Applications Open – Action Camp 2024

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As you may know, April not only offers the showers🌦 that bring May flowers💐, but also 📢ACTION CAMP APPLICATION SEASON📢!!

For folks who are new to the Action Camp party, Action Camp is a weeklong sleep-away camp 🏕 for rising 8th-12th grade LGBTQ+ 🌈 youth leaders to live and learn in community with each other and with fierce Youth Leaders who spend all summer 🌞 working to create programming for the week.

This year’s camp will occur Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 2, with counselors arriving on Sunday, July 28. Applications for campers and counselors alike will remain open until 9:00 pm on Sunday, April 30.

As will be stressed throughout the application process, especially for the open-ended questions, WE WANT YOU TO BE YOURSELF!! Action Camp is not an English class, and our anti-oppression values don’t align with grammar or syntax rules; what is most important to us is that each applicant’s passion, hopes, and dreams shine through!

Campers can apply here.

Counselors can apply here.

CPS Internship Application Deadline April 1st!

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For those who would like to apply for a school counseling internship at CPS for the 24-25 year, the CPS deadline is April 1st. CPS has a strict deadline and does not accept submissions after April 1st.

For additional details about the CPS application process please watch the CPS Video Recording from the CPS School Counseling Internship Meeting on 12/6/23.

Questions about the CPS application process can be directed to counselorintern@cps.edu.

HB 5492

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URGENT!! — Thursday (3/21) – Complete a Witness Slip

We need your support to address shortages in crucial support personnel roles in our schools! Please take a moment to complete a witness slip for HB5492, also known as the School Support Personnel Shortage Prevention Act. This bill provides provisions to combat shortages in fields such as social work, counseling, psychology, speech pathology, and nursing.

By supporting HB5492, we can ensure that our schools have the necessary resources to support the holistic needs of our students. Let’s work together to make a difference!

Link to Sign

Spring 2024 Student Teaching & Internships Scholarship

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College of Education Student Teaching and Internships Scholarship

The Spring Quarter 2024 Student Teaching and Internships Scholarship application is opening this upcoming Sunday, March 24th and closes Sunday, April 14th. Any counseling student who is completing internship during spring quarter 2024 is eligible for this scholarship. However, this scholarship cannot be awarded for more than one quarter of the year-long internship. Counseling students who have already been awarded the College of Education Student Teaching and Internships Scholarship during the Fall or Winter quarter of their internship are not eligible to receive this award a second time.

Attached is a graphic with the application info and here is a link to the application: https://depaul.academicworks.com/opportunities/47109.

See additional details below:

College of Education Student Teaching and Internships Scholarship

This award is offered to College of Education students who are currently participating in their capstone clinical experience – student teaching, counseling internship, or another field-based capstone. Counseling interns may only receive this scholarship for one academic quarter of their internship. The maximum award amount is $3,000. To be considered, you must submit your application by Sunday, April 14, 2024 11:59 PM.

We will prioritize the awards based on demonstrated financial need. To be eligible for the award, students must have a current FAFSA completed with the Financial Aid Office.