Professional Development

WSCA-Sponsored Professional Development

2025 WSCA On-Demand Conference

April 01, 2025 • On-Demand
2026 WSCA On-Demand Conference

August 31, 2025 • On-Demand
2026 WSCA Conference

March 04, 2026 •

Asynchronous

WSCA Clock Hour Options

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Building a Culture of Reporting Training

When: Thursday, January 29, 2026 10-11AM via-Zoom

This training equips school staff and students with the knowledge and skills to recognize, respond to, and report warning signs that may indicate a student or peer is at risk of violence, suicide, or self-harm. Participants will learn how to identify concerning behaviors, understand what information should be reported, and know how to make reports through appropriate school and community channels.

Register for Building a Culture of Reporting Training Here

Lifelines Trilogy Registration

OSPI is partnering with Underwood & Associates to offer two sets of trainings on the Lifelines Suicide Prevention, Intervention, & Postvention Trilogy. All sessions are free and will take place on Zoom.

Target Audience: Washington K – 12 administration, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, resource staff, and others.

Registrations are linked to each date in the flyer linked below:

BEST (Beginning Educator Support Team)

Mentor Foundational Opportunities are designed to build core knowledge of mentoring for equity. Mentor Academy 101 and 201 are 12-hour trainings. Nakia Academy can be taken in place of Mentor Academy 101 by participants who identify as people of color. Participation in Mentor Academy 101 or Nakia Academy is the prerequisite for participation in any other BEST event. Beginning Fall of 2025 there is a Nakia Mentor Academy specifically for School Counselors (Nakia Cohort D), a School Counselor Mentor Academy, and School Counselor Roundtables

Professional Development offered throughout the year

Professional School Counseling Journal Articles

Subscribers of "Professional School Counseling" can earn CEUs for reading journal articles and passing a short online quiz about the material. Articles are worth up to 0.1 CEUs, and an entire journal will earn you approximately 1.0 CEUs. ASCA is an IACET-Authorized Provider of CEUs. There will be a small fee for the CEUs. For more information log onto the journal section of ASCA.

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National Board for Certified School Counselors

National Certified School Counselors (NCSC) are nationally certified counselors who offer the highest standards of practice for schools and students because they have met stringent education, examination, supervision, experience, and ethical requirements in school counseling.

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Dependable Strengths

Dependable Strengths is a unique research-based process proven to increase self-esteem, motivation, and interest in learning for people of all ages.

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Free Resource

School-Based Mental Health Trainings

School counselors, social workers, psychologists, school-based therapists, administrators, and other professionals are invited to enroll in FREE web-based training to help address the complex mental health and developmental needs of students experiencing adoption, foster care, or kinship care.

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