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NYSSCA
It's time to become involved in your professional association!
The following positions are open for nominations:
- President-Elect-Elect
(4 year term: President Elect-Elect, President-Elect, President, Past President)
- VP Middle/Junior High School Counselors, VP Elementary School Counselor, VP Counselor Educators
(2 year terms)
- Regional Governors-Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, 10C
(3 year terms)
Click here for a description of roles and responsibilities. Or, you can read NYSSCA's Bylaws, Governing Policies, Finance Policies and Nominations and Elections. All can be found on the "Governance Tab" of our website.
Click here to read more and apply on our website.
NYSSCA
Our member benefits include jobs postings, electronic access to previous NYSSCA Journals & Edge Editions, free downloadable NYSSCA Model For Comprehensive School Counseling K-12, access to presentations from previous conferences, searchable member directory.
Also as a member, you can access ASCA webinars dealing with many facets of comprehensive model training. You can access these by logging in as a member here and clicking on links. You can recover your logon and password easily if you have misplaced it. You will see various ASCA webinars and PPTS relating to this subject (and others).
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FAPA
FAPA's Pilot Job Fairs will bring together recruiters and qualified pilots to explore job opportunities. This is a great opportunity for qualified pilots to meet airline recruiters face to face and is free to all pilots. FAPA has been the industry leader in helping professional pilots meet their career goals for 40+ years.
FAPA's Free Future Pilot Forum invites aspiring pilots of all ages, their families and school counselors to our free event for those interested in learning more about pathways to becoming a professional pilot. FAPA has partnered with Piedmont Airlines in "Building the Pilot Pipeline™" via our free Future Pilot Forums. The forums educate future pilots about pathways to professional pilot careers including information about scholarships, veterans' benefits, college choices, flight school options, an industry outlook and more. Click here for more information, event dates and registration info.
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ASCA
National School Counseling Week 2017, "School Counseling: Helping Students Realize Their Potential," will be celebrated from Feb. 6-10, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February. Click here to read more and order materials from ASCA.
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Federal Trade Commission
Getting a degree or professional certification can improve your career choices. For-profit schools generally offer certificates or degrees and often specialize in career and job-related training. Unlike non-profit educational institutions, they generate profits for their owners. As you evaluate your options, be aware that some schools may stretch the truth to persuade you to enroll. Click here for much more information.
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MindShift
Saxon Scott was 5 years old when her parents decided she could do without kindergarten. She'd sailed through a series of tests that measured her acumen, and moved directly to first grade once preschool ended. Now she's 15 and a high school junior, and Scott thinks nothing of her relative youth. She continues to shine in the classroom, is friendly with students in her grade, and only briefly laments the fact that she won't be driving until the end of her freshman year in college. "As someone who skipped kindergarten, I can say it wasn't a big deal," Scott said.
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Education Week
Do high schools use competency-based education — judging student progress by mastery, not seat time — as a dropout prevention strategy? The answer, according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Education, is yes. The department found that one-third of high schools offer competency-based flexibility to students.
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Department of Education (commentary)
Katie Regittko, a contributor for the Department of Education's blog, writes: "Yesterday, myself and four other LGBTQ Activists from GLSEN had the honor of sitting down with U.S. Secretary of Education, Dr. John King, in his second to last day in office. Amid a changing administration, the Secretary offered his words of advice, and listened to our experiences as LGBTQ students as well as our hopes for inclusivity in the future of education. I think all of us, both visitors from GLSEN and the staff at the Department of Education, can agree that we all walked away with valuable information, useful connections, and an even stronger motivation to fight for student's rights in schools."
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University of Chicago via Science Daily
Parents who talk with their high schoolers about the relevance of science and math can increase competency and career interest in the fields, a report suggests.
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eSchool News
Research shows that diversity in today's students (e.g. socio-economic background, gender, race and previous learning experiences) is greater than ever before. In fact, a conservative 30-40 percent of students may require an alternate learning path or support during their learning, since a diverse student body means different strengths and weaknesses for each individual student.
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The Washington Post
Betsy DeVos displayed at best confusion and at worst a lack of knowledge about a key federal law involving students with disabilities during her confirmation hearing before a Senate panel that will vote on whether she should become President-elect Donald Trump's education secretary. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., asked DeVos about the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, which requires public schools to provide children with disabilities a "free appropriate public education" and governs how states and public agencies provide various services to millions of students.
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Education Week
A presidential transition always triggers some makeover at federal agencies. But when President-elect Donald Trump's team takes power this month, the transformation of the U.S. Department of Education could be particularly striking. The incoming president and his team have promised to change the culture — or "drain the swamp" — in Washington, with serious implications for the federal bureaucracy. And on the campaign trail, Trump pledged to get rid of the Education Department — or at least cut it "way, way down."
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Reuters Health
Parents may have a lot to do with how children react to scary things, but a new study suggests kids' response to fear may also be heavily influenced by their friends. In an experiment, researchers gave kids 7 to 10 years old information about scary-looking animals. They assessed how children felt on their own, and again after kids discussed their perceptions with friends. After speaking to friends, children tended to shift their opinions to match how their friends felt about the animals, the study found.
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Medical Xpress
It can be a nerve-wracking, game time decision for parents: whether their sick child should stay home from school. But opinions among parents differ when it comes to how sick is too sick, or the importance of sick day consequences such as parents missing work or kids missing tests, according to a new national poll from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
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Education Week
Twenty-one of the 46 states that adopted the Common Core State Standards are revising the standards, but most are not making substantial changes, according to an analysis by the research firm Abt Associates. As part of a report for the Massachusetts executive office of education, the group reviewed the types of changes states made to their own common-core-based standards. Eight states so far have repealed or withdrawn the standards, 21 have made changes, and 17 have left the standards as adopted.
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Medical News Today
1 in 5 young people regularly wake up in the night to send or check messages on social media, according to new research published in the Journal of Youth Studies. This night-time activity is making teenagers three times more likely to feel constantly tired at school than their peers who do not log on at night, and could be affecting their happiness and wellbeing. Over 900 pupils, aged between 12-15 years, were recruited and asked to complete a questionnaire about how often they woke up at night to use social media and times of going to bed and waking. They were also asked about how happy they were with various aspects of their life including school life, friendships and appearance.
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