbility
Lead Presenter: Russ Sabella
Dr. Sabella’s workshop is designed to advance your understanding of how to use high-tech tools in a useful and practical manner, especially in the area of accountability and advocacy. Particular attention is given to using Microsoft Excel™ to make data an important part of your comprehensive school counseling program. From data-driven decision making, to monitoring progress, to reporting the positive impact you’re having on kids – this workshop will de-mystify how it’s done. Also, participants will learn how to create a “narrated, multi-media, self-advancing results report” – a digital story that inspires others about how you add value to the overall educational mission.
Equity and the ASCA National Model
Lead Presenter: Deirdra Hawkes
The ASCA National Model guides school counselors in using data to identify trends and inequities in achievement,
attendance and discipline. It also helps school counselors to lead, advocate and collaborate on strategies to
improve student achievement and remove barriers, thus
providing the best possible outcomes for students. Learn
how ASCA National Model implementation is one of the
best ways to do equity work in your schools. Identify how
various components of the model influence equity work,
discuss research about RAMP schools and share best
practices for how to plan to reduces and remove barriers
to student achievement.
Equity Beyond Race: Building Resilient
Academic Communities
Lead Presenter: Tairen McCollister
Students suffering from trauma need a team to thrive in all areas of life, particularly in the educational setting. Parents, educators, administrators, and school personnel can provide that support. The key to bridging the divide is understanding how trauma can manifest both at home and in the classroom. Providing an equitable learning environment is critical. Race is one aspect of equity, but it extends beyond this—inclusion, learning differences, and learning disabilities and challenges.
Got a Minute? Starting Individual Student and School Counselor Minute Meetings
Lead Presenter: Andrea Burston
Learn how to effectively plan and implement individual minute meetings with your students. Minute meetings provide each student one-on-one time with their school counselor while allowing you to collect useful data for your school counseling program. Examples will be shared to reach students on various grade levels.
Lazy Labeling: Developing holistic referrals
Lead Presenter: Jennifer Barrow
School counselor attendees will learn ways to encourage staff to look at students beyond the presenting issue (i.e., disruptive, sleepy, indifferent) to develop a strengths-based referral process. The presentation will include information on consulting with teachers and caregivers to develop a framework for responding to students’ mental health needs.
A Maximizing your high school potential
Lead Presenter: Margaret Ray-Nobles
Maximizing your students’ high school potential addresses strategies and programs that could help your At Risk high school students reach their highest level of potential. It promotes how schools can set up an environment for students to reach their highest academic potential.
National Student Clearinghouse Data: Exploring post secondary outcomes that maximize impact!
Lead Presenter: Erin Manuel
This session will support secondary principals and professional school counselors in maximizing the use of National Student Clearinghouse Data. The focus of this presentation will engage participants in collaborative activities to dig deeper into their 2023 StudentTracker reports (school and district level), specific National Student Clearinghouse case studies, and explore additional services tied to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and National Student Clearinghouse.
School Counselor Leadership, that Works!
Lead Presenter: Veronica Edge
This session will help empower district office school counselors (supervisors/coordinators) as they are the advocate for school counselors in their school district. Following the American School Counselor Association Model, building positive working relationships, role modeling leadership skills, and developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to help everyone be successful will be discussed. Motto: “We are here for YOU!”
Student Agency: let’s center student choice and voice in our schools Academic Communities
Lead Presenter: Kat Pastor
At the heart of why we do what we do in education is the importance of building and maintaining relationships. Many of our students’ educational experience is something that is done “to them” instead of “with them.” How do we create a more positive climate and culture in our classrooms, hallways, schools, and communities where student choice and voice is centered? Come to this resource-packed session to learn how to shift the culture of your school towards inclusion and compassion.
Supporting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Students and Adults
Lead Presenter: Houston Kraft
With seemingly endless obstacles over the past 3 months, those in the field of education face increased stress and pressure. Our students are navigating increased mental health challenges. Conference keynote speaker Houston Kraft will share simple, but impactful ways to provide meaningful supports for student AND adult well-being to decrease anxiety and increase hope.
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Lead Presenter: Xello
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Tending to Trauma
Lead Presenter: Kiersten Traylor
1 in 4 children attending school have been exposed to a traumatic event that can affect learning and/or behavior. How can school counselors aid students who are coping with trauma? We’ll explore different types of trauma, the role of schools in the lives of traumatized children, ways to advocate for trauma-sensitive schools, and share valuable resources. Discover how to decrease the impact of trauma on students’ academic achievement, college and career readiness and social/emotional development.
The Power to Motivate
Lead Presenter: Ragan North
How often do you help students create a plan for change only to find they do not follow through? Before students can increase grades, build healthy relationships, or pursue career goals, they must be deeply motivated. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based counseling style that taps into students’ own motivation to make positive changes in their lives. Learn practical techniques to help students change their future trajectory for the better. In short, learn to motivate!
All in This Together: Sharing Responsibility for All Students’ Social and Emotional Development
Lead Presenter: Nova Moss
Building student social and emotional skills isn’t a one-person job. This is done most effectively when everyone in the building is promoting and supporting Tier 1 practices and routines. Join us as we share ways to increase schoolwide collaboration to support implementation at the classroom level and throughout the school.
Counseling and SEL Data: Practices and Techniques
Lead Presenter: Gina Montague
This session will go over innovative ways to collect school SEL data and utilize this data for goal setting and program planning. Attendees will be provided access to specific data collection tools, and walk away with ideas for ways to evaluate SEL implementation, skills, etc. at their schools. Ways to use SEL data to advocate for the school counseling program, SEL instruction, and more will also be presented.
Hocus Pocus- Help them Focus! Strategies to help students with ADHD thrive
Lead Presenter: Amanda Blake
We have seen an increase in the number of students who are diagnosed with ADHD. While those numbers continue to climb, our professional development should grow, as well. We plan to equip you with easy tools and useful strategies to help these students regulate their emotions, focus, and thrive in their classrooms and beyond. As student support personnel, we realize that all children are wired differently. Join us as we dig deeper into learning ways to adapt for the success of all students.
Integrating ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors into the College and Career Readiness Curriculum
Lead Presenter: Tashaunna Hughes
This presentation will discuss ways to blend existing data with ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors guidelines to support college and career development. The presenter will present an example of a data-driven ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors action plan that is structured to meet the specific needs of students in a rural district in Eastern NC. The presenter will also demonstrate the use of scaffolding in a three-phase plan across sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Is My School Taking Full Advantage of the FREE Resources from CFNC?
Lead Presenter: Jessalyn Pedone
Description: Are you making the most of the FREE CFNC.org resources to help your students take the next step? Learn how to easily navigate the site, utilize up-to-date career tools in collaboration with NCCareers, access resources to support students with college admissions and financial aid applications, and find virtual and in-person workshops with important updates for you and your school community. Special attention will be paid to our CFNC en Español services, resources to support students with special circumstances, and navigating our updated Professional Tools to find data on the progress of students at YOUR school!
Little-Known Secrets of Paying For College
Lead Presenter: Michael Russell
For many families, the high cost of higher education is a daunting proposition. Parents lie awake at night trying to figure out how to afford to send their children to college and still have enough of their hard-earned money to be able to retire one day. Some families have children attending college next year while others have 12 years to plan, but the fears of tackling these monumental and rising costs are the same. The College Funding Coach® is here to help families figure out HOW to pay for it!
Maximizing your students’ high school potential
Lead Presenter: Margaret Ray-Nobles
Maximizing your students’ high school potential addresses strategies and programs that could help your At Risk high school students reach their highest level of potential. It promotes how schools can set up an environment for students to reach their highest academic potential.
MOVIN’ on UP!
Lead Presenter: Mari-inetta Pavlic
Making the move from middle to high school can be nerve wracking. Join us to learn how to build a seamless curriculum that integrates career awareness into high school course selection. Participants will receive information on developing/delivering whole group lessons that highlight keys to high school success, utilize technological platforms to identify future career interests, and develop exciting/interactive career awareness activities (Game of Life).
NCDPI Legislative Updates and NC Healthy Schools Hot Topics
Lead Presenter: Kisha Bryant
Come learn about the latest updates impacting and connecting to the work of school counselors from the state level, and how to be prepared to address the issues within your school and district!
TSEL….Lets Chat About it! Podcast Style
Lead Presenter: Brittany Dudley
What do you get when a school counselor an intervention specialist sit in a room? Conversations on Social/Emotional Learning. Come learn how we implement relevant and personalized SEL in our high school. We will share how we used SEL data to develop a podcast that our high school students connected to while incentivizing a school- wide event. After attending this session, you will be able to analyze SEL data, create lessons and activities relevant for your students, and have fun while doing it!
Stop, Collaborate and Listen: How to Make the Most of the Counselor-Principal Relationship
Lead Presenter: Emily Smith
Oftentimes, school counselors have amazing ideas that benefit staff and students. However, these ideas may never come to fruition without an effective working relationship with school administrators. In this presentation, you will hear from a seasoned school counselor and principal about how their working relationship has developed over time to benefit each school they have served. You will learn researched best practices, as well as real-life examples, to apply to your programs and practices.
Student Leadership Stories: Enhancing Engagement & Development Through Student-Led Initiatives
Lead Presenter: Yolanda Jarrett
When trying to improve outcomes for students, we often consult school staff, but neglect student voices. What if we reimagine improving student outcomes through student leadership? This workshop is designed to present interventions to support accessible student development, leadership and engagement opportunities in the school setting. Presenters will share the academic, social/emotional, and career-ready benefits of cross-aged peer mentor programs and student-led, school-wide initiatives.
The Simplest Way to Advocate Using Your Calendar Data
Lead Presenter: Tim Hardin
In this session, you will learn why time documentation and analysis support data-driven school counseling programs; how to document your services and how you spend time. As a school counselor; ways to explain and share data about your school counseling program; and how to use the data to advocate and improve your program impact and outcomes.
Time to Advocate: Making the ASCA Use of Time Calculator Work for You
Lead Presenter: Tomekia Bell
As a newly National Board Certified Teacher, Tomekia believes a school counselor advocating for themselves is a challenging, yet vital, part of the job. It can be even more stressful as a new school counselor. ASCA recommends school counselors spend most of their time in direct service with students. In this session, we will discuss implementation of the ASCA Use of Time Calculator, techniques to effectively manage your time, and best practices to meet student needs.
UberCounseling: Marketing Your School Counseling Program in the Generation Z Era
Lead Presenter: Calvin Craig
How do you market your school counseling program to your students, parents, and stakeholders? Are you unsure where to start? In this presentation, we will discuss strategies for how to drive greater involvement with parents and students. It’s never been easier, but it’s a different world. Learn how to better market and engage with your students and parents in today’s world. Kids need to master their 3Rs, have time to master the AEIOUs, and be an Uber Counselor.
Working at the Intersection of Privilege and Oppression
Lead Presenter: Jesse Pitt
Years after COVID highlighted our deep social inequities, social justice issues continue to erupt across our country. Intersectionality is a reflective framework used to better understand how these complex dynamics impact our school communities. This session provides thoughtful discussion and activities using intersectionality as a tool for understanding. Participants will learn a common language and framework to sort out the many layers of privilege and oppression at work in our communities.
Building Collaborative Relationships with Administrators
Lead Presenter: Nancy Matthews
Do you spend much of your day performing non-counseling duties? Do you struggle to communicate with your administrator about this and other concerns? In this session, a school counselor educator and educational administration leader will discuss common counselor-administrator challenges, along with administrator perspectives, national and state guidelines, and practical strategies for strengthening counselor-administrator collaborative relationships.
Comprehensive Approach to School Safety
Lead Presenter: Jeannie Kerr
Learn about utilizing your school’s student services personnel to enhance teaming structures and develop a behavioral monitoring support team. Further, you will learn how to develop an action plan to guide initiatives, and how it aligns with school safety. Gain an understanding of key data used to guide decision-making. You will also see an example of a district-wide support team specializing in assisting school levels teams with meeting the needs of students.
Crisis Response
Lead Presenter: Tanya Jordan
Traumatic events, like a suicide, a community shooting, or the death of a student or staff member can leave schools reeling. This session addresses how to develop and manage a crisis response team that can meet the needs of both the students and adults in your district should such a need arise. Participants will learn how to organize the team, work effectively with administration, and plan for the “next steps” after a crisis at this information-packed session.
Directors Connect
Lead Presenter: Kisha Bryant
This session is for district school counselor leadership only. We will have a collaborative session to discuss successes and challenges happening in our NC school districts, and share best practices of how to address and/or navigate through to better leverage the work of school counselors.
Title: How Misrepresentation in the Media Affects Black Children
Lead Presenter: Jill Van Horne
Description: More children from ethnic minority backgrounds than White backgrounds say that they don’t see themselves in what they read (40% vs. 30%). This is very true for children from Black ethnic backgrounds (National Literacy Trust Report, 2020). We know those with racial centrality are learning from society that they are naturally, academically inferior to White students, when what they see reported is exactly this information. What are other messages received? How can this change? We have answers!
How students can obtain college credits while in high school
Shavon Robinson
Description: This presentation will be an overview of CTE and College Transfer classes. AP references may be made during this presentation, but overall, we’ll focus mainly on Dual Enrollment. Attendees will understand which classes count for high school credit, what scores students must obtain re: universities articulation agreement, and how many credits students need for their Associates Degree. Also, we’ll discuss how students with lower GPA’s can increase their GPA by taking certain college classes.
Learn Interventions to Promote Equity and Belonging from School Counseling Equity Fellows
Lead Presenter: Clare Merlin-Knoblich
Recently, two cohorts of school counselors in North Carolina came together over the course of a year to study equity interventions and best practices to increase inclusivity and belonging for students of all backgrounds. In this session, attendees can learn about this School Counseling Equity Fellowship to replicate in their districts, and hear from participating school counselors about the action projects they implemented to improve equity and reduce prejudice among students and faculty.
postsecondary planning elements.
Making college application week fun
Lead Presenter: Sarah Peterson
Description: This presentation will include ideas on how to increase engagement of all Seniors during College Application Week, how to make applying to college fun for seniors, how to get community and student involvement, and how to run a successful FAFSA Day.
Making MTSS work for middle and high school counselors
Lead Presenter: Wes Calbreath
MTSS is a great framework for organizing our comprehensive school counseling plan. But, what do we do when our school data is lopsided? When we have a high percentage of students who look like they need intervention? How do we deliver Tier 1 instruction when we can’t access classrooms? When we are drowning in registration and mental health needs? We will answer these questions and more!! We’ll model this with a focus on career and postsecondary planning elements.
Post-Secondary Planning: Helping Students Prepare for Their E!
Lead Presenter: Jameka Floyd
Come take away tangible ideas for classroom lessons, workshops, and individual sessions that will help prepare junior and seniors to begin their transition from high school to career or college.
Reimagining Intentional Advocacy for ESL Students in High School
Lead Presenter: Austin Laws
ESL students are often at an educational disadvantage compared to their English-speaking peers due to several factors. Please join us for a presentation that explores how school counselors can advocate for their ESL students while collaborating with administration, parents, teachers, and stakeholders. We will explore topics such as an adjusted entry semester; intentional, customizable schedules; targeted intervention; and much more designed to provide ESL students equal access to education.
Making college application week fun
Lead Presenter: Stacey Diaz
The ASCA position statement tells us that school counselors have an essential and unique role in promoting, facilitating and advocating for collaboration with parents/guardians and community stakeholders. Join us to learn how school counselors, social workers, and interpreters in Cabarrus County collaborate for successful Latinx family engagement. You’ll walk out of our session with ideas, tools, and resources that you can take back to your school community.
Utilization of Qualitative and Quantitative Data for School Counseling Advocacy
Lead Presenter: Tyreeka Williams
Professional advocacy is a vital skillset for school counselors due to the barriers in implementing and successfully facilitating comprehensive school counseling programs (Goodman-Scott et al., 2022). Building a principal-counselor partnership must involve the use of both qualitative and quantitative data to increase the validity of professional advocacy. This presentation will discuss and provide tangible action steps on how to collect, analyze, and present data for advocacy to administration.
Utilization of Qualitative and Quantitative Data for School Counseling Advocacy
Lead Presenter: Crystal Laws
During this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to create a virtual calming room as an important tool for student’s social and emotional learning. A virtual calming room is a safe space to help students (families and staff) find tools and strategies to manage emotions and feelings. As part of the comprehensive counseling program, a virtual calming room provides a digital platform to reinforce and teach social and emotional health. Participants are asked to bring their laptops.
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