September 27-29, 2026
Embassy Suites Hotel & Convention Center
Murfreesboro, TN
We look forward to having you join us at the Tennessee School Counselor and Administrator Institute!
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Lead Presenter: Mindy Willard
Enough “update meetings.” What do effective counselor PLCs actually look like? Learn how Knox County (TN) structures PLC time for action, not talk. Explore real examples, practical protocols, and systems that lead to data-driven decisions and student impact. Leave with a toolkit you can use right away.
Lead Presenter: Jaime Grammer
This session provides actionable strategies to support student mental health through a comprehensive “toolbox” approach. Participants will learn what a mental health toolbox is, why it matters, and how to implement it effectively in classrooms and school-wide settings. Attendees will explore how these tools fit within a tiered system and receive practical tips for introducing and sustaining mental health practices.
Lead Presenter: Jane Kim
Across the country, new research continues to highlight rising concerns about youth mental health, screen use, and online environments. Yet many educators struggle to interpret what this data means for their schools. This session helps participants make sense of major national research and datasets and explore practical ways schools, families, and communities can build shared awareness and healthier norms around technology use.
Lead Presenter: Jordan Tatom
This session empowers administrators and counselors to build a high-impact program rooted in Tennessee law, the TN School Counseling Model, and ASCA Professional Standards and Ethics. Participants will learn how to transition from “appropriate duties” to a comprehensive leadership model that drives student success while ensuring legal and ethical compliance.
Lead Presenter: Betsy Martinez
Students of immigrant origin face unique barriers when pursuing postsecondary education, especially those ineligible for FAFSA funding. One solution is Equal Chance for Education, a college scholarship program for FAFSA-ineligible students in Tennessee. This session will equip participants with immigration-related terminology, resources, and potential solutions for counselors supporting immigrant-origin students, with special focus on the Equal Chance for Education scholarship.
Lead Presenter: Loren Dittmar
When young people are in pain or struggling, caring adults naturally want to make things easier and solve the problem, yet real meaningful change begins when students feel understood and empowered. In this engaging session, Dr. Loren shares Motivational Interviewing strategies to support students who seem stuck or resistant. Learn how to reduce power struggles, build trust, and spark genuine motivation that moves young people toward true growth and healing.
Lead Presenter: Paul Harris
What are proactive ways to strengthen relationships and connections within communities? How do we respond to an incident of wrongdoing or harm in our community? What are critical components of proactive and responsive circles and how do we know they are effective? How can affective questions be used to repair harm and restore relationships? Dr. Harris details the fundamental tenets of restorative practices and provides practical application strategies in this engaging and practical presentation.
Lead Presenter: Stephanie Tate
This session will equip school counselors with the latest College Board updates for the 2026–27 school year. Explore new Advanced Placement course offerings, Big Future Scholarships, and the impact even one AP course can have on college readiness, including boosting first-year GPA, improving four-year graduation odds, and saving on college costs. Leave with practical tools and strategies to guide students’ college and career journeys.
Lead Presenter: Constance Certion
This session explores how intentional school counseling practices and district-level initiatives can work together to increase college-going outcomes for students. Presenters will share real strategies, lessons learned, and data-driven approaches that helped grow a school’s college-going rate over a five-year period while fostering a sustainable college-going culture that supports student success beyond graduation. Attendees will leave with strategies they can tailor and implement with ease.
Lead Presenter: Mindy Willard
School counseling leaders are increasingly asked to demonstrate how their programs support student success and align with district priorities. This interactive session explores how the ASCA National Model, MTSS, and data-informed practices can strengthen communication, build trust, and increase program visibility. Participants will collaborate around common challenges and leave with practical strategies for communicating impact and strengthening comprehensive student support systems.
Lead Presenter: Penny Lane Fletcher
Join us to learn practical, school-ready strategies to reduce test anxiety for educators, parents, and students. This session covers what test anxiety is, why it impacts performance, classroom practices that lower stress, data-informed short-term group supports with measurable outcomes, at-home routines and supportive messaging, and student tools for pre-test preparation and in-the-moment coping techniques that help stabilize situations.
Lead Presenter: Loren Dittmar
When young people are in pain or struggling, caring adults naturally want to make things easier and solve the problem, yet real meaningful change begins when students feel understood and empowered. In this engaging session, Dr. Loren shares Motivational Interviewing strategies to support students who seem stuck or resistant. Learn how to reduce power struggles, build trust, and spark genuine motivation that moves young people toward true growth and healing.
Lead Presenter: Steven Coyle
Four-year college isn’t the dream for every Gen Z student—some want skills, not syllabi. In this high-energy session, we’ll dig into why the skilled trades are hotter than ever, what success means to Gen Z, and how you can connect your students to real career paths they’ve probably never considered. You’ll also get a sneak peek at SPARK, the chatbot built to answer student questions about skilled trades, jobs, and training—so you don’t have to.
Lead Presenter: Ben Phillips
The field of cognitive science continues to inform educators about how the brain works. The learning process is a complex mix of biology, psychology, and pedagogy. In this hands-on session, we will examine the practical implications of the science of learning and the instructional practices that turn on students’ brains. I’ll also share how to maximize students’ ACT scores using brain-based study strategies based on my 25 years of experience in the test prep industry.
Lead Presenter: Sara Cottrill-Carlo
This session equips school counselors with the knowledge and skills to identify, coordinate, and deliver Tier 2 social, emotional, and behavioral interventions within an MTSS framework. Tier 2 is not one-size-fits-all, and counselors working with large caseloads need practical tools to meet their students’ needs. Participants will explore best practices in small group counseling, as well as multiple other research-based interventions designed to meet a range of student needs at the Tier 2 level.
Lead Presenter: Tim Gott
As school counselors, we deal with the needs of others on a daily basis. Many of us struggle, though, with taking care of ourselves. This session will focus on the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and relational needs that we as counselors sometimes neglect. Using emotional intelligence and needs theory as a foundation, participants will have the opportunity to reflect and assess their balance across these domains.
Lead Presenter: Jane Kim
Across the country, educators are seeing the effects of social media on student attention, behavior, and mental health long before the first bell rings. Yet common responses—phone bans and monitoring software—fail to address the root cause: engagement technologies designed to capture attention. This session explores how these systems shape student behavior and how counselors can support by focusing on prevention and behavior change and building student agency to develop healthier habits from within.
Lead Presenter: Genvieve Stephenson
This session will provide school counselors with practical strategies for utilizing universal data screening tools (academic, behavioral, and social/emotional) to systematically identify student needs, inform targeted interventions, and advocate for students and the comprehensive school counseling program. Participants will learn how to simply administer screeners, analyze the data to reveal systemic barriers and intervention suggestions, and demonstrate and advocate program effectiveness.
Lead Presenter: Paul Harris
What are proactive ways to strengthen relationships and connections within communities? How do we respond to an incident of wrongdoing or harm in our community? What are critical components of proactive and responsive circles and how do we know they are effective? How can affective questions be used to repair harm and restore relationships? Dr. Harris details the fundamental tenets of restorative practices and provides practical application strategies in this engaging and practical presentation.
Lead Presenter: Nicole Hurt
This professional learning session highlights the critical role of school counseling in supporting student success and building strong connections between schools, families, and the community. Designed for counselors, administrators, and others interested in student and parent engagement, the session will emphasize how comprehensive counseling programs advocate for student needs while fostering collaboration with teachers, parents, and school leaders.
Lead Presenter: Brittany Slagle
Today’s students need more than access to opportunities. They need guidance that helps them connect those opportunities to their goals and future plans. This session explores how individualized advising and the High School and Beyond Plan help students navigate Early Postsecondary Opportunities (EPSOs), make informed decisions, and pursue aligned postsecondary pathways with confidence.
Lead Presenter: Korrie White
Student behavior is often misunderstood and quickly met with reaction instead of support. This session helps counselors and administrators shift to a response-based approach by recognizing behavior as communication. Participants will learn practical strategies for de-escalation, aligning roles, and building systems that reduce discipline issues while improving student outcomes. Walk away with tools you can implement immediately.
Lead Presenter: Dawne Divine
Equip your students with a free, ultimate career exploration launchpad. Use these actionable classroom activities to help students in grades 6–12 create stronger postsecondary pathways.
Lead Presenter: Keli Carter
Behind every data point is a student waiting to be supported. This session will equip you with the skills to identify inequities using key data sources, disaggregate data by subgroups, and develop targeted action plans for underserved populations. Leave with practical tools to set measurable benchmarks and track the impact of your work.
Lead Presenter: Elizabeth Henke
Join Arlington Community School District to explore practical strategies for data-informed college and career readiness decisions to ensure all students are future ready. Learn to identify achievement and opportunity gaps, develop targeted interventions, and communicate program impact. Topics include career interest inventories, pathway exploration, four-year planning, progress monitoring, FAFSA and college application tracking, and data dashboards to measure program effectiveness.
Lead Presenter: Korrie White
Student behavior is often misunderstood and quickly met with reaction instead of support. This session helps counselors and administrators shift to a response-based approach by recognizing behavior as communication. Participants will learn practical strategies for de-escalation, aligning roles, and building systems that reduce discipline issues while improving student outcomes. Walk away with tools you can implement immediately.
Lead Presenter: Penny Lane Fletcher
This session equips K–12 school staff with research-informed, practical suicide prevention strategies using a tiered (MTSS) approach. It covers warning signs, school connectedness, staff training, safe messaging, targeted supports, safety planning, family notification, means safety, crisis response, postvention, and implementation steps.
Lead Presenter: Tricia Cherry
This session addresses a critical and often overlooked gap in student support: The loss of visibility over time for bereaved students. While schools are equipped to respond in moments of crisis, few systems exist to sustain awareness as students grow, transition grades, and encounter recurring grief triggers. By focusing on continuity rather than crisis alone, this session offers a realistic path for schools to ensure no grieving student becomes unseen.
Lead Presenter: Dustin Rawls
Together, Mr. Jason Seay and Dr. Dustin Rawls have over 40 years of combined higher education experience in the areas of enrollment management and financial aid. They will share all the ways the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) is changing the way in which Tennessee does college. They will discuss everything from basic services and programs of the agency to financial aid, outreach, and Path to College initiatives. Learn how THEC can support you and your school.
Lead Presenter: Krystel Santiago
School Counselors balance student support, SEL lessons, parent communication, documentation, data, and schoolwide responsibilities while often feeling overwhelmed and short on time. This practical session will show counselors how to use AI ethically and responsibly to improve organization, streamline repetitive tasks, support counseling program implementation, and save time while maintaining meaningful student connections.
Lead Presenter: Andrea Beck
This session focuses on learning how to effectively implement the High School & Beyond Plan (HSBP) with students in grades 8-12 and create a career readiness culture within your school. Participants will explore practical and engaging strategies to integrate HSBPs into advising and instruction, align with graduation requirements, and promote student goal setting, reflection, excitement, readiness and ownership of their postsecondary plans.
Lead Presenter: Keli Carter
Many administrators unknowingly assign counselors to duties outside their professional scope, leaving critical student needs unmet. Grounded in the ASCA National Model, this session clarifies what school counselors actually do, examines the impact of role drift on student outcomes, and gives administrators practical tools to protect counselor time for the work that matters most.
Lead Presenter: Teri Rouse
Today’s students face anxiety, trauma, absenteeism, and emotional overload at unprecedented levels. This practical session equips school counselors and administrators with immediately usable strategies grounded in the REAL Framework—Relationships, Engagement, Attitude, and Learning—to strengthen school climate, support emotional regulation, reduce behavioral escalation, and help every student feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.
Lead Presenter: Xi ‘Justin’ Zhang
School counselors can help bridge the information gap and help low-income students make informed decisions on their college list while considering financial fit, identify scholarship opportunities, and appeal for financial aid if needed. This session will talk about how to help low-income students navigate the college search and application process and obtain the most financial aid and scholarships.
Lead Presenter: Jay Riggen
Achieving maximum impact in leadership necessitates far more than words. This interactive session introduces school leaders to nonverbal communication, emphasizing microexpression recognition through real-world video exemplars. Participants will learn practical applications for managing difficult conversations with parents, colleagues, staff, and students. Strategies to navigate power dynamics and overcome conflict are included. Excellent session for communicators of all skill levels.
Lead Presenter: Amy Baltimore
Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers a practical middle path by empowering students to uncover their own motivations, strengths, and next steps. In this session, you will learn core MI techniques that foster student ownership, deepen critical thinking, and reduce resistance. You will leave with strategies you can immediately integrate into conversations to guide students toward meaningful, self-driven change.
Lead Presenter: Jessie Thomas
CSCPs are most effective when they are intentionally developed, consistently implemented, and regularly assessed for growth. This session introduces a CSCP program assessment tool designed to move beyond compliance. This tool is designed to build on the state’s SC program component audit by shifting the focus from “meeting requirements” to identifying actionable areas for growth and continuous improvement.
Lead Presenter: Denise Toro
Discover how a small-group counseling program evolved into a schoolwide movement. Students explored career pathways while serving on leadership, media and marketing, and event production teams to create and deliver a schoolwide pep rally. Participants will gain practical tools for designing career-connected experiences that promote student voice, engagement, leadership, and postsecondary readiness.
Lead Presenter: Angela Davis
With the myths and stigma surrounding suicide, talking with children and teens has become paramount. The human cost of this silent killer is much greater than statistics on a page. Behind each story of suicide is the loss of a child with promise that is gone forever. We must train teachers and adults in our schools to recognize the warning signs, connect with students and encourage open conversations about mental health while addressing bullying, social isolation and digital overexposure.
Lead Presenter: Natae Feenstra
Counselors are in a unique position to support at-risk youth by building resilience to overcome adverse circumstances. This presentation shares the Search Institute’s model on developmental assets, which is designed to enhance student awareness of internal and external resiliency factors. This provides counselors a valuable means to view their approach through a resiliency lens and research-supported interventions to enhance student resiliency. A small group curriculum will be shared to use.
Lead Presenter: Mary T. Gilbert
School counselors and administrators are essential to effective threat assessment teams that support student safety and well-being. Through real-world scenarios involving self-harm concerns, social media threats, and student safety, participants explore the threat assessment process from identification to response and follow-up. Emphasis is placed on team roles, communication, collaboration, and practical strategies to strengthen school safety and student support systems.
Lead Presenter: Jodie Overton
High School & Beyond Plans are intended to be meaningful, student-centered tools that guide postsecondary readiness—but they can become compliance-driven tasks rather than impactful processes. This session focuses on moving HSBPs from completion to quality. Attendees will be introduced to a comprehensive HSBP rubric and companion guide designed to clearly define what quality looks like in practice.
Lead Presenter: Marie Weller
Looking for practical ways to build belonging and strengthen student connections? Discover how Sanford Harmony’s Everyday Practices can be woven into the school day and used across Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports. Explore simple, relationship-building routines counselors can use right away, along with lessons and activities for direct skill instruction. A guided look at the Harmony Online Learning Portal will show you where to find the tools and resources to get started.
Lead Presenter: Amy Baltimore
Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers a practical middle path by empowering students to uncover their own motivations, strengths, and next steps. In this session, you will learn core MI techniques that foster student ownership, deepen critical thinking, and reduce resistance. You will leave with strategies you can immediately integrate into conversations to guide students toward meaningful, self-driven change.
Lead Presenter: Cassie Williams
Alternative schools serve students with some of the most complex needs, yet they are often left out of broader instructional conversations. We will show the practices we use to reengage students who are court-remanded, credit deficient, transitioning from facilities, or placed through IEPs. Participants will learn how we balance structure with relationships, implement trauma-informed systems, support accountable credit recovery, and create pathways toward graduation.
Lead Presenter: Amy Roberts
In this session, participants will hear from two Tennessee CTE Directors about the initiatives that they use to promote purposeful career planning for all students. Attendees will hear how these districts incorporate interest and aptitude testing, as well as PreACT assessments, to lead advising conversations and assist ALL students in planning their high school and beyond coursework. Additional topics will be how to leverage EPSOs and postsecondary partnerships to meet federal and state CCR metrics.
Lead Presenter: Rhonda Hill
This session explores how schools can create meaningful “Aha!” moments for students in grades 6–12 by connecting interests, strengths, and aspirations to college and career pathways. Presenters will share scalable strategies that increase engagement in career exploration, support goal setting, and drive high career assessment completion rates. Participants will gain practical tools to strengthen counselor capacity, improve efficiency, and help students move from exploration to planning.
Lead Presenter: Terri Tchorzynski
Unlock the true “magic” of improving student outcomes by skillfully blending the art of building trusting relationships with the science of data-driven decision-making. In this engaging session, school counselors will explore how to effectively blend reflective listening and meaningful inquiry with robust data analysis to enhance student success across academics, behavior, and social-emotional well-being.
Lead Presenter: LaVita Winfield
Transform attendance from a compliance mandate into a school-wide culture of care! Discover a field-tested blueprint to build data-driven Student Attendance Review Teams (SART) that perfectly bridge counseling, advocacy, and administrative leadership. Blending instructional leadership insight with a distinct juvenile justice background, the presenter reveals how to analyze truancy trends, deploy restorative discipline, and secure community partners to fund/provide meaningful student rewards.
Lead Presenter: Marian Dill
In a world where data drives opportunity, the accuracy of GPA information in the FAST system has never been more important. For high school counselors, understanding how FAST GPAs are used—and what happens when they’re incomplete or incorrect—is essential to guiding students with passion, purpose, and precision. Join us to deepen your understanding of how accurate FAST GPAs position students for success and how your work at the school level fuels equitable access to education across Tennessee.
Lead Presenter: David Haggard
With rising postsecondary costs and growing complexity in financial aid, school counselors play a critical role in helping students access the state programs that make college possible. This session provides a comprehensive, counselor-focused overview of Tennessee’s state aid opportunities. Grounded in the theme “Passion, Purpose, Position!” This session empowers counselors to use their passion for student advocacy and their purpose as support leaders to position every learner for success.
Lead Presenter: Melissa Reising
AI tools can support—not replace—school counselors during individual and small group counseling sessions. This practical session explores how counselors can use AI to enhance case conceptualization, generate intervention ideas, track student progress, and personalize support. Learn real-world applications, address ethical concerns, and discover how to maintain the therapeutic relationship while leveraging technology. Perfect for counselors ready to work smarter, not harder.
Lead Presenter: Tammy Smith
This presentation shares best practices for supporting 5th graders entering 6th grade through a shared approach between school counselors and families. Participants will explore student concerns, counselor-led lessons and activities, and practical strategies for supporting expectations, behavior, communication, social relationships, and academic readiness.
Lead Presenter: Marshall Nagy
Looking for practical, easy-to-use resources to strengthen your responsive counseling practices? Together, we’ll build a toolbox with strategies for de-escalation, peer conflict resolution, and other common student needs. Come ready to participate and experience these activities from a student’s perspective. You’ll leave with tools you can use right away!
Lead Presenter: Jasmine DeJean
Who has access to your school’s most rigorous courses, and who doesn’t? This session explores how counselors can use AP and dual enrollment data to identify equity gaps and create pathways for underrepresented students. Drawing from a real AP Access & Dual Enrollment program, attendees will leave with practical tools: an equity audit template, student referral tracker, action plan, and advocacy talking points to make the case to administrators.
Lead Presenter: TSCA Board Members
Whether you’re a new member, a seasoned school counselor, or simply curious about TSCA, this interactive session is your opportunity to meet the people behind Tennessee’s professional association for school counselors. Join members of the Tennessee School Counselor Association (TSCA) Board of Directors and Committee Chairs for an engaging networking and leadership session designed to foster meaningful conversation and collaboration. Participants will rotate through facilitated roundtable discussions with TSCA leaders representing advocacy, professional learning, membership and engagement, awards and recognition, and other key initiatives. Attendees will learn about current projects, leadership opportunities, committee involvement, and ways to strengthen the profession through service and advocacy. More than a networking session, this is an opportunity to ask questions, have your voice heard, share ideas, and help inform future association priorities. Participants will explore meaningful ways to connect, contribute, and grow professionally while helping shape the future of school counseling in Tennessee.
Lead Presenter: Ingrid Smith Rowland
Traditional In‑School Suspension (ISS) models often remove students from instruction without addressing the underlying academic, behavioral, and social‑emotional needs that led to disciplinary placement. This breakout session introduces the Student Success Academy (SSA)—a counselor‑led Responsive Services intervention that transforms punitive ISS into a structured, restorative, and skill‑building support model. The goal of SSA is to address student needs and reduce repeat behaviors.
Lead Presenter: Trudy J. Hill-Jones
School counselors wear many hats, but not all belong on our heads. This empowering session helps counselors redefine boundaries, address role drift, and reclaim their time. Learn to identify “time thieves,” advocate with confidence, and align daily work with purpose through real-world strategies, reflection, and actionable tools.
Lead Presenter: Kate Babb
Strong student and school outcomes grow in part from the alignment between administrators and school counselors. However, many administrators have not been trained to fully leverage school counselors’ multidimensional skills. Presenters will explain the expertise school counselors hold and how administrators can use these strengths to elevate student success and schoolwide impact. Participants will leave with action steps for building meaningful partnerships built on shared passion and purpose.
Lead Presenter: Sheri Smith
Teachers are often the first responders to student mental health and behavior needs, but they are rarely given simple, consistent tools that actually fit into a busy classroom. School counselors can bridge that gap by providing low-lift, high-impact strategies that improve classroom climate, reduce referrals, and strengthen teacher confidence. This session focuses on practical supports counselors can give teachers that are realistic, usable immediately, and sustainable.
Lead Presenter: Amanda McCammon
Empower students with free career tools from The DeBruce Foundation. Using the Agile Work Profiler, students discover their “Agilities,” ten core skills common to all careers, creating a framework for meaningful career conversations. In this session, you will explore these free resources, hear from a Tennessee counselor using this approach, and reflect on how to integrate these tools into your own work to help students identify strengths and future paths.
Lead Presenter: Lisa Davies
Gaming and screen use are a part of students’ daily lives. While technology can promote learning, connection, and skill development, excessive use may impact mental health, sleep, academics, and relationships. This session reviews current research, identifies warning signs of problematic gaming behaviors, and provides strategies for supporting healthy technology habits. A panel of experienced school counselors and educational leaders will share interventions/resources to be applied immediately.
Lead Presenter: Becky Kegley
Building Bridges explores how effective counselor-administrator relationships support student and school success. Participants will examine how counselor roles vary based on school and administrator needs, discuss priorities principals value in counselors, and learn strategies for aligning counseling programs with school goals. The session also addresses common misconceptions, communication challenges, and practical approaches for building strong collaborative partnerships.
Lead Presenter: Christine Lewis
School counselors are trained to lead comprehensive, data-informed, and equity-centered programs aligned with the ASCA National Model, yet many enter schools where roles are shaped by administrative expectations rather than preparation. This session explores the gap between training and practice, highlighting how leadership influences counselor effectiveness. Participants will examine role alignment and identify strategies to strengthen administrator–counselor collaboration and impact.
Lead Presenter: Nicole Golden
School counselors often provide critical supports, yet many stakeholders are unaware of their full role. This session shares practical strategies to increase visibility and access to counseling programs for students, staff, administrators, and community partners. Participants will learn tools like classroom introductions, referral systems, staff wellness initiatives, student leadership involvement, and digital resources to strengthen engagement and impact.
Lead Presenter: Keli Carter
Data tells a powerful story — but only when you’re asking the right questions. In this session, learn how to leverage the ASCA Student Standards to craft intentional assessments that capture real shifts in student mindsets and behaviors. Walk away with best practices for building pre- and post-tests that generate meaningful data and prove your program’s impact.
Lead Presenter: Laura Overby
When students cannot regulate, they cannot learn. When staff cannot recognize dysregulation, they cannot respond effectively. This session introduces Nervous System Literacy (NSL): the awareness and ability to identify, communicate, and regulate the physiological processes of the nervous system as they relate to emotion, cognition, and behavior. School counselors and administrators leave with a shared, biology-first language and practical leadership tools to support student outcomes school wide.
Lead Presenter: Sheri Smith
Creating regulation-rich schools begins with strong school-wide systems that proactively support the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all students. This session will explore how schools can build environments that promote de-escalation strategies, emotional regulation, connection, and readiness to learn. Participants will learn how to strengthen de-escalation strategies, implement self-regulation skills, and promote the “7 Regulation Anchors” in schools.
Lead Presenter: Trudy Hill-Jones
This session explores the power of administrators empowering school counselors as leaders by giving them a true seat on the administrative team. It highlights the importance of trust, collaboration, and shared leadership, ensuring counselors are not just assigned tasks, but are actively included in decision-making roles that align with their expertise and impact student success and school climate and culture.
Lead Presenter: Marian Dill
In this dynamic session, participants will explore how wrap around services—food assistance, housing supports, childcare programs, mental health resources, and Tennessee’s Quick Screener—can remove barriers that stand between college students and their goals. This presentation highlights how passionate advocacy and purposeful use of statewide tools position counselors and college access coaches to close opportunity gaps and ensure students are supported academically, socially, and personally.
Lead Presenter: Michael DeLeon
Vaping has become the #1 issue that targets student learning, environment, and behavior. Participants will leave this workshop knowing what vaping is, what it does to the body, and how to combat it in the classroom.
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