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.
