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Attention members of MMSCA: The Missouri School Counseling Association is offering a scholarship to the Fall Conference on November 3rd-5th. Eligibility: *Be a MMSCA member *Knowledge sharing: The Fall Conference Scholarship Recipient is willing to provide a brief (10 minutes or less) presentation on a takeaway from the Fall Conference at our spring MMSCA PD meeting in March 2025. To be considered for this scholarship, please email [email protected] with the following information: 1. Full Name 2. School 3. Position 4. Email 5. Phone 6. How you plan to be a contributing member of MMSCA. Spring Professional Development, March 12thAdministrator Appreciation Day!Greetings and Happy New Year! The spring PD for the Mid Missouri School Counseling Association is our ADMINISTRATOR APPRECIATION DAY on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 from 8am-12pm in the Historic Senior Hall of Stephens College at 100 Waugh St, Columbia, MO 65201. Breakfast will be served at this PD. We will have two fabulous guest speakers: Jeffrey R. West, Principal at California High School will present on how to get parents back on board as proactive (instead of reactive) partners in student education. The focus is to provide strategies that can consistently engage parents to foster a sense of partnership, which is vital to each student's success. Dr. Sharon Sevier, L.P.C, School Counseling Consultant, will advise us on how to use the principal/counselor relationship to improve the success of your entire school community! The relationship between administrators and school counselors is the key element to a successful school counseling program. This relationship provides transparency, education, collaboration, and goal setting that impacts not only the school counseling program but the successful functioning of the entire school community. This presentation will provide tools and examples collected from winning school counseling programs to help strengthen the services provided to students, and increase the transparency and trust within the administrator/school counselor partnership. The link to RSVP is below: RSVP This event is FREE for current members of MMSCA and their administrators. If you are not currently a member of MMSCA, register now at https://www.mmsca.us/join-or-renew-mmsca-membership.html Thank you and have a great week! Maria Stokes, President of the Mid Missouri School Counseling Association
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Introducing The ASCA Suicide Information Gathering Tool!
Presenter: Dr. Sharie Sevier For a number of years, concern has risen about school counselors being asked to quantify suicide risk in students. Quantifying this risk is worrisome at best and tragic at worst. However, school counselors need a way to assess the status of a student, collect critical information, and make appropriate referrals when students are in crisis. After a lengthy process, ASCA has developed the Suicide Information Gathering Tool (SIGT). This tool helps guide school counselors through a conversation with students who have expressed suicidal ideation or have been engaging in self-harm. It also guides them through a discussion with parents/guardians and is a key piece of documentation. SIGT also fits well with, and is adaptable to, district and building protocols that are already in place. This user-friendly tool is a new and highly useful response to a serious need! Here is the link and QR code to join MMSCA: https://www.mmsca.us/join-or-renew-mmsca-membership.html 
Below are Maps and where to Park
MMSCA Elementary School Counselor of the Year: Ryan Smith, Rock Bridge Elementary School
MMSCA Middle or Junior High School Counselor of the Year: Maria Stokes, Blair Oaks Middle School
MMSCA Counselor Advocate and Aministrator of the Year: David Stallo, Midway Heights Elementary
There is still time to get signed up for this Amazing Professional Development. We hope to see you!10/16/2022 
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