PSCA Conference Information
And the countdown begins...
School Counselors: Beacons of Light through Changes and Challenges
Dates: November 29-December 1, 2012
2012 PSCA Conference Schedule of Speakers
A List of the 57th PSCA Conference Workshops
Paper Registration for the 2012 Conference
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
PRE-CONFERENCE SPEAKER
Location: Milton
Hershey School at the Purcell Friendship Hall, Hershey, PA
RICHARD GUERRY
Richard Guerry is the founder of the Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (IROC2) and serves as the Executive Director. He travels across the country speaking to digital users, young and old, regarding the importance of practicing a Digital Consciousness in every aspect of life to avoid any current – or future – digital disease. Richard is the author of Public and Permanent: The Golden Rule of the 21st Century, and has been a featured speaker at many national conferences and conventions, including the National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention, the International Bullying Prevention Association, the National Symposium on Child Abuse and the Youth Cyber Safety. He has also appeared as an expert on CNN and MTV's Thin Line Campaign, as well as in Parade Magazine and in local, regional, and international publications.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012 KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
Location: Lancaster Host, Lancaster, PA
DIANE SENN, Ed.S., LPC
Diane Senn, Ed.S., LPC has authored some of the world’s best-selling materials for elementary counselors and has provided keynote presentations and/or seminars for educators and other helping professionals throughout North America. Conference attendees rave about Diane’s presentations, citing them as exceptionally practical and insightful. She continues to gain fresh practical insights from her work as a school counselor at the elementary/middle school level, where her developmental guidance program has been nationally recognized as an exemplary model. Diane’s best-selling books include Spectacular Guidance Activities for Kids, Bullying in the Girl’s World, Small Group Counseling and Creative Approaches for Counseling Individual Children. She is co-author of Puzzle Pieces: The Classroom Guidance Connection, “Bee” Your Best with Character Ed and Coping with Conflict. Diane has just released three new books: Guidance Mini-Lessons, “SMART” Guidance and The Treasure.
57th
Annual Conference Focus Speakers
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Issues and Answers for Decision Making: Realistic Solutions to Current Day Problems
This session will provide an overview of how political
views have and will influence
educational decisions. Recently passed and proposed legislation
will be discussed. What does this mean to educators, especially
for safety, security and supervision? Just when you think you
know it all, there are additional legal issues that need to be
addressed on the continuum of learning. Additional topics to be
presented include: the Courts, Students, and Schools, issues and
answers for decision-making, and the must-know items in the
redefining of education, confidentiality, record keeping,
custody, obstruction of justice, search and seizure, deliberate
indifference, student assistance, the internet, cyberbullying,
sexting, discipline procedures for off-campus actions, the new
direction of the federal courts, reason for/authority for,
preponderance of evidence, need to know, handbooks and emergency
card procedures, school and staff liability, new terms and
meanings, bullying, discrimination, harassment, hazing and
whistle blowing.. (Handouts at www.psca-web.org.)
Dr. Sylinda Banks , ED.D - SOARING
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va.
Sylinda
Gilchrist Banks,
Ed.D., is an
associate
professor in the
counselor
education
program at
Norfolk State
University in
Norfolk,
Virginia. She
served as a
school counselor
and a high
school director
in several
public school
divisions in the
Richmond
Metropolitan
area. For two
years, Sylinda
served as the
School
Counseling
Specialist for
the Virginia
Department of
Education.
Sylinda left the
Virginia
Department of
Education to
pursue her dream
of teaching
counseling on
the collegiate
level. She has
taught at as an
adjunct at
George Mason
University and
Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
before becoming
an assistant
professor at
Virginia State
University.
Currently, she
is associate
professor at
Norfolk State
University in
Norfolk,
Virginia.
While
working at the
Virginia
Department of
Education, she
developed an
accountability
model entitled
S.O.A.R.I.N.G to
assist school
counselors with
program
development and
accountability.
She is a Glasser
Scholar and a
practicum
instructor for
the William
Glasser
Institute.
Sylinda is
serving as the
Southern Region
Vice-President
on the American
School Counselor
Association
Governing Board.
Her publications
include a
resource guide
entitled,
Choice
Theory: Using
Choice Theory
and Reality
Therapy to
Enhance Student
Achievement and
Responsibility,
also she
co-authored The
Virginia
Professional
School
Counseling
Manual, as
well as numerous
articles. She
has conducted
over 70
workshops
locally,
regionally, and
nationally on
program
development,
accountability,
self-care,
effective
communication
skills, and
choice theory
and reality
therapy
Dr. Belinda J. Wilkerson - Difficult Conversations: Diversity and the World We Live In
Dr. Wilkerson had a 20 year career as a social
studies teacher before joining the guidance and counseling
department
at the high school level. In 2004, she received the Rhode Island
School Counselor of the Year award. That same
year, she became the Counselor-in-Residence for the Rhode Island
School Counseling Project at Providence College, giving her the
opportunity to work with school counselors and numerous
organizations to implement comprehensive school counseling
programs statewide. In addition, Dr. Wilkerson has served as a
consultant with the Education Trust’s National Center for
Transforming School Counseling (NCTSC) since 2003.
Under the NCTSC, she has worked with school counselors in
Kansas City, MO, Long Island, NY, and Durham, NC. She currently
serves as a member of NCTSC’s National Advisory Council.
Currently she resides in Fayetteville, North Carolina and works as an independent educational consultant.
Difficult Conversations: Diversity and the World We Live In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines diversity as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, especially the inclusion of different types of people of different races or cultures”. Using audience participation, video clips, and current research, participants will explore some of the issues of diversity as it pertains to our students. Be prepared to reflect on your multicultural competence in this ever-changing world as we tackle various aspects of this of topic and our role as professional school counselors.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Carolyn Angelo: Executive
Director of Professional Standards and Practices Commission
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Ethical Dimensions of the Education Profession
School Counselors are charged with a myriad of responsibilities within the school community. There can be no more critical role, however, than that of advocate for students. An essential element of this advocacy is promoting an environment in which student safety and well-being is preeminent. The first step in creating a healthy learning environment is of course being personally and professionally committed to understanding and upholding ethical and professional standards. The presentation will provide school counselors with an overview of Pennsylvania’s Professional Standards and Practices Commission, the Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators, the professional educator discipline system, the types of conduct that trigger professional discipline and the consequences of educator misconduct, as well as the challenges posed by the digital revolution and its transformation of the concept of “privacy”.
Scott Gillie - Universal Encouragement Program: Guidance Data Assessment
Scott
Gillie is Executive Director of Encouragement
Services
Incorporated (ESI), a nonprofit organization that provides
college access and career development products and services.
Prior to establishing ESI, he directed the Indiana Career and
Postsecondary Advancement Center for fifteen years. Mr. Gillie
is the founder and managing director of the Career and
Postsecondary Encouragement Network and the principal developer
of the
Universal Encouragement Program. He is a
consultant with the
College
Readiness Fund, the
Pathways to
College Network, the
Education Trust,
and other organizations in projects to expand college and career
readiness throughout the United States. Mr. Gillie is an adjunct
member of the faculty at Indiana University and Indiana State
University.
Check Out Three Questions with Carol Kaffenberger
Counseling and Human
Development Faculty Associate,
Johns Hopkins University;
Associate Professor Emerita, George Mason University; and ASCA
Counselor Educator VP, 2007-2010
This session will connect the Making DATA Work process to the accountability component of the ASCA National Model and help participants understand the urgency for using data. The process with be described using examples from school counseling programs and participants will be invited to apply the process to their work setting. Handouts and resources will be provided.
Patricia J. Martin Assistant Vice President, National Office for School Counselor Advocacy, The College Board
Check Out Three Questions with Pat Martin
The Principal-Counselor
Relationship: A Strong Dynamic
The
College Board’s National Office for School Counselor Advocacy
(NOSCA), the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) and
the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
have recently completed a multiyear research project to learn
what principals and school counselors think is important in
their own relationships within their schools, and what effective
principal-counselor relationships might look like.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Carol McCloud - The
Bucket Lady
Carol McCloud, a.k.a. the “Bucket Lady”, has captivated audiences of all ages and encouraged them to become daily bucket fillers since her first book,
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?, was published in 2006. A graduate of Oakland University’s School of Education and Human Services, Carol has spent 20 years in education as a teacher, counselor, youth mentor, and early education director. As Adjunct Professor for the Florida Keys Community College in the 1990’s, Carol early childhood development classes and served as president of the local NAEYC affiliate.Carol is a national and international teacher and member of: the National Speakers Association (NSA), the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the National Association of Professional Women, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She delights in bringing the bucket-filling message to people in all walks of life. Her passion for bucket filling, energetic style, and creative storytelling is true to her goal: to motivate each person to make a choice to be a bucket-filler in their daily walk.
Her award-winning book,
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids (Ages 4-10) is a top seller on Amazon.com and is circulated in thousands of schools around the globe in English, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Braille and soon-to-be released in Spanish and French. The prequel, Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children, (New Parents and Birth – Age 6) was published in 2008, and the sequel, Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness: Three Rules for a Happier Life (Ages 8-14) and the companion My Bucket filling Journal: 30 Days to a Happier Life, were released early 2011. Her latest book, Will You Fill My Bucket? Daily Acts of Love Around the World, is slated to be released Spring 2012.
Presentations, Publications and Products that teach the true meaning of Kindness.
Preconference is at the Milton Hershey School
Conference is at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center
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