In this workshop, school counselors will gain insights into effectively supporting pregnant and parenting students by aligning resources, strategies, and policies with Title IV requirements. With Simpson Academy for Young Women in Chicago as a premier educational OPTION, counselors will explore how this specialized school can offer a nurturing environment specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of young mothers. However, for students who prefer to remain at their home school, this workshop will focus on equipping counselors with strategies to ensure that these students receive comprehensive support.
Through hands-on activities, case studies, and collaborative discussions, counselors will learn to advocate for and facilitate access to resources—including academic support, childcare, healthcare, mental health services, and parental involvement opportunities. The session will emphasize creating an inclusive and understanding school culture, empowering students to thrive academically and personally, whether they choose to attend an Options school like Simpson Academy or stay in their current school setting.
This session is to provide elementary school counselors with information to help families of pregnant/parenting, incarcerated, and expelled (P.I.E., M. Marsh Simpson Academy) elementary-aged students. We will discuss how to properly address how to conduct a proper re-entry plan using correct forms and procedures.
Hello Fellow School Counselors!With all of the students we see throughout the day, we know that each one is an individual soul with their own uniqueness, intelligence, culture, and viewpoint. As school counselors we look at the WHOLE CHILD. You are an awesome advocate. Let's Go!
This session will cover transcript evaluation best practices. We will share how to utilize Success Bound transcript evaluation lessons to help with the process. Attendees will also learn about the creation and usage of the graduation credit card to help students become more accountable for their credit attainment.
In this session, we'll explore effective strategies for expanding your Early College program, with an emphasis on recruitment, student support, and measurable impact. At Kelvyn Park High School, our program is twenty times larger than it was three years ago. We'll highlight approaches for sustainable, long-term growth and share insights on effectively supporting English Learners in college courses. Additionally, we'll discuss ways to strengthen equity within the program to ensure all students succeed.
One of the major roles as a counselor in the academic realm is to ensure that your students are on the appropriate academic track to graduate. This session comes as a demand from counselors who need support in this task. We as counselors are to do due diligence to ensure our students are meeting the graduation requirements in a timely manner. This session will review the parts of the transcript including identifying course codes, 4 year academic plans and avoiding duplicate credits. In addition, facilitators will share tools that participants can use on their own. It is with this session that counselors will begin or continue to make it a part of best practice to review transcripts as this will guide school programming, increasing student accountability in their academics and raising graduation rates. We cannot stress enough the urgency of this type of presentation as there are so many questions that come up about transcripts. This is a session to not miss.
During this session Counselors will have an opportunity to participate in a panel discussion about National Board Certification (NBCT). The panel will provide an opportunity for the audience to hear first hand about what to expect if they pursue certification. Participants will hear from Mentors, Candidates going through the 2 year program, and recently certified NBCTs who participated in the district's Nurturing Teacher Leadership (NTL) Program. Stop by for a candid conversation about the pros and cons of pursuing certification.
In this session walk away with tools that will support you with the ability to create a Data Summary to review with your admin. This includes where to pull information from Dashboard and how to use embedded pivot tables tool within Google Sheets.
Join us for a hands-on session designed to equip school counselors with the tools and strategies for effectively documenting and tracking Tier 2 interventions using Branching Minds. Learn how to manage interventions such as Check-In Check-Out (CICO) and Small Group Attendance and Goal Data as well as adjust Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Tiers for students and send key surveys (DESSA, Insight, WISC-SECA) to teachers and students. We’ll also cover how to train teachers to complete the SRSS-IE and incorporate SDQ and other screener scores into the platform. By the end of this session, you’ll feel confident using Branching Minds to track and monitor data for SEL interventions and surveys, helping you collaborate with educators to support the social-emotional development of students.
In this session, counselors will create a Master Graduation Requirements One Pager (Click this link for a preview) to utilize for Students and Parents when talking about graduation goals and deficiencies, along with evaluating credits by using Google Sheets and the Autocrat Add-On. Please make sure to bring a fully charged laptop as we will be working with different systems!
This session will ensure school counselors are well-versed in the options transfer process. School counselors will be empowered to effectively support students throughout the transfer journey. Best practices will be shared for counselors to use when working with families and submitting request to network staff.
This session will showcase tiered strategies/interventions within the academic domain to support the needs of freshman scholars. We will look at Tier I opportunities that address all students, Tier II opportunities that would consist of the utilization of data analysis practices to implement a small group, and lastly Tier III opportunities that would define more immediate responsive interventions.
Save time and energy by making ASPEN work for YOU. Create filters for your small groups, advisories, seniors, and/or closing the gap groups. Create field-set views that give you the information you actually WANT on your screen. Learn to run a Query to quickly and easily find the students/information you're looking for!
Calling ALL counselors! Ready to level up your resource game and make a bigger impact? Join us for this dynamic, fast-paced workshop with must have resources, tools, and community resources. Walk away with with anything that comes your way! Don't miss out--let's get the resources you need and want for your students.
I am a seasoned counselor with over a decade of experience. Drawing from my extensive experience in counseling since 2010 and my extensive tenure at Chicago Public Schools since 1995, I am eager to share insights, strategies, and best practices with my esteemed colleagues... Read More →
This session will focus on everyday conversational interactions with students. We will go over the benefit of meeting students where they're at and how positive conversations can lead to change. We will also address the "dos and don'ts" when talking to K-12 students
Joining a new school community can be "all of the things" when it comes to planning your debut to the campus. With a new building, counseling office and a whole new set of expectations and protocols, one thing should be certain: your introduction to your new school community. Please join me for a few practical tips for introducing your counseling model to your students and colleagues.
I am a proud dually licensed school counselor with experience ranging from Pre-K to 12th grade. I am a lover of learning and currently in supervision in pursuit of my LCPC credential. Building relationships of support has been the key to advocacy in the schools I've served.
Let's do the work and make it exciting to do everyday giving our scholars the best version of who we are and help them believe in themselves until we watch them develop and evolve into the best version of themselves right before our eyes.!!!
We will be discussing the nuts and bolts of putting together a KDG-8th SEL Family night from planning to implementation to follow up! Join us as we share fun and creative ways to engage families in order to build a strong home-school connection while teaching strategies for mental health!
As a School Counselor in CPS since 2009, I have a strong background in trauma informed practices, crisis counseling, postsecondary planning, career exploration, counseling core curriculum, restorative practices, and tiered interventions. I hold a Masters Degree in Education with School... Read More →
Supporting students who are pursuing visual arts majors can be a daunting process! Please join us as we give tips, tricks, and tools to help you and your artist in their college application process! We'll be sharing information about portfolios, different types of arts education programs, application strategies, and scholarships!
The LT Counseling Department identified the need to provide an additional safe space in the school for students who are experiencing emotional distress. The purpose of the Wellness Center is to offer students the opportunity to utilize coping skills and strategies to mitigate their symptoms of distress. This will be a safe space to learn new skills, practice them and then return to class. We will utilize evidence based strategies to support the students. We are currently in year 2 of this adventure and will be reviewing the data from the past year. We want to share what we have learned, what has worked well, what needs to be tweaked.
This session is to help counselors and administrators understand why coming together as a Professional Learning Community is important. We will be able to show the benefits of the Community as a whole. PLC leads understand the importance but some counselors really do not understand the benefits.
School Counselors can use Canva to "UPGRADE" their practice and design creative, impactful resources that support their multifaceted role in schools. By incorporating Canva designs into their programs, counselors can better engage their audience, advocate for their work, and deliver services in a visually engaging and accessible way.
This session on attendance can promote innovative and fun approaches to review student data; increasing student attendance along the way. Incorporating these cutting-edge attendance incentive strategies will emphasize the importance the of a positive school culture that values and promote student attendance.
As the need for social-emotional support in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students increases, it is essential to provide educators and school counselors with effective, evidence-based interventions that can be implemented directly within their school building. This session will introduce practical strategies designed to foster emotional regulation, social skills, empathy, and adaptability in young learners. Participants will gain actionable tools and techniques tailored for early childhood education settings, bridging gaps in social-emotional learning support and equipping attendees to create developmentally appropriate, emotionally supportive environments for their youngest students.
"Run Against Bullying" is a program completed in October to equip students with the tools and strategies needed to address and prevent bullying in schools. This program focuses on creating safe and supportive learning environments where all students feel valued and respected.
We will discuss how to make improvements in your school climate and culture by utilizing data from 5 Essential Surveys and Needs Assessments to see how students are feeling about their interactions teachers and peers. We will then discuss Tier 1, 2 and 3 interventions to increase kindness in your school building and with individual students.
Students today are exposed to the effects of our rapidly changing climate on a regular basis: hotter summer days, smoke from forest fires, and images of tornadoes and hurricanes on the media. Recent studies show that children are growing more and more concerned about the climate crisis and its effects, leading to greater stress and anxiety about the future. This session will explore "eco-anxiety" and ways school counselors can best support students.
I have been a teacher and school counselor at Cameron Magnet School of the Arts for almost 30 years. I truly love the community I serve and the work I do.
Learn tips and tricks for setting up students for success when applying to high school. I will be sharing about the events I do throughout the school year and the various ways I communicate with families, helping students make informed decisions about what might be the best match and fit for them.
Students are 300 times more likely to die by suicide than an active shooter, but we drill for active shooter situations every year. Why don't we drill for suicidal ideation? In this session we will share how we created a suicidal ideation tabletop drill and facilitated department meetings to go over the protocol.
Ready to transform your school counseling program? Join me for an inspiring session where you'll discover the power of "Magic School," a cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence tool designed to revolutionize the way you support students. Learn how to seamlessly integrate this technology into your practice, streamline your workflow, and create meaningful, personalized support for every student. Get ready to make magic happen in your school counseling program!
Community-based youth providers have a history of disrupting educational inequity in schools, particularly for youth of color (Baldridge et al., 2017). These spaces often provide a more holistic academic and enrichment experience because they are not beholden to the same academic standards of schools. We have seen a substantial increase in the number of school-community partnerships, especially as schools work to address the myriad consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Collaborating with various education stakeholders is explicitly stated in ASCA’s Professional Standards and Competencies (2019). School counselors can connect with youth service providers to enhance their programs through resources and experiences that community-based entities are uniquely adept at providing. This session will provide an overview of school-community partnerships in the context of school counseling and will detail the types of support youth service providers can offer. Finally, attendees will identify at least one community agency to make a connection with. American School Counselor Association (2019). ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies. Alexandria, VA: Author Baldridge, B. J., Beck, N., Medina, J. C., & Reeves, M. A. (2017). Toward a new understanding of community-based education: The role of community-based educational spaces in disrupting inequality for minoritized youth. Review of Research in Education, 41(1), 381-402.
Participants will be able to adapt to the Solution Focused approach more efficiently by learning a few SFBC activities, helpful resources, and a few inspirational quotes.
As a School Counselor in CPS since 2009, I have a strong background in trauma informed practices, crisis counseling, postsecondary planning, career exploration, counseling core curriculum, restorative practices, and tiered interventions. I hold a Masters Degree in Education with School... Read More →
