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NYSSCA
Our Annual Conference will be held at the beautiful, Tarrytown DoubleTree hotel in Westchester County on Nov. 18-19. We will celebrate, "School Counselors Making a Difference." Look for opportunities to present at the conference. Visit our Conference Page for Hotel Information and Registration information. Registration for attendees and Exhibitors is now open. Our Call for Programs deadline is approaching, so get your proposal in!
NYSSCA
Registration Discount Available Until May 1
Register for the 2016 ASCA Annual Conference by May 1 and take advantage of the discounted rate. One registration fee gets you access to four days of educational sessions, networking events, keynote speakers and more. Ready to register? Download a registration form to mail in or register online.
Need Support? Justification Letter Available
Would you like your school or district to provide financial support for your trip to the conference? We've provided a customizable justification letter template on the conference website for you to use. Download, personalize and submit for consideration.
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ASCA
ASCA is one of the national organizations supporting Text, Talk, Act which is an innovative way to get students involved in talking about mental health issues. Text, Talk, Act utilizes smart phones to guide small group conversations about a range of topics and directs young people to resources where they can learn more. Small groups all around the country will participate in Text, Talk, Act as part of National Children's Mental Health Day on or around May 5. Programs are easy to organize and can take place either during classes or after school. Click here for more information and a short video that shows how easy it is to organize a program. You can call Theo Brown at 240 393-7246 if you have questions or need more information.
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Students at William Paterson University are challenged to find their
passion and pursue their careers with experiential learning
opportunities, rigorous classes and supportive faculty mentors. Learn More.
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NYSUT
NYSUT will be surveying members on the impact of eliminating time limits for this year's grades 3–8 assessments. After Vice President Catalina Fortino pressed the commissioner on the issue and urged her to look at the impact the new policy had on a classroom level and school wide practices, the commissioner announced the department would also be conducting a study. Fortino said this goes along with the Common Core Task Force's recommendation #15, which calls for SED to "undertake a formal review to determine whether to transition to untimed tests for existing and new state standardized tests aligned to the standards."
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ASCA
Take a look at recent articles featuring ASCA members and partners.
Relationships help first generation students reach higher
Data shows 3 of the 5 biggest school districts higher more security officers than counselors
Why your backup college may be the winner
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the state’s public honors college, announced recently the creation of a new major in environmental studies. The environmental studies major at St. Mary's College offers students the tools needed to analyze and solve today’s most pressing environmental problems with an innovative approach that integrates interdisciplinary and experiential learning.
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The Des Moines Register
The Iowa Legislature has been given some important recommendations this session from the Secondary Career and Technical Education Task Force. While the primary objective is to set the stage for high-quality Career and Technical Education programs, many requiring STEM skills, that will prepare our high school graduates for postsecondary training programs and credentials to be competitive in today's economy and meet workforce demands, overall career guidance and academic planning for all students is also addressed.
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THE Journal
Each year about 485,000 people leave high school before they get a diploma. Students drop out for myriad reasons: They struggle in classes, have personal or family obligations, don't see the connection between school and their lives or, quite simply, the school environment has become unsupportive. A new report examines the use of blended learning as a strategy for pulling these students, aged 16 to 24, back into high school for completion or an equivalent credential. As the report explained, the blended model of education combines in-person and online or virtual instruction and supports.
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Fortune
A longtime coach has written a new formula for choosing the right career. When late great author Kurt Vonnegut remarked, "Life is high school," he had a point, in more ways than one. It's not unusual for seniors to choose a college major that leads straight into a particular line of work, of course, and often that works out fine. Sometimes, however, not so much. Longtime executive coach Laura Berman Fortgang, who gave a famous TED talk on changing careers, works with plenty of clients in their 30s, 40s and even 50s who picked their current field when they were still in high school, and whose work now makes them miserable.
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The mission of Campbell University is to graduate students with
exemplary academic and professional skills who are prepared for
purposeful lives and meaningful service. MORE
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Chalkbeat
Faced with another year in which few children in several poor districts met the city’s official criteria for giftedness, New York City is changing the rules. The city will open four new gifted and talented programs and ditch the usual screening exams in favor of evaluations that will allow teachers to hand pick second-graders who they believe are performing above grade level.
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The Conversation
State and local lawmakers have put policies in place to address and prevent bullying. Many schools too have implemented interventions to improve school climate to reduce bullying behaviors. Despite these efforts, in my research and experiences in schools as a counselor educator and school counselor, I have found bullying based on bias continues to be an issue in school settings. "Bias-based" or "identity-based" bullying, defined as students being bullied specifically based on their race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socioeconomic status or weight, is far more difficult to recognize or address when compared to traditional forms of bullying.
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The New York Times
Candidates from both parties have been talking a lot about the loss of American jobs, declining wages and the skyrocketing cost of college. But missing from the debate is the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of "middle skill" jobs in the United States that are — or soon will be — going unfilled because of a dearth of qualified workers. Employers complain that electricians, pipe fitters, advanced manufacturing machinists, brick masons and radiology technicians are scarce. More than 600,000 jobs remain open in the manufacturing sector alone. These are jobs that provide a middle-class wage without a traditional four-year college degree.
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District Administration Magazine
The number of districts and states rushing to stock an emergency antidote that can revive students suffering heroin overdoses shows the severe degree to which the nation's latest drug epidemic has disrupted schools. Students who in the past might have abused marijuana, painkillers and other prescription drugs have turned to heroin, which is now cheaper and easier to buy. Dealers also often mix heroin with powerful drugs like fentanyl, a painkiller administered in operating rooms that's extremely dangerous if used incorrectly.
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Reuters
Kids who are constantly sick early in childhood may have a much harder time in school than their peers who don't have a history of chronic illness, a recent study suggests. Researchers assessed school readiness in almost 23,000 children in Western Australia by looking at motor skills and physical independence, social skills, emotional maturity and behavior, language and cognitive abilities and communication skills. Compared with generally healthy children, chronically ill kids were 19 percent to 36 percent more likely to be developmentally delayed in these areas by the time they reached school age.
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Los Angeles Times
Jose Perez never really worried about why his children had to repeat English language classes year after year. After all, they were born in California. Perez assumed the reason for the added instruction was that he and his wife have a rule that everyone speak Spanish at home. Then, as his son Jesus prepared to enter Mountain View Middle School in Moreno Valley, Perez attended a meeting. An administrator explained that his son, like about 1 in 5 students at the school, was designated an "English language learner." And, like more than 8 out of 10 of those students, he had been in the program since he started school and was at risk of failing to become "proficient" — which often leads to dropping out.
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Edutopia
"Most U.S. Students Are Not Ready for College, Career." Unfortunately, this is a common headline across the country with "U.S." interchangeable with any number of school, district or state names. Usually, it means students didn't perform as well on a standardized assessment as someone thinks they should have. But as educators know, that doesn't mean as much as politicians or the media imply that it does. One assessment does not reveal a student's entire knowledge base. All assessments have limitations. Students have off days.
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Education DIVE
Crumbling infrastructure in American K-12 classrooms isn't just a political football. It also presents physical and psychological dangers for students and teachers alike. Poor school conditions have an impact on student performance and learning. In the United States, the average school building is more than 40 years old. And in some states, like Michigan, decaying school conditions like those in Detroit Public Schools have now resulted in litigation.
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MindShift
It's helpful to know that the brain is plastic and can adapt to challenges. And when it comes to learning new things, we can build up mental resources through intentional effort. People can get better at realizing self-regulation, executive functions, a sense of perspective or meaning, positive emotions like gratitude, a sense of strength and the feeling of being cared about.
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Edutopia
Autism spectrum disorder leads to developmental challenges that affect social, behavioral, and communication skills. The latest statistics say that about one in 45 children are affected by some form of ASD. Thankfully, technology has offered us groundbreaking tools for improving the lives of those with autism through augmentative and alternative communication apps — software that helps people with autism and communication difficulties express themselves (one of their main challenges). There are cool tools and creative educational games that can extend the development of communication, behavior skills, and social-emotional wellness, and help deliver learning in a non-threatening manner.
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