Congratulations to our 2018 School Counselors of the Year:
Applications are due Feb. 16th, 2018 and recipients announced by the end of February. This year we will be giving 9 scholarships out. This funds the registration costs associated with the ASCA conference. The scholarship is funded by many school counseling friends and a few organizations during the year prior.
Click here for more information and application
There is a proposal going to the State Board of Education to amend Regulation 43-205. The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the duties of school counselors and give direction for professionals who are not properly certified. It specifically lists those duties that extend beyond the scope of guidance and counseling and are thus administrative in nature.
The amendment will expand on the EEDA law that states:
SECTION 59-59-120. Limitation of activities of guidance counselors and career specialists- School guidance counselors and career specialists shall limit their activities to guidance and counseling and may not perform administrative tasks.
The wording of the proposed amendment (that impacts school counselors) is:
Pursuant to §59-59-120, appropriate duties for school counselors must be limited to guidance and counseling and shall not include administrative tasks. It is inappropriate for school counselors to serve as data entry, attendance, or records clerks; school-wide testing program coordinators; chairs of annual meetings for students with individual education plans or 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974 plans; long-term substitute teachers; master schedule developers; and grade- or school-level discipline administrators.
We need to take action!!! Please let the State Board of Education know you are in support of the amendment! How???? Send a letter!!!
You can use the template attached, or draft your own letter. THE DoE will NOT accept form letters for public comment- so you need to make your letter uniqueby adding a sentence or two.
Put the letter on YOUR PERSONAL LETTERHEAD
Send the letter from YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT
Send the letter AFTER WORK HOURS
Email your letter to Darlene Prevatt at DPrevatt@ed.sc.gov BEFORE November 27.
Let's demonstrate a united front.
Please.....TAKE ACTION NOW!!
This open call for nominations is an opportunity for PSSCA members to have direct influence on our member driven organization. PSSCA members are welcome to nominate yourself or colleagues with their approval. The deadline for submitting nominations is December 1, 2017. Qualified PSSCA members will conduct all voting via an online ballot. PSSCA members are encouraged nominate for the following open positions:
Elementary Vice-President
Secondary Vice-President
Secretary
Treasure-Elect
General Nomination Criteria:
All candidates shall have held membership in PSSCA for a minimum of two years and must be a current member of PSSCA.
Elementary Vice President- This person must have at least 5 years of elementary school counselor experience and must have been a member of PSSCA for at least two years.
Secondary Vice President- This person must have at least 5 years of secondary school counselor experience and must have been a member of PSSCA for at least two years.
Secretary - This person must have been a member of PSSCA for at least two years.
Treasurer-Elect – This person must have been a member of PSSCA for at least two years.
All individuals nominated and elected to serve on the Executive Committee must have a current ASCA membership.
Detailed job descriptions are available at: https://www.psschoolcounselor.org/resources/Documents/PSSCA-job-policies-2017.pdf
Submit the attached nomination form to Leigh Eubanks at leubanks@lexington1.net
Anna Duvall President
Leigh Eubanks President-Elect
Pat Reid Past President
The deadline for completing all School Counselor Advocate of the Year nomination information is December 1, 2017.
http://pssca.schoolcounselorawards.org/scoy/other-awards
The School Counselor of the Year Award honors the best of the best - counselors who are running a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at either the elementary, middle or high school level.
Congratulations to the 2017 PSSCA Advocate of the Year Ron Williams!
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is pleased to announce the following RAMP schools in South Carolina:
Beaufort High School
Beaufort
Gilbert Middle School
Gilbert
Lexington Middle School
Lexington
Mt. Pisgah Elementary School
Kershaw
Pelion Middle School
Pelion
Simpsonville Elementary School
Simpsonville
Wade Hampton High School
Greenville
Welcome Elementary School
RAMP 2017
104 RAMP Schools – record number 72% acceptance rate (144 total applications)
27 ReRAMPS – 26%
52 of the 55 Resubmits earned RAMP = 95%
Also, for counselors in your district that are applying, or interesting in the RAMP process, the RAMP website now includes brief webinars for each RAMP component.
https://www.schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors-members/recognized-asca-model-program-(ramp)/application-process
CONGRATULATIONS to PSSCA’s newly elected 2017-2018 board members:
Leigh Eubanks, President-Elect
Bonita Hunter, Middle Vice President
Amy Milsom, Post-Secondary Vice President
Clayton Henke, Treasurer-Elect
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