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.NYSSCA UPDATE
NYSSCA Awards 2020
NYSSCA
As we approach the opening of the school year, I encourage you to reflect upon the successes you and your colleagues have had in supporting students and building comprehensive programs that are data driven and student centered.
Looking through this lens of skills, programs and leadership, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of the NYSSCA Annual Awards.
School Counselor of the Year Instructions
School Counselor of the Year Application
Administrator of the Year Application (scroll down)
Outstanding Program, Practice or Project Application (scroll down)
Career Achievement Award Application
Leadership Grant Application
The deadline for all nominations is October 15, 2020, and award recipients will be announced at the NYSSCA Annual Conference on November 12-14, 2020, at the Turning Stone Resort, Verona NY.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: 937-9-NYSSCA or 937-969-7722.
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ASCA Back to School Resources
ASCA
The 2020–2021 school year is one like no other. Whether schools reopen in person or online-only – or some hybrid of the two – school counselors will be required to constantly innovate to support student learning and social/emotional development; to focus more heavily on the critical issues of trauma and grief, anti-racism, anxiety and more; and to find and create new and innovative resources to assist students in career planning. On top of all of this, educators are challenged to consider self-care and manage their own social isolation, pandemic fears and difficult workloads.
As you navigate this new territory, the following resources can help you adapt and refine your school counseling program to respond to the new landscape.
Guidance for School Counselors
Guidance for School Counseling Faculty
Guidance for School Counseling Students
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NYSSCA Professional Development Survey
NYSSCA
The NYSSCA Board asks school counselors, school counseling administrators and counselor educators to participate in this important professional development needs assessment survey that will help us plan professional development offerings for the next year. Our goal for 2020-2021 year is to provide you with professional development that will give you the skills to do your work effectively. This has been a challenging year for all of us. As your professional organization, we are here for you.
As we move forward, we feel that is critical that we plan for future events and services based on the needs of school counselors in New York State.
We ask that you take a few minutes to complete and submit this survey by clicking the survey link below.
PROFESSIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY LINK
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.AROUND THE INDUSTRY
How tech supports students' emotional well-being during school shutdowns
eSchool News
Schools around the world are in uncharted waters right now as they strive to balance shutdowns and social distancing regulations with the need for educational continuity as schools begin reopening. Most have turned to remote learning as a viable alternative during this disruptive moment in time, knowing that with good technology, teacher support, and parental buy-in, we can make it through anything.
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5 changes that will prepare students for the future of work
District Administration Magazine
Students will need flexibility as they face a future of work that will operate increasingly as a gig economy and — since the COVID outbreak — as a remote economy, says one K-12 expert. Gig economy-workers switch jobs and roles regularly, functioning more like freelancers than long-term employees, says Rachelle Dene Poth, a DA columnist and technology teacher at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, Pa.
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Our schools need suicide prevention, now more than ever
We Are Teachers
Worry, fear and grief are just some of the feelings many of our students are experiencing after months of living with the social, medical and economic uncertainty of a pandemic. Unfortunately, without intervention, these overwhelming emotions could lead a fraction of our students to contemplate dark thoughts of suicide.
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Be careful what you wish for
Inside Higher Ed
Some experts suggest that top colleges would admit more minority and low-income students if they stressed nontraditional factors in admissions, such as essays, interviews or extracurricular activities. The theory is that minority and low-income students have more chances with these criteria to show their worthiness to be accepted. Scores on standardized tests have been controversial for years, in large part because Black and Latinx students, on average, do not do as well as white and Asian students on the SAT or the ACT.
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How do teenagers feel about this very strange school year?
PBS Newshour
As schools across the country resume, parents and educators are debating the relative merits of at-home and in-class learning. But what do the students themselves think? Our Student Reporting Labs program teamed up with Detroit Public Television for a series of video diaries to document this very unusual school year as it unfolds. Here are students' perspectives, in their own words.
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ED: Interim final rule to calculate CARES Act is no longer in effect
District Administration Magazine
The U.S. Education Department posted a statement on its Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund webpage saying that the interim final rule requiring states to allocate the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136, is no longer in effect. ED's statement was made public a few days after the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. DeVos, 120 LRP 26741 (D.D.C. 09/04/20), in which Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia ruled ED exceeded its authority when it released the IFR.
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How to center equity in advanced coursework testing during COVID-19
Center for American Progress
In July, the results of the 2020 Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams were released. From frustration and confusion about the exam processes to skepticism about lower-than-expected scores, many students, parents, and school leaders had strong reactions to the new testing systems for these advanced high school courses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The stakes are high for students, as these exams can provide valuable college credit.
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The skills that matter for college and careers
MiddleWeb
Are you tasked with preparing students for college and career? "The Skills That Matter: Teaching Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competencies in Any Classroom" by Patricia M. Noonan and Amy S. Gaumer Erickson can help! Their book gives teachers and administrators a place to begin. Based on 2012 research from the National Research Council, the skills necessary to be college and career ready are categorized into three domains: intrapersonal, interpersonal and cognitive.
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How CTE develops on-the-job learners
District Administration Magazine
Businesses are looking to K-12 education to provide workers who can be trained and retrained as their industries change. In K-12, this requires educators to connect learning to the real world, says Richard M. Long, executive director of the Learning First Alliance, a partnership of leading public school advocacy organizations. For example, students who are not captivated by a math lecture can become highly engaged in shop class when they have to calculate angles to measure and cut wood to build something. “The future is not making it academically real, but real real,” Long says.
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For many students, online learning may not have improved much
eSchool News
As the start of school inches ever closer — and is already underway in some places — many teachers have yet to be trained how to be more adept with online learning. School district leaders spent so much time over the summer trying to create reopening plans that would meet safety guidelines for classes inside school buildings that they had little time to focus on improving online academic offerings. And millions of students nationwide still lack devices and Internet access.
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Children don't all learn the same way, or on the same timetable. So why should our education system be one-size-fits-all?
The 74
Prior to COVID-19, education in America was absolutely equal for every child. Are you done laughing yet? Good. Now let's get serious. Prior to COVID-19, education in America was absolutely not equal for every child. Whether you are comparing state to state, city to city, district to district, school to school, or even classes within schools. As COVID-19 wreaked its havoc across the country, Americans were forced to admit that some schools were better prepared, some teachers went the extra mile and, yes, some parents had the resources to either stay home and help their children with remote learning or hire someone who would do it for them.
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4 tips for supporting parents during remote learning
EdTech Magazine
The coronavirus pandemic catapulted educators, students and their families into a new reality when schools shut down in the spring. Now, with many districts resuming remote learning, parents and guardians are playing a more hands-on role in their children's education. But guiding kids through online learning while juggling work and other priorities is tough, especially for those who have younger children or children with special needs. "I'm just overwhelmed," a working parent of two Fairfax County Public Schools students tells The New York Times. "I am flying blind, I am uncertain, and I have a lot of anxiety."
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