Hello, Florida School Counselors! Are you interested in sharing a room at the FSCA Convention? If so, email fsca@fla-schoolcounselor with name and contact information.
University of New Orleans: Sixth, seventh, or eighth grade school counselors are invited to participate in research to develop and validate an interdisciplinary school violence prevention assessment that examines the frequency and severity of a student’s risk factors. Anticipate 15 to 20 minutes to complete at http://neworleans.co1.
University of South Florida: Please help graduate students with your expertise by taking the COVID-19 Impacts on Implementation Survey: a 10-minute survey focusing on how COVID-19 has impacted the implementation of evidence-based substance use prevention programs in schools and the need for crisis-response planning, from the perceptions of school-based behavioral health practitioners and administrators. This evaluation is being conducted to provide researchers with a better understanding of how COVID-19 social distancing precautions have affected the implementation of evidence-based substance use prevention programs and need for crisis-response planning in schools.
https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d3WePx3hFUHbiYK
University of Scranton: If you are, or have been, a school counselor in a middle or high school who has worked with student(s) with eating disorders and/or disordered eating, you are invited to participate in a study on the lived experiences of school counselors who work with students with eating disorders. The link to the consent form and to participate is here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=msTtqPFBaUyXaKf218O4w6Jd78XILYtIuzSXAlFfvDNUODlJUzlUUzI4NFY0RU5QT1NPNTdEUERUSC4u
| Pinellas County Schools located in beautiful Tampa Bay has School Counseling positions available at both elementary and secondary levels. For more information, please visit https://ats3.atenterprise.powerschool.com/ats/app_login?COMPANY_ID=OA002067 or reach out Valerie Santos at santosv@pcsb.org. |
The Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA) Professional Recognition Committee invites school counseling professionals from around the state to make nominations for School Counselor of the Year (SCOY) and our School Counselor Advocate Awards.
County chapters of FSCA or school districts may choose to select an individual(s) for the SCOY nomination or encourage school counselors to nominate themselves for this honor. Nominees must be working as a full-time school counselor and have completed 3 years of service by October 1, 2021.
NOMINATIONS
If you are a first time user to the FSCA School Counselor of the Year portal, click on this link to register and create a log in and make your nomination. https://fsca.schoolcounselorawards.org/scoy/
If you are a return user to the FSCA School Counselor of the Year portal, click this link, log in with the email and password you used to set up your FSCA School Counselor of the Year portal account and start the nomination and/or application process for SCOY. https://fsca.schoolcounselorawards.org/scoy/
DEADLINES
SCOY nominations deadline is September 10, 2021, 11:59 pm EST.
SCOY Nominee packet submission is October 10, 2021, 11:59 pm EST.
Other Awards
No portal registration or log in is needed to make a nomination for any of FSCA’s other annual awards. Click on her on “Other Awards” to find the instructions to nominate and submit the packet for a School Counselor Advocate Award. Consider nominating a school counselor advocate for one of these awards:
School Counselor Advocate: School Based Administrator an administrator who demonstrates exemplary support of school counseling programs
School Counselor Advocate: School, Community, and Family a non-administrator who is an educator, school board member, or community leader who demonstrates exemplary support of school counseling
School Counselor Advocate: District Leader a district supervisor whose leadership has shown outstanding impact in the school counseling field.
Please email FSCA Co-Chairs of Professional Recognition, Jeannie Maddox at maddox@fla-schoolcounseling.org or Genvieve Stephenson at, genvieve.stephenson@browardschools.com if you have any questions. FSCA looks forward to receiving your nominations and reading about the amazing job being done by School Counselors all around our state.
The 2021 Florida School Counselor of the Year Awards will be presented at our Awards luncheon at the FSCA annual convention being held at the Hilton Tampa Downtown on Friday, October 29, 2021.