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18740 International Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98188
Juniors and seniors in high school have a future with the Washington Army National Guard. It will enhance their opportunities to achieve their goals as Soldiers and civilians. In the Guard, they’ll stay actively involved within their communities while learning leadership skills, discipline, and a strong work ethic. They’ll also receive tuition assistance, access to healthcare, and many other benefits as they become part of a team with a history of developing America’s Next Greatest Generation.
For more information please contact Ryan York, Public Affairs Officer, via email, or at 253.512.8065.
With RV sales increasing and more and more Americans taking to the road to enjoy the outdoor lifestyle, skilled RV technicians are in high demand. The RV Technical Institute’s hands-on training and instruction, created by top RV industry experts, provides the experience and expertise needed by manufacturers, dealerships and repair shops nationwide.
For more information please contact Curt Hemmeler, Executive Director, via email or at 800.664.0154.
The Northwest Laborers-Employers Training Trust was formed in 1983 to train men and women to become skilled Construction Craft Laborers. The Laborers apprenticeship program consists of 6,000 hours of on-the-job training and 480 hours of classroom time culminating as a certified Journeyman. The apprenticeship program is completely tuition-free.
For more information please contact, Brandon Jordan, Director, at 360.297.3035 or via email.
U.S. Army ROTC opens the doors to a variety of careers, extracurricular activities, and advanced military training. Upon successful completion of the Army ROTC program and graduation from college, cadets receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Reserve or the Army National Guard.
For more information please contact, Aaron Cloutier, Recruiting Operations Officer, at 208.885.7464 or at aaronc@uidaho.edu.
NOVVA provides smart solutions for high schools to help students connect with higher education options. We’ve built our proprietary virtual fair platform where high schools host their own virtual college fairs, a vocational test to help students navigate their career paths and understand their skillsets, and an app to connect them with over 2,000 universities and colleges worldwide. We strive to create smart tech that is economical, sustainable, and equalizes opportunities for all.
For more information please contact Olivia Elley, Director of Education Events Operations, at 719.250.3684 or at o.elley@novva.tech.
SchooLinks is a modern college and career readiness platform with a user experience designed to facilitate a focus on whole-student outcomes. Our platform helps counselors to guide students in developing their Academic and Career Plan by aligning career exploration and postsecondary preparedness activities with Washington’s legislative initiatives. With technology and features that enable data-driven decision-making at every stage, SchooLinks allows counselors to make a positive impact — when it matters most.
For more information please contact, Dan Masker, District Partner, at 402.871.5846 or at dan@schoolinks.com.
Harmony SEL is a social and emotional learning program for Pre-K-6 grade students, accessible online and at no cost. Harmony fosters knowledge, skills, and attitudes boys and girls need to develop healthy identities, create meaningful relationships, and engage productively by providing SEL learning resources, tools, and strategies.
For more information please contact Rob Cavness, Ambassador, via email.
We are excited that the 2022 WSCA Conference will offer both an in-person experience and a virtual option! Whether you would like to getaway from your routine or stay in the comfort of your own home we have options for you. See the breakdown for what each offers.
All who register will have access to the virtual conference portal. The virtual conference portal will stream the keynote sessions live and will have those recorded live sessions available to view about one week following the conference if missed on those dates. The online portal will also have pre-recorded breakout sessions covering multiple topics available to view when the conference begins on March 3, 2022. The pre-conference sessions will only be live and in person. They will not be available with the virtual option.
All sessions in the online portal will be available to view until March 31, 2022.
Thursday, March 3rd | 9:00 am – 10:15 am*
Amid the many tragedies and stressors of the past year there have also been hundreds of silver linings within our profession! Every day we hear and see the amazing impact that school counselors are having on the students they serve. Now is the time to leverage the gifts and talents of school counselors and to share the results they are getting to ensure ratios and roles are protected and that students continue to receive the support they need to be successful in K-12 schools.
Danielle Duarte is passionate about supporting students’ academic success, college and career readiness, and socialemotional development while using data to show the impact of school counseling programs. She is a recent Education Leadership doctoral graduate (Ed.L.D) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the co-author
of two books – Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling and Hatching Results for Secondary School
Counseling. A former school counselor, Danielle has experience at all levels (K-12), and at her most recent school,
the counseling program was honored as a Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP).
Whitney Triplett, the Director of Professional Development for Hatching Results and bestselling co-author, trains school counselors and administrators across the nation. Formerly a school counselor, district lead, adjunct instructor, and state association board member, Whitney was recognized in 2018 as the Illinois School Counseling Advocate of the Year and is passionate about school counseling to promote equity, access, and the success of all students!
*Stream live or watch the recorded session later
Friday, March 4th | 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.*
Leadership doesn’t fall on the shoulders of one or two people. Effective leadership is shared and distributed. Effective leadership engages the many voices, perspectives, and contexts within a school. Without a collective approach to leading a school, then ultimately the students suffer. In this session, we’ll briefly explore the definition of school leadership, and then deeply dive into what it takes to establish and sustain powerful “team” structures that create school culture and build systems to support that culture. The data and research is clear on the powerful impact “leadership” has on student achievement. The Wallace Foundation cites school leadership as the second most influential impact on student learning behind an effective classroom teacher. However, what the education system is not addressing is the harmful impacts of constant leadership churn on students and schools. Every time there is a leadership change in a building, the students and staff suffer. The only way to mitigate this issue is to build sustainable leadership teams composed of administrators and counselors working together. Join us to learn how.
Scott Seaman joined AWSP in July 2013. Scott was a teacher, coach and principal for 19 years. He spent 12 of those years as Principal at Tumwater High School. Scott’s career started as a Spanish teacher and soccer coach at Capital High School in Olympia. He then moved to neighboring Tumwater School District and became the Assistant Principal at Tumwater High School for three years before taking over the principalship. Scott graduated from Olympia High School in 1989.
He then went on to play soccer and start his undergraduate work at Oregon State University. After transferring to Washington State University, he graduated with a degree in Spanish and a minor in English. He later attended Seattle University where he earned his Master’s in School Administration. Scott later returned to WSU to earn his superintendent credentials and graduated with a doctorate from UW’s Leadership For Learning program in June 2018.
Mike Nelson joined the staff at the Washington Association of School Administrators in July 2020 after 35 years as an educator in K-12 public schools. For the past 21 years, Mike was a leader in the Enumclaw School District as Assistant Superintendent and then Superintendent. Enumclaw is where Mike was born and raised which made being as an educational leader in his hometown a call to service rather than a job. In 2019, Mike was named Washington State Superintendent of the Year. His favorite title is one that just came recently with the birth of his first grandchild, “Papi.”
*Stream live or watch the recorded session later
The Pre-Conference Learning Sessions are only available to in-person attendees. They are not available for the virtual option.
The Pre-Conference Learning Sessions are an additional opportunity for more professional development and CEU contact hours. The sessions generally cover more in-depth information and allow more opportunity for discussion.
These sessions are not included in the conference registration fee.
Pre-Conference Learning Session 1:
Wednesday, March 2nd | 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This interactive preconference session will introduce you to the role of school counselors in MTSS, called the Multi-Tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports (MTMDSS), which is aligned to both the ASCA National Model and OSPI’s Washington MTSS model. Learn how school counselors can apply this strategy to their delivery system to become more data-driven and equitable in their approach to promoting the academic, college/career, social/emotional development of all students. Walk away with a completed, tiered program assessment and recommendations for strengthening your tiered supports for students and families!
By the end of the session you will be able to:
Danielle Duarte is passionate about supporting students’ academic success, college and career readiness, and socialemotional development while using data to show the impact of school counseling programs. She is a recent Education Leadership doctoral graduate (Ed.L.D) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the co-author
of two books – Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling and Hatching Results for Secondary School
Counseling. A former school counselor, Danielle has experience at all levels (K-12), and at her most recent school,
the counseling program was honored as a Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP).
Whitney Triplett, the Director of Professional Development for Hatching Results and bestselling co-author, trains school counselors and administrators across the nation. Formerly a school counselor, district lead, adjunct instructor, and state association board member, Whitney was recognized in 2018 as the Illinois School Counseling Advocate of the Year and is passionate about school counseling to promote equity, access, and the success of all students!
Pre-Conference Learning Session 2:
Wednesday, March 2nd | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Join Erin for her session, Bridges to Heal Us. Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing.
Erin Jones has been involved in and around schools for 30 years. She has taught in a variety of environments, from predominantly Black to predominantly White to some of the most diverse communities in the nation. Erin received an award as the Most Innovative Foreign Language Teacher in 2007, while teaching in Tacoma and was the Washington State Milken Educator of the Year in 2008, while teaching in Spokane. She received recognition at the White House in March of 2013 as a “Champion of Change” and was Washington State PTA’s “Outstanding Educator” in 2015. After serving as a classroom teacher and instructional coach, Erin worked as an executive for two State Superintendents. Erin left the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2012 to work in college-access at the school district level. She left her job to run as a candidate for State Superintendent and was the first Black woman to run for any state office in Washington state, a race she lost by a mere 1%.
When the pandemic stopped schools and travel in March, Erin decided to take her skills and passion online. She offered 83 days of free teaching to both children and adults from mid-March to the end of June. Her choice to engage, especially as racial and political conflict erupted across the nation, created a platform for her to be more engaged as a speaker and trainer now than ever in her career. She has logged thousands of hours on Zoom delivering keynotes, doing school assemblies and providing training to government agencies, non-profits and schools, and she continues to facilitate free virtual gatherings for adults and children several days per week.
Pre-Conference Learning Session 3:
Wednesday, March 2nd | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
“Issues of Abuse & Mandated Reporting for School Counselors”
This course meets state requirements. Course content will include training related to identification of physical, emotional, sexual, and substance abuse; the impact on learning and behavior; the responsibilities of an educational staff associate to report abuse or to provide assistance to victimized children; and methods of teaching about abuse and its prevention.
Pre-Conference Learning Session 4:
Wednesday, March 2nd | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
This course meets legislation (RCW 43.70.442) suicide prevention course requirements for certified counselors focusing on suicide assessment and referral. Best practice recommendations related to prevention, response, and counseling practice for certified counselors including those providing supervision to counseling students or peers. Participants will review legal and ethical expectations, learn useful strategies for the assessment and referral process, and practice assessment and referral skills.
Dr. Cher Edwards is a Professor of Counselor Education at Seattle Pacific University. Prior to living in Washington, Cher was a counselor and counselor educator in Ohio where she served on the State Board of Education and as the president of the Ohio Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, the president of the South East Ohio Counselor Association, and president elect of the Ohio Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling. She also served as vice president of Chi Sigma Iota, an honor society for counseling students. Since coming to SPU, Cher has served the national board of Counselors for Social Justice as member-at-large, awards chair, and treasurer, served as the founding president of Washington Counselors for Social Justice and has served as the Ethics Chair and Vice President of Post Secondary Education for the Washington School Counselor Association (WSCA). She currently serves as an advisor for the Sigma Phi Upsilon chapter of Chi Sigma Iota and is the President-Elect of the Washington School Counseling Association. She is the recipient of the O’Hana Award presented at the American Counseling Association national conference in 2006 due to social justice advocacy work.
Dr. Edwards research interests include school counseling, supervision, multicultural competency, and social justice. She has published in the Journal of Professional School Counseling, Virginia Counselors Journal, Journal of the International Community of Christians in Teacher Education, and the Journal of Counseling and Values. In addition to scholarly journals, she has contributed to book chapters, published book reviews, instructors manuals for texts, reviewed test instruments, and most recently co-authored a group counseling textbook titled, Group Counseling in the Schools. Dr. Edwards has served on several editorial boards as a reviewer for Professional School Counseling, the Journal of the International Community of Christians in Teacher Education, and the Journal of Job Placement and Development. She has presented at state conferences including the Ohio Counseling Association and Washington School Counseling Association annual conferences and national conferences such as the American Counseling Association, American School Counselor Association, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. International presentations include Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Beverley, East Yorkshire, England; Hangzhou, China; and Ariccia, Italy.
