Year: 2022

Job Opportunity: The Well Resource Center Chicago

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The Well Resource Center is a non-profit working with first responders and their families providing community groups, free therapy, and sports therapy. Please see below for more details about the position. The position can be part-time or full-time, $31-35/hour and a $400 Education Stipend with flexible hours.

 

Webinar TODAY (2/9) @ 1pm: NCSW w/ DePaul Alum Brian Coleman

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Celebrating National School “Counseling” Week

Join the ASCA session today February 9th – ISCA Board Member Brian Coleman – Moderator

Webinar: Advocacy in School Counseling, 1 p.m. CST, Facebook Live
Implementing the ASCA National Model requires leadership, advocacy and collaboration with a focus on system change in outcomes. Advocating for your students, the school counseling profession and your school counseling program is critical. In this webinar panelists with discuss what advocacy looks like to them and their day-to-day life as a school counselor.  

Speakers: 

  • Alma Lopez, School Counselor of the Year, Lead School Counselor at Livingston Middle School in Livingston, Calif., and District School Counseling Coordinator
  • Matthew Berry, School Counselor of the Year Finalist; School Counselor, Ritenour Husky Academy, Overland, Mo.
  • Moderator: Brian Coleman, 2019 School Counselor of the Year, School counselor at Jones College Prep, Chicago, Ill.

Read the article on Page 10 reprinted from the ISCA Newsletter Winter 2018 from former ISCA Board Member, Whitney Triplett now Executive Director of Professional Learning for Hatching Results. Important reminders about what we are celebrating during National School “Counseling” Week.

FREE Webinar Opportunity: Strengthening Advocacy for LGBTQ+ Youth

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The Illinois Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues in Counseling in collaboration with ISCA Presents: Strengthen Advocacy Relationships that Support LGBTQ+ Youth

This Webinar will highlight purposeful ways school counselors, school-based mental health professionals, and community stakeholders can collaborate and align social capital efforts to address the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth in Illinois Schools. Dr. Matthew Beck will draw upon the school counselor-principal relationship as an intentional tool to bolster LGBTQ+ youth advocacy. This session will be interactive and reflexive as you learn how to start and/or strengthen your relationship-building skills that support LGBTQ+ students.

Webinar Targets:

  • Highlight the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth in Illinois schools.
  • Learn how to engage in courageous and collaborative conversations with school stakeholders on the needs of LGBTQ+ students.
  • Identify best practices and advocacy examples to help address systemic issues that interfere with the safety and support of LGBTQ+ youth

When: Wednesday, March 09, 2022, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

This Webinar is fully sponsored by ISCA and is offered FREE of charge for all participants.