Somerset School District Comprehensive School Counseling Program

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Work Plan2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association

• Putting the piece together for positive change

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Mission Statement

• To advance the profession of school counseling,
  preschool through post-secondary education, in
  order to maximize the academic, career, and
  personal-social growth of all students.

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Committees

• Advocacy Chair Kate Rorabeck
• Education/Professional Development Chair Angela
  Buchenauer
• Evaluation and Accountability Chair
  Post-secondary VP VP Elect
• Legislative Chair Emily Weege
• Conference Chairs John Bowen and Mark Kuranz
• Publications Chair Tabatha Menning
• Membership Chair Marilyn Brink
• Technology Chair Troy Schimeck
• Scholarship/Recognition Chair Allison Ceponis

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Committees

• Graduate Student Representation Chair Brianne
  Mehlos
• VP/VP Elect Chair Michael Morgen

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Focus Areas

• The WSCA Board has identified four areas of
  focus. Our two year focus should be in the
  following four areas
• One Vision, One Voice connecting school
  counselors with each other, to strengthen our
  vision for student learning and growth in
  Wisconsin.
• To focus a strong voice in the direction of our
  state legislators.
• To ensure key stakeholders not only see and hear
  our vision and voice for school counseling, but
  understand the school counseling profession.
• To capitalize on the use of technology as a tool
  to communicate our vision to professional school
  counselors as well as key stakeholders.

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Professional Development

• The WSCA Board has identified four goals to
  address the areas of focus. The goals are as
  follows
• I. To promote professional development of school
  counselors and graduate students in training.
• How the goal is address
• Annual Goals
• Hold the WSCA annual conference. (Conference
  Committee)
• Hold WSCA graduate classes at the WSCA annual
  conference. (Conference Committee)
• Hold the WSCA LDI. (President)
• Hold the Summer Leadership Academy.
  (Education/Professional Development)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Professional Development

• Annual Goals (continued)
• Maintain website. (Technology Committee)
• Continue to publish the Counselink on a quarterly
  schedule. (Publications)
• Provide first year of membership free to school
  counseling graduate students. (Membership)
• Maintain the SPARC-W process for submissions
  (Education/Professional Development)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Professional Development

• 6 Month Goals
• Create and collect resources for practicing
  school counselors (VP/VP Elects)
• Dedicated section of website for the VPs.
  (Technology and VP/VP Elects)
• Develop a resource page for WSCA members on the
  website (PR/Advocacy)
• Educate non-members about the web site and the
  wealth of resources available with membership.
  (PR/Advocacy)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Professional Development

• 1 Year Goals
• Promote ASCA conference for WSCA members
  (Education/Professional Development)
• Develop training related to the new Wisconsin
  Model for Comprehensive School Counseling and
  ASCA National Models (Education/Professional
  Development)
• Offer a conference presentation related to how to
  do and use research (Evaluation Accountability)
• 2 Year Goal

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Partnership and Collaboration

• II. To promote partnerships and collaboration
  with stakeholders and educational professionals
  to benefit school counselors and students.
• How the goal is address
• Annual Goals
• Send a WSCA representative to WAPSO meetings.
  (President and Past-President)
• Maintain a liaison relationship with DPI school
  counseling consultant. (President)
• Provide scholarships to high school students for
  post-secondary education. (Scholarship/Recognition
  Comm.)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Partnership and Collaboration

• 6 Month Goals
• Friend of Counseling Award (Scholarship Awards)
• Lead sectionals at other professional conferences
  (Board)
• 1 Year Goal
• Establish a relationship with teacher unions to
  educate them about the state of the school
  counseling profession. (PR/Advocacy)
• 2 Year Goal
• Create and offer web site sections for parents,
  legislators, administrators, grad student, etc.
  (PR/Advocacy, Technology, Grad Students)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Promote and Advocate

• III. To give direction to issues of concern to
  school counselors and promote and advocate for
  the profession of school counseling.
• How the goal is address
• Annual Goals
• Continue to recognize outstanding school
  counselor service at the WSCA annual conference.
  (Professional Recognition Scholarship
  Committee)
• Provide the award winning SPARC-Ws to district
  administrators, state and national legislators
  (Education/Professional Development
  Legislation)
• Maintain a high-quality web site (Technology)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Promote and Advocate

• Annual Goals (continued)
• Provide scholarships for graduate students in
  school counseling programs (Professional
  Recognition Scholarship Committee)
• Lead sectionals at other professional conferences
  (Board)
• Action alerts for members via e-mail (Board)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Promote and Advocate

• 6 Month Goal
• Develop promotional materials for WSCA members to
  use (PR/Advocacy)
• 1 Year Goals
• Establish forum for reporting committee work on
  website (PR/Advocacy Technology)
• Archive publications on the web site
  (Publications Technology)
• 2 Year Goal

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Legislation

• IV. To promote legislative agendas on a state and
  federal level that positively impact school
  counselors in Wisconsin.
• How the goal is address
• Annual Goals
• Attend the ASCA APPI Legislative Workshop in
  Washington, D.C. (Legislative Pres. Elect)
• Provide award winning SPARC-Ws to state and
  national legislators (Education/Professional Dev.
  Legislation)
• Legislative updates in every publication
  (Legislation)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Legislation

• 6 Month Goal
• Day on the Hill (Legislation)
• 1 Year Goal
• Investigate the use of a lobbyist (Legislation)
• 2 Year Goal

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Research and Evaluation

• V. To promote the practice of on-going research
  and evaluation of the school counseling
  profession in Wisconsin and the WSCA
  organization. A. Annually completed
• How the goal is addressed
• Annual Goal
• Offer a research grant for schools interested in
  conducting research within their program.
  (Research PR/Advocacy).
• 6 Month Goal
• Develop membership needs assessment (VP/VP Elect)

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WORK PLAN 2008-2009
Wisconsin School Counselor Association
Research and Evaluation

• 1 Year Goals
• Prepare a document sharing the results of the
  outcome study for Wisconsin (Research committee)
• WSCA board reflects on the results of the outcome
  study to search for potential direction for
  future goals. (VP VP Elects)
• Administer member needs assessment (VP/VP Elect)
• 2 Year Goals
• Provide opportunity for school counselors in
  Wisconsin to participate in an Outcome Study
  related to the impact of Comprehensive School
  Counseling Programs. (Research committee)
• 2. Collect and analyze data from the outcome
  study. (Research committee)

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