Professional Development

WSCA-Sponsored Professional Development

2024 WSCA On-Demand Conference

March 25, 2024 • On-Demand
Leadership Conference - Sponsor/Exhibitor Registration

October 11, 2024 • 333 West Spokane Falls Boulevard Spokane, WA 99201

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Research-Based Tools That Cultivate Emotional Regulation And Well Being in PK-12 Schools Presented by Generation Wellness

Saturday May 18th 8:30-3:30

McClane Elementary School

200 Delphi Rd. SW Olympia, WA

Stress and trauma significantly impact students and staff. Experience 40+ activities and interventions for Tier 1, 2, and 3 support in PK-12 schools. Explore the latest neuroscience and a brain-based framework for teaching, learning, and thriving. Leave with a trauma-informed plan to implement immediately. Any adult who works with students is welcome! 6 clock hours offered.

Use the link above for a WSCA discount of 25%.

Free Resource

2023-2024 OSPI-WSAC Webinar Series

Each year, OSPI, the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC), and other partners co-host a series of webinars for school counselors, career counselors and specialists, college access professionals, graduation specialists and other support staff. This webinar series typically includes policy changes and tools and resources to help support students’ career and college preparation, academic development, and social-emotional development.

All webinars take place from 9:00am-10:30 am. Each session is free and registering for the series does not obligate you to attend every webinar.Session Dates and Topics for our 2023-24 Webinar Series are listed below:
05/17/2024 – Legislative Updates: Understanding the Latest Changes and Reflections on the 23-24 School Year

Registering through pdEnroller will give you access to 1.5 FREE clock hours per webinar. Clock hours are awarded based on time in attendance during the live webinar. We verify attendance within a week of each event. After each webinar, pdEnroller will send you an email link to a short evaluation survey. If you can't make it, we post all our videos on the OSPI YouTube Channel - Check out our playlist! Subscribe by clicking on the bell to get alerts for videos as we post them.

Free Resource

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 will be a Nakia Mentor Academy specifically for School Counselors.

Professional Development offered throughout the year

Yoga Calm Workshops

Yoga Calm is an innovative child education method that reduces stress, improves self-control, and develops social/emotional skills. It's good for children and you too! Workshops qualify for graduate credits, CEU, and clock hours through Portland State University, NBCC, and the WSCA.

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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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